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6.1. Connecting to a shared printer

In this exercise, you will search Active directory and then use the Connect option to make a temporary connection to a shared printer. You can perform this exercise from your second Windows Server 2003 server or from a workstation computer.

Estimated Time: 10 minutes

1.	Log on to your computer; then select Start, My Computer.
2.	In the left pane of My Computer, double-click My Network Places.
3.	In the left pane under Network Tasks, double-click Search Active Directory.
4.	This opens the Find users, Contacts and Groups dialog box. Click the Find drop-down list and select Printers.

5.	Enter `First Floor` in the location field, and then click the Find Now button.
6.	The KC1 printer that you configured in a previous exercise should appear in the search results.
7.	Right-click the entry for the KC1 printer and select Connect.
8.	Open the Printers and Faxes folder by clicking Start, Printers and Faxes, and verify that an icon for the KC1 printer is present. If you have a physical printer connected, print a test page.

Exam Questions

You are the network administrator for FlyByNight Airlines. The network consists of a single Active Directory domain. The functional level of the domain is Windows 2000 native. All network servers run Windows Server 2003, and all client computers run Windows XP Professional.

The network includes a printer named FlightPrinter123. Some of your users report that they are often unable to access this printer. You discover that the problem occurs whenever more than 10 users try to connect to it.

You need to ensure that all appropriate users can access FlightPrinter123. What should you do?

	A.	Decrease the length of the printer name.
	B.	Raise the functional level of the domain to Windows Server 2003.
	C.	Purchase additional client access licenses.
	D.	Move FlightPrinter123 to one of the servers.

You are the network administrator for FlyByNight Airlines. The network consists of a single Active Directory domain. All network servers run Windows Server 2003, and all client computers run Windows 2000 Professional. You install Windows Server 2003 with default settings on a new computer named FBNSrv1. You install and share several printers on FBNSrv1. You instruct all users to connect to these printers by using the address http://FBNSrv1/Printers. However, users report that they cannot connect to this address. You need to ensure that all users can connect to the printers by using HTTP.

Which two actions should you perform? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose two.)

	A.	Publish all shared printers that are installed on FBNSrv1.
	B.	Create a virtual directory named Printers on FBNSrv1.
	C.	Install IIS with default settings on FBNSrv1.
	D.	Reinstall all printers on FBNSrv1.
	E.	Install the Internet Printing component of IIS.

You are the network administrator for Troy, Inc. The network consists of a single Active Directory domain. All network servers run Windows Server 2003, and the client computers run a mix of Windows 2000 and Windows XP Professional.

You set up a network-attached printer TroyPrnt1 and give it a static IP address. For some reason, users cannot attach to it. What should you do?

	A.	On your DNS server, add an alias (CNAME) record that references TroyPrnt1.
	B.	In the Hosts file on your DNS server, add a line that references TroyPrnt1.
	C.	On your DNS server, add a service locator (SRV) record that references TroyPrnt1.
	D.	On your DNS server, add a host (A) record that references TroyPrnt1.

You are the network administrator for Hasty, Inc. You just bought a couple of parallel-port connected Plug and Play computers for your office. You connect one of the printers to your Windows Server 2003 server and wait for the wizard to appear, but nothing happens. What should you do?

	A.	Reboot your server.
	B.	Try the other printer; this one isn't working.
	C.	Start the Add/Remove Hardware applet in the Control Panel.
	D.	Restart the printer.

You are the system administrator for a small company. Because it is a small company, you are hosting both the file and print roles on your only server.

Your server is currently low on free space on the hard drive. Your boss needs to print a large print job, but you estimate the size of the job, and it could possibly fill up your hard drive. What should you do?

	A.	Set up a quota on the boss's account.
	B.	Disable print spooling.
	C.	Have your boss print after the other users have left for the day.
	D.	Enable printer pooling.

The network includes a printer named FlightPrinter123. Some of your users report that when graphics-intensive print jobs are submitted to FlightPrinter123, the documents print slowly, pausing for several seconds after each page. What can you do to correct this problem using the least amount of administrative effort?

	A.	Add a second printer that prints to the same print device as FlightPrinter123.
	B.	Configure FlightPrinter123 to start printing after the last page is spooled.
	C.	Create a printer pool
	D.	Increase the priority of FlightPrinter123.

Answers to Exam Questions

1.	D. Because the magic number is 10, it is most likely that the printer is shared on a Windows XP client. That would lead to a situation where the Windows XP client computer allows only up to 10 connections at the same time, resulting in users being unable to access FlightPrinter123 when the 10 connections are full. Moving the printer to a server computer will allow more concurrent connections. Because the domain doesn't have any Windows 9x clients, the length of the printer name isn't a problem. Because this is obviously a connectivity issue, the functional level of the domain is not the cause of the problem. Because the licensing service doesn't block connections, this is not a CAL problem. See "Print Servers."
2.	C and E. The Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) allows any supported client (Windows 95 and later) to print to a Windows Server 2003 server via the Internet browser. Internet Information Services (IIS) and IPP must be installed on the Windows Server 2003 server, neither of which is installed by default. See "Print Clients in Windows Server 2003."
3.	D. The clients' printer software needs to know the IP address of the printer. Because the IP address was assigned manually, it was not automatically registered in DNS, as it would be if it were assigned via DHCP. To correct the problem, you can enter a host (A) record in the DNS zone. An A record maps a hostname to an IP address. An alias (CNAME) can only point to an A record. Best practice states that you should always use DNS, not a host's file. SRV records are used for computers providing a service, such as a domain controller, for example. See "Network-Attached Printers."

4.	A. Reboot your server. Unlike USB- or FireWire-connected devices, the server must be rebooted for a parallel portconnected Plug and Play device to be recognized by Windows Server 2003. It's doubtful that the printer is broken; restarting it won't change anything, and there is not an Add/Remove Hardware applet in the Control Panel in Windows Server 2003. It is now named Add Hardware. See "Plug and Play Printers."
5.	B. Because you are low on hard drive space, the only reasonable answer is to disable spooling. When spooling is enabled, print jobs are stored to disk. See "Advanced Tab."
6.	B. If the printer is pausing between pages, it's most likely because the job isn't being spooled to disk. The print job is running directly from the computer, and the pause is the printer waiting for the next page to be generated. It's usually more efficient for the print job to be run from the spooler; this prevents having the printer wait for the pages to be rendered. Adding another printer, setting up a printer pool, or increasing the priority of the printer wouldn't solve the problem because the problem is the slow flow of data to the printer. See "The Windows Server 2003 Print Architecture."

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6.1. Connecting to a shared printer

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