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Windows Server 2016 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook - Second Edition

You're reading from  Windows Server 2016 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook - Second Edition

Product type Book
Published in Sep 2017
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ISBN-13 9781787122048
Pages 660 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Authors (2):
Thomas Lee Thomas Lee
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 Ed Goad Ed Goad
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Title Page
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgment
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
1. What's New in PowerShell and Windows Server 2. Implementing Nano Server 3. Managing Windows Updates 4. Managing Printers 5. Managing Server Backup 6. Managing Performance 7. Troubleshooting Windows Server 2016 8. Managing Windows Networking Services 9. Managing Network Shares 10. Managing Internet Information Server 11. Managing Hyper-V 12. Managing Azure 13. Using Desired State Configuration

Creating a printer pool


On Windows, a printer pool is a single named printer with two or more print devices (printer ports). Windows sends a given print job to any of the printers in the pool. This feature is very useful in environments where users do a lot of printing and need the speed that additional printers can provide, without having to ask the user to choose which specific print device to use.

There are no PowerShell cmdlets to enable you to create a printer pool. Older printer features—the use of PrintUI.DLL and RunDLL32, which have been features in Windows for several versions. These tools are another example of making use of console applications where you need them.

Getting ready

You run this recipe on the PSRV. Additionally, this recipe assumes you have created the printer, as per the Install and share printers recipe.

How to do it...

  1. Add a new port for this printer:
   Add-PrinterPort -Name Sales_Color2  `                   -PrinterHostAddress   10.10.10.62
  1. Create a printer pool for...
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