On  Wednesday, September 01, 1999 12:56 PM, Roberto Safora
<[log in to unmask]>wrote:


> Could somebody briefly explain what a print server is and when it is
needed?
> TIA

In the most "basic" sense, a computer in a network that handles printing for
other computers. It may control more than one printer.The other computers
send their files to the  print server, and the print server sends each file
to be printed when a  printer is ready. HTH. :-)

Walter R. Worth
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