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