Operating System Printer Sharing Quiz

The potential data privacy and security issues when sharing printers include hard drive caching, user authentication, and data privacy concerns.

The purposes of print servers are to provide client access to print resources, administrate print jobs by storing them in a queue until the print device is ready, and provide user feedback about the state of the print device.

Wireless printer connections can be established through Bluetooth pairing between computer and printer, or using Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi connections require the printer's Wi-Fi adapter to support an 802.11 standard, and the client devices can connect directly to the printer in wireless ad-hoc mode.

<p>Users who connect to the shared printer must have the correct print driver. Windows can automatically download the correct drivers to these users.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Print server software is a program that allows a computer to share a printer over a network, while print server hardware is a device with a network card and memory that connects to the network and communicates with the printer to enable print sharing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sharing a printer using print server software might cause slow downs and if the computer sharing the printer is down, the printer becomes unavailable to others.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A dedicated print server is needed for larger networking environments with multiple LANs and many users. It must have a powerful processor, adequate storage space for queued documents, and adequate memory to meet print client requests.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A hardware print server is a simple device with a network card and memory that connects to the network and communicates with the printer to enable print sharing.</p> Signup and view all the answers