Planning for Printer Setup and Administration

Planning for printer setup and administration includes the following activities:

• Defining attributes of printers, such as printer name, printer description, printer port

• Selecting a printer make, model, and driver (for setting up printers with PPD files)

• Selecting a printer type and file content type (for setting up printers without PPD files)

• Determining which PPD file to use (for setting up printers with PPD files)

• Setting up a default printer destination

• Determining whether you want to print banner pages

• Limiting user access to printer

• Setting up printer classes

• Setting up fault notification

• Setting up fault recovery