2. Configure server roles and features 2.2 Configure print and document services

2.2.1 Configure the Easy Print print driver
Easy Print print driver redirects printing from a remote desktop session to the local client printers. It requires only that RDS role be installed.

2.2.2 Configure Enterprise Print Management
Install Print and Document Service(Print-Services) / Print Server(Print-Server) role.

This will add tab "Print Services" to Server Manager allows limited management.
View printer events
Manage Print Spooler service
Start performance counters
View installed print and documents roles

Most configuration and management done through Tools: Print Management

Nodes in Printer Management:

Custom Filters:
create custom views for print print management

Print Servers:
Individual print server management:
1. Change who can access the print server by right-click and Properties, Security tab
2. Configure drivers (see 2.2.3)
3. Configure forms
4. Configure ports
5. Configure Printers
         a. View Printer Queue
         b. List printer in AD
         c. Deploy printer using GPO
         d. Print test page
         e. Share a printer by right clicking and "Manage Sharing"
         f. Enable Branch office direct printing.
         g. configure printer priority
         h. Use Properties/Security tab to control who has access to the printer

        
 Deployed Printers
Shows printers that have been deployed to a GPO.

Printer Sharing:
Right click printer choose Manage Sharing, or Sharing tab on properties
"Share this Printer" Printer Name
Render Print jobs on client computers: Uncheck to have this done on the server.
List in directory
Install addition drivers(V3 drivers).

When dealing with sharing, there are 3 types of driver distribution:
 Enhanced Point and Print: V4 aware drivers no need to distribute to client.
Package Aware Point and Print: V3 distributed signed driver packages
Legacy Point and Print: v3 driver distribution
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj590748.aspx

Printer Migration
 Migrate print servers from 2003, 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2

right-click root node in Print Management, Migrate printers
or
use the printbrm.exe tool

Powershell commands:
module: PrintManagement
get-command -module PrintManagement

get-printer, get-printerdriver, get-printerport, get-printerproperty, get-printjob,
get-printconfiguration
add-printer, add-printerdriver, add-printerport
rename-printer
set-printer, set-printerproperty, set-printconfiguration
remove-printer, remove-printerport, remove-printjob, remove-printer
restart-printjob, resume-printjob, suspend-printjob

Extra note:
Other subfeatures of Print and Document Services: 
Distributed Scan Server -   receives scanned documents from network scanners and routes them. 
           installs "Scan Management" tool
Internet Printing - installs IIS and allows users to manage their print jobs on a web site. Also allows 
           for use of Internet Printing Protocol(IPP)
Line Printer Daemon (LPD) - Unix-based printers

2.2.3 Configure drivers
Windows 8 and 2012 introduce new Version 4(V4) driver.
V3 drivers(Windows 2000+) still supported

V4 driver features:
Smaller disk footprint
Simplified drivers through new print class driver framework. 
Driver isolation for better crash handling
Client architecture doesn't matter.
Supports multiple devices

Delete the driver: uninstall printer driver but leaves driver package in store
Remove driver package: uninstall and remove driver package
Configure driver isolation: (if driver supports it):
          Shared - driver runs in driver shared process separate from print spooler
          Isolated - driver runs in it's own process
          None - driver runs in print spooler process

2.2.4 Configure printer pooling
1.In Printer properties, ports tab, select port for each print device in the pool
2.Check enable printer pooling
Repeat for each logical printer in the pool

2.2.5 Configure Print Priorities
Printer priorities are set in the Printer properties/advanced tab. A higher priority means this logical printer will have preference over another logical printer that is pointed at the same print device.

2.2.6 Configure Printer Permissions
 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj190062#BKMK_Delegated_Print_Admin

Print Server permissions:
View Server: View server, including printers.
Manage Server:  allows for ability to create and delete print queues, add or delete ports, and add or delete
             forms.

Both Print Server and Printer permissions:
Print: ability to print and manage queue for their own documents
Manage Documents: Allows control for all documents in a queue, including delete
Manage Printers: assigns ability to pause/restart printer, change spooler settings, share printer, adjust
            permissions, and change printer properties