Chapter FOURTEEN. Printing

TOPICS IN THIS CHAPTER

  • Overview of General Print Processing

  • Windows XP and Windows 2000 Printing, Including the TCP/IP Print Service

  • A Linux Printing Overview

  • Samba Interoperability with Windows XP and Windows 2000

  • Windows Printer Ports

  • Adding Local and Networked Printers to Windows and Linux

  • Attaching Windows Printers to Linux and Vice-Versa

  • Interoperability issues

When a computer system is printing, it is actually depositing human-readable text and graphics onto paper. Some early pundits said that computers would create a paperless society. It hasn't happened. Electronic processes have replaced many manual paper processes, but the need for human-readable paper-based text seems to persist or even increase. One thing is clear: ...

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