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Network Basics NETWORK PRINTING Why use a print server? A print server provides your printer with connection to the network. You could get the same connection using a computer -- your network server -- but it would cost more and be more complex. Using a print server saves you money and frees up your network server for other tasks, such as file storage. You might want to use a network server for management of print jobs, a function that may be useful for larger networks. In such an application you will still probably want to use a print server, because its small size gives you location flexibility. Using a print server, you can easily place your printers near your users, while keeping the network server out of the way in a central computer area. (You will see this application in the notes on the client/server topology, a couple of file:///C|/Bottlecap_Structure_26--TestMerge/DOCS/EN/NETBASIC/FNP0020.HTM (1 of 2) [5/20/2003 3:45:01 PM]