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Windows'7 Sharing Resources I 223

CREATE A PRINTER POOL

GET READY, Log on to Windows 7 using an account with the Manage Printer permission.
1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window appears.
2. Under Hardware and Sound, click View Devices and Printers. The Devices and
Printers window appears.
3. Right click one of the printer icons in the window and then, from the context
menu, select Printer Properties. The printers Properties sheet appears.
4. Click the Ports tab, and then select all of the ports to which the print devices are
connected.
5. Select the Enable printer pooling check box, and then click OK.

SKILL SUMMARY

IN THIS LESSON YOU LEARNED:

• Windows 7 has several sets of permissions, which operate independently of each other,
including NTFS permissions, share permissions, registry permissions, and Active Directory
permissions.
• NTFS permissions enable you to control access to files and folders by specifying just what
tasks individual users can perform on them.
• Share permissions provide rudimentary access control for all of the files on a network share.
• The printing architecture in Windows is modular, consisting of the print device, a printer, a
print server, and a printer driver.
• A local printer is one that supports a print device directly attached to the computer or
attached to the network. A network printer connects to a shared printer hosted by another
computer.
• To install a printer, you run the Add Printer wizard and specify the printer driver and port
to use.
• A single printer can direct jobs to more than one port, creating a printer pool.
• A single print device can be served by multiple printers, each of which can have unique
properties, drivers, settings, permissions, or monitoring characteristics.
• The print queue window enables you to monitor printers for potential signs of trouble.

Fill in the Blank

Complete the following sentences by writing the correct word or words in the blanks provided.
1. If a user has the Deny Full Control permission for the root of the D: drive and the
Allow Full Control permission for D:\Documents, then the user's effective permissions
for D:\Docurnents will be Full Control.

2. A user calls the help desk and asks you why she cannot send print jobs to a shared printer
that is using Windows 7 as a print server. You determine that the problem is related to the
printer permissions. The user cannot send jobs to the printer because she only has the
_____ permission for the printer.