Networking / Beginners

Network Printers

Although you can share a printer on a network by attaching the printer to a server computer, many printers have network interfaces built in. This lets you connect the printer directly to the network. Then network users can connect to the printer and use it without going through a server.

Even if you connect a printer directly to the network, it's still a good idea to have the printer managed by a server computer running a network operating system such as Windows Server 2003. That way, the server can store print jobs sent to the printer by multiple users and print the jobs in the order in which they were received.

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In this tutorial:

  1. Network Hardware
  2. Servers
  3. What's important in a server
  4. Components of a server computer
  5. Server form factors
  6. Saving space with a KVM switch
  7. Network Interface Cards
  8. Network Cable
  9. Coaxial cable
  10. Twisted-pair cable
  11. Hubs and Switches
  12. Hubs and switches demystified
  13. Repeaters
  14. Bridges
  15. Routers
  16. Network Attached Storage
  17. SAN is NAS spelled backwards
  18. Network Printers