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Considerations for a Print Services Design

Considerations for a print services design are:
-Ease of administration
-Ease of access for users
-Cost
-High availability

Local Printing

• A local printer is attached directly to a computer
Characteristics are:
• Difficult to administer
• Typically low performance
• Typically high cost
• Convenient for the user
• Secure

Direct IP Printing

• Direct IP printing sends print jobs directly from a workstation to a network printer
Characteristics are:
• Lower cost than local printing
• Easier to manage than local printing
• No centralized queuing of print jobs
• Not scalable by adding additional printers
• No central bottleneck
• No centralized method for configuration of workstations
Server-based Printing
Characteristics are:
• Scalable by adding additional printers
• Centralized configuration of workstations
• Can control printer usage, based on user or group
• Failure of print server affects multiple printers
• Centralized queuing of print jobs
• Server-based printing sends all print jobs through a print server
Considerations for Selecting Printers
Considerations when selecting printers are:
• Cost per page for printing and consumables
• Duty cycle of the printer
• Networking support
• Printer control language support (XPS)
• Initial hardware cost of the printer

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