Welcome to Day Eight of our Windows Server 2008 series. Only nineteen more days to go. Today we're going to go over some of the basic printing concepts, specifically dealing with the Print Services Role, Role Services and Features in Windows Server 2008.
Print Services is available for installation as a server role on all versions of Windows Server 2008 except the Web Server Edition. The Print Services Role and the associated services and features may be installed via the new Server Manager console or ServerManagerCMD.exe command-line role management tool. By default the print spooler service is installed and started on a new installation of Windows Server 2008. The Print Services server role is not required to install and share printers. However, installing the role allows the ability to install the dependent role services and manage the local print server using the Server Manager console. When a printer is shared on the server, firewall exceptions for File and Printer Sharing (ports 137, 138, 139 and 445) are enabled.
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