Operation 4.

3 - Install and Configure Print Server In Windows Server

2012 R2
As a Server administrator, you should know how to install and configure print server in
your network environment. Printers are the essential required network devices in small office to
enterprise network offices. In your office you might need one printer. So you don’t need to
install and configure print server in a Windows server, but when you need to deploy for a large
office you must know the deployment of printers for office users.

Procedure:

Install and Configure Print Server

Step 1: In your Windows Server login as domain admin and open the Server Manager console.
You must installed some roles in your server. Assure that Active Directory, DHCP Server,
and DNS Server is already installed.

Step 2: To install and configure print server in Windows Server, you must install Print and
Documents Services role. Go to Server Manager dashboard click Manage tab then click Add
roles and features.
Step 3: On the Before You Begin page click Next and select Role based or feature base
installation then click Next.
Step 4: Select a Server from server Pool On the Server Selection page, select the server you
want then click Next.
Step 5: Select and tick the check box of Print and Document Services on the Server Roles page.
Step 6: Now the component and features want to be install. Just click Add Features and then
click Next. Leave the Features page by default and click Next. You don’t need to install any
features for print and document services, so do nothing in this page.

Step 7: On the Print and Document Services page read all notification and click Next. It is
necessary once to read this page carefully.
Step 8: Select the Print Server and Internet Printing options from Role Services.
 Step 9: Click Add Feature to install IIS web server with components and features.
Print and Document Role Services:

 Print Server is the core print management and services.

 Distributed Scan Server is for document Scanner if you have it.
 Internet Printing will let you manage your printers through browser.
 LDP Services will share printers between Linux and Unix base OS.
So don’t change anything Web Server, just click next on Web Server Roles (IIS), Role Services
and Confirmation page to finish the IIS Web Server options.
Step 10: Finally click Close to finish the installation process. The Print and document services
complete successfully.
Step 11: Install printers from print management. Open the print management console from tools
tab on Server manager.

Step 12: There is no printer installed on print management. Lets install printer or add some
printer. Expand the Print Servers to printers then right click Printers and click Add printer.
On Printer installation page select Add a a TCP/IP or Web Services Printer by IP address
or Hostname and click Next.
Step 13: Select Install a new driver on Printer Driver page and click Next.
Step 14: Select a proper printer then click Next. You should select Kyocera FS-2100DN FX.
Step 15: Fill the information and tick the check box of Share this printer and click Next twice.
Step 16: Finally click finish to accomplish the installation task. Go to print management console
and see the new printers.
Step 17: Sharing Printers for Clients. When we installing a printer we select the sharing check
box of first print in order to share printer in the network. The sharing occurs but it is not
accessible to network directory for client PCs while you have not tick the check box of List in
the Directory

Now the printer is accessible for client PCs in the network.