Installing The Printer Configure
To Add a new Local Printer, open the Printers and Faxes folder from the start menu and click on Add a printer.
The Add Printer Wizard will appear. Click on Next.
Select Local Printer to install a new Local Printer.
Click on Next to continue.
The wizard will ask you which port the printer is connected to. You can also create a new port such as a TCP/IP port for network printers that are not connected to a print server. Click on Next to continue.
Choose the Manufacturer and Printer from the list shown. You may need a driver disk at this stage if your printer isn’t supported.
Click on Next to continue.
The wizard will ask you to choose a name for the printer and whether you want it to be the default.
The wizard will ask you if you want to share the printer. Select Do not share this printer and click Next to continue.
You can test the printer by sending it a test page. Click on Next to continue.
A summary page will appear, verify all options are correct and click Finish.
The new local printer has now been installed and is marked as the default printer.
Click on Next.
Select A network printer.
Click on Next to continue.
The wizard will ask you where the printer is, you can either browse for or specify a printer using a URL or an UNC path.
For example \\10.0.0.243\hplaserj.2 will connect to a printer shared on the machine 10.0.0.243. Click on Next to continue.
The computer will automatically download drivers from the Print Server. Click on Yes to accept the warning.
Choose whether you want the printer to be your default and click Next.
A summary page will appear, verify all options are correct and click Finish.
The new printer is displayed in the Printers and Faxes window and is marked as default.
Select Sharing.
Select the Share this printer option.
A share name is suggested for you although this can be easily changed. If the printer is to be shared on a mixed network (i.e. Older version of Windows) then select Additional Drivers.
Additional Drivers can be installed for the supported platforms by selecting the relevant checkboxes.
To configure permissions click on the Security Tab.
The Security Tab is used to configure permissions for the printer.
The Manage Printers permission allows a user to pause and restart the printer, change its settings and manage its permissions.
The Print permission allows a user or group to print to a printer.
The Manage Documents permission allows a user to pause, restart and delete queued documents. This permission does not allow a user to change any of the printer settings.
For example the Everyone group has been given the Print permission by default so all users can print to the printer but not manage the printer or other peoples print jobs.
Click on OK to continue.
The printer has now been shared.
You can configure two printers for one physical print device. One of the printers can be set to only print outside office hours. Another can be set to print immediately. Only those people who need to print the urgent documents have the “Print” permission for that printer.
This means that the single page documents will print out immediately, and the large reports will be waiting for their owners when they come into work the next day.
Printer Scheduling is set up from the Advanced tab of the printer’s properties page.
Click Available from.
This might be set to be from 10:00 to 18:00. Another printer can be shared using the same print device with a different schedule. The two printers can then be used by different users.
A printer can be given a priority, so that jobs sent to this print device using this printer can be given higher precedence over jobs from other printers. 1 is the lowest priority and 99 is the highest.
For example two printers can be created, one for the Managers having a priority of 99 and one for standard users having a priority of 1. The Manager’s Documents will always print before the user’s documents.
Printer pooling involves assigning multiple print devices to a single printer.
A printer pool would be used in a setting where there is a large amount of printing done, such as in a secretarial environment.
Printer pools reduce the amount of time employees spend waiting for their printouts, and thus increase productivity. When print devices are pooled the printer sends the print job to the first available print device.
To create a printer pool, all the printers MUST be identical, i.e., they must all function using the same driver.
Printer pooling is configured from the Ports tab.
First, you click the Enable printer pooling checkbox at the bottom.
If you don’t click the Enable printer pooling checkbox first, then you can only select one port from the list.
When you click OK, the print devices will be pooled, and the printer will send each print job to the first available print device.
To Add a new Local Printer, open the Printers and Faxes folder from the start menu and click on Add a printer.
The Add Printer Wizard will appear. Click on Next.
Select Local Printer to install a new Local Printer.
Click on Next to continue.
The wizard will ask you which port the printer is connected to. You can also create a new port such as a TCP/IP port for network printers that are not connected to a print server. Click on Next to continue.
Choose the Manufacturer and Printer from the list shown. You may need a driver disk at this stage if your printer isn’t supported.
Click on Next to continue.
The wizard will ask you to choose a name for the printer and whether you want it to be the default.
The wizard will ask you if you want to share the printer. Select Do not share this printer and click Next to continue.
You can test the printer by sending it a test page. Click on Next to continue.
A summary page will appear, verify all options are correct and click Finish.
The new local printer has now been installed and is marked as the default printer.
Connecting to a Network Printer
A network printer is added in pretty much the same way. Click on Add a printer.Click on Next.
Select A network printer.
Click on Next to continue.
The wizard will ask you where the printer is, you can either browse for or specify a printer using a URL or an UNC path.
For example \\10.0.0.243\hplaserj.2 will connect to a printer shared on the machine 10.0.0.243. Click on Next to continue.
The computer will automatically download drivers from the Print Server. Click on Yes to accept the warning.
Choose whether you want the printer to be your default and click Next.
A summary page will appear, verify all options are correct and click Finish.
The new printer is displayed in the Printers and Faxes window and is marked as default.
Sharing a Print Device
To share a print device, right-click on the print device from the Printers and Faxes Window.Select Sharing.
Select the Share this printer option.
A share name is suggested for you although this can be easily changed. If the printer is to be shared on a mixed network (i.e. Older version of Windows) then select Additional Drivers.
Additional Drivers can be installed for the supported platforms by selecting the relevant checkboxes.
To configure permissions click on the Security Tab.
The Security Tab is used to configure permissions for the printer.
The Manage Printers permission allows a user to pause and restart the printer, change its settings and manage its permissions.
The Print permission allows a user or group to print to a printer.
The Manage Documents permission allows a user to pause, restart and delete queued documents. This permission does not allow a user to change any of the printer settings.
For example the Everyone group has been given the Print permission by default so all users can print to the printer but not manage the printer or other peoples print jobs.
Click on OK to continue.
The printer has now been shared.
Print Scheduling
Printer Scheduling is a method of preventing print jobs from being processed until a set time. It can be used in situations such as a department printing large, non-urgent reports and another that prints single page urgent documents.You can configure two printers for one physical print device. One of the printers can be set to only print outside office hours. Another can be set to print immediately. Only those people who need to print the urgent documents have the “Print” permission for that printer.
This means that the single page documents will print out immediately, and the large reports will be waiting for their owners when they come into work the next day.
Printer Scheduling is set up from the Advanced tab of the printer’s properties page.
Click Available from.
This might be set to be from 10:00 to 18:00. Another printer can be shared using the same print device with a different schedule. The two printers can then be used by different users.
A printer can be given a priority, so that jobs sent to this print device using this printer can be given higher precedence over jobs from other printers. 1 is the lowest priority and 99 is the highest.
For example two printers can be created, one for the Managers having a priority of 99 and one for standard users having a priority of 1. The Manager’s Documents will always print before the user’s documents.
Printer Pooling
Printer pooling involves assigning multiple print devices to a single printer.A printer pool would be used in a setting where there is a large amount of printing done, such as in a secretarial environment.
Printer pools reduce the amount of time employees spend waiting for their printouts, and thus increase productivity. When print devices are pooled the printer sends the print job to the first available print device.
To create a printer pool, all the printers MUST be identical, i.e., they must all function using the same driver.
Printer pooling is configured from the Ports tab.
First, you click the Enable printer pooling checkbox at the bottom.
If you don’t click the Enable printer pooling checkbox first, then you can only select one port from the list.
When you click OK, the print devices will be pooled, and the printer will send each print job to the first available print device.
nterrupt Requests (IRQ)
Devices work by interrupting the processor. Once a device has the processor’s attention it can send or retrieve data or carry out a function. The interruption of the processor’s run time is called an Interrupt Request (IRQ). Each device has an IRQ so the processor knows which device is asking for its time.
Interrupt Requests (IRQ) Conflicts
Here, both the Printer and the Network Card are using the same IRQ
number. This has confused the processor, so it doesn’t know which device
to service.Input/Output (I/O) addresses
Sometimes devices CAN share IRQ numbers. Consider this case of two COM ports. Every device on the computer has a unique address, called an I/O address. This address acts like a mailbox number that the processor uses to communicate with the device. While here, both COM ports share an IRQ number but they have different I/O numbers. All I/O numbers must be unique and cannot be shared.Direct Memory Access
Using DMA, a device can directly transfer data to the RAM without using the processor, thus freeing up the processor for other tasks. . If two devices tried to use the same DMA channel, this would cause a hardware conflict.Multiple Displays
Multiple Display Support. Windows XP/2003 adds support for up to nine display adapters. Any video adapters used for multiple displays must either be PCI or AGP cards. All video adapters must support multiple displays including any on-board cards.On-board Video Adapters. If the the on-board video card is to be used as well as a separate video adapter, then install Windows XP/2003 before installing the new device. Windows setup will disable any on-board video card if a separate video-adapter is located. In some systems the BIOS will disable the on-board card if another adapter is found, there may be no way to overcome this.
Configuration. One video adapter must be set as the primary. This adapter cannot be switched off as the other adapters will use it as a marking point when extending the desktop.
Device Manager
Hardware is administered through the Device Manager utility, which is the user’s main administrative interface with a machine’s hardware.It can be used to:
- Check the configuration of hardware devices
- Install or update drivers
- Remove or disable hardware
Alternatively, right-click on My Computer > Properties > Hardware tab > Device Manager.
A device can be uninstalled from this window. When the device is selected, the window changes subtly.
Note this icon. Hardware changes can be detected in the device by clicking this.
This feature is available from the Action menu or from right-clicking on an item. If the item is expanded, more operations are available:
Note these icons. Hardware devices can be disabled or deleted from here. Alternatively, right-click on the highlighted device, or click on the Action button. You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. Domain wide policies must also permit this!
An Exclamation Mark indicates a device has a problem. Generally this will be a driver issue.
A red cross indicates that the device has been disabled.
To check the properties of a hardware item, double click on the icon, or right click and select Properties.
The message that a device is working properly does not always means it’s doing what is required of it. Devices can be enabled or disabled as required dependent upon the hardware profile required.
The number and type of tabs varies according to the particular Hardware Device selected. The Driver tab allows you to configure drivers for the device. A driver is a software interface that allows the operating system to use the hardware.
Common to all devices is the Resources Tab. This lists the computer resources used by the particular device to interact with the processor and the computer memory. Any conflict reported here implies that changes have to be made to the IRQ or I/O resources allocated to this device.
Click the Driver Signing button.Ignore will allow all device drivers to be installed whether they are digitally signed or not.
Warn will display a warning message where an Installation is attempted on a device driver without a digital signature.
Block will prevent an installation of an unsigned device driver.
Notice the default Setting is Warn. Choose an option and click OK.
Installing the Backup Service
Right click Features and select Add Features. Scroll down the list. Expand Windows Server Backup Features. Select the required Features. Windows Server Backup for Graphical tools. Command-line tools for scripting backups. Either or both may be selected and click Next to continue. Confirm installation selections by clicking Install. Click Close to complete. Backup Features have been added.Perform a Manual Backup
Select Windows Server Backup. Select Action. Select Backup Once. Select Different options and Next to continue. Select Full Server or Custom. Custom allows you to specify which Volumes to backup. Click Next to continue. Select Volume(s) to be backed up. Click Next. Select a Destination for the Backup and Next to continue. Select Destination and click Next. Click Next. Click Backup. When the Backup is complete click Close. The Backup was successful.Scheduling Backups
Scheduling backups requires a dedicated local disk. You cannot use the Backup Schedule Wizard to back up to a disk that will be used by other applications, and you cannot back up to a shared folder on the network. After running the Backup Schedule Wizard, the backup target disk will not be visible in Windows Explorer.To schedule a backup to run automatically, follow these steps:
- Click Start, choose Administrative Tools, and then choose Windows Server Backup. The Windows Server Backup console appears.
- In the Actions pane, click Backup Schedule. The Backup Schedule Wizard appears.
- On the Getting Started page, click Next.
- On the Select Backup Configuration page, choose whether to back up the full server or select Custom to select specific volumes. If you are backing up to a local disk, you should select Custom so that you can exclude the backup volume from the backup.
- If the Select Backup Items page appears, select the check boxes for the volumes you want to back up, and then click Next.
- On the Specify Backup Time page, select the time and frequency of your backups.
- On the Select Destination Disk page, choose where to save the backup file. This disk will be reformatted, and all data will be lost. Click Next.
- Click Yes when prompted.
- On the Label Destination Disk page, click Next.
- On the Confirmation page, click Finish.
- On the Summary page, the Backup Schedule Wizard formats the backup destination disk. Click Close.
Performing Backups from a Command Prompt or Script
You can use the Wbadmin tool to initiate backups from a script or at a command prompt (such as when using Windows Server 2008 Server Core). For example, to initiate a backup of the C drive to the L drive, you would run the following command prompt from an elevated command prompt:wbadmin start backup –backupTarget:L: -include:C: -quiet
To perform a backup of the system state, type Wbadmin with the start systemstaterecovery parameters. To schedule a backup, type Wbadmin with the Enable backup parameters. For complete usage information, type wbadmin /? at a command prompt.
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