Cengage Windows Server 2019 - Module 6 - Configuring Printing (Exam Notes)

Which of the following print server permissions allows users to configure print server settings within the Print Management tool? a. Manage Printers b. View Server c. Manage Server d. Manage Documents

Manage Server (c) Explanation: Manage Server allows users to configure print server settings within the Print Management tool.

As a system administrator, you are tasked with identifying the reason for print jobs not getting completed. You notice that the queue status against one of the printers is "paused." This does not provide a specific reason. To ease the process of troubleshooting in the future, you want the queue status to show specific notifications from the printer. Which of the following options would you enable for this purpose? a. Printer pooling b. Bidirectional printing c. Branch office direct printing d. List in the directory

Bidirectional printing (b) Explanation: Printers must have bidirectional printing enabled to display notifications from the print device within the Queue Status column.

Which of the following actions cannot be performed by a user with Print permission? a. Send print jobs to the printer b. Pause, resume, and restart print jobs c. Cancel the print jobs they have ownership of d. Cancel all print jobs

Cancel all print jobs (d) Explanation: To perform this action, a user needs Manage Documents permission.

Which of the following options on a print queue webpage refreshes the list of print jobs within the print queue when selected? a. Document List b. Properties c. All Printers d. Cancel All Documents

Document List (a) Explanation: Document List is selected to refresh the list of print jobs within the print queue.

Nodin, a trainee system administrator, is configuring a shared print device, PrinterA, on a colleague's computer. PrinterA is shared through ServerV. He uses the format below to successfully configure the print device. \\ServerV\PrinterA Identify the protocol that he most likely used.

SMB Explanation: SMB protocol uses the format mentioned to print documents to shared printers. The default format is \\severname\sharedprintername.

Selecting a shared printer within the Print Management console and clicking on More Actions, Properties from the Actions menu, you will be able to change the printer name, location, and comment.

True Explanation: After adding a shared printer to the system, you can perform additional configuration tasks by accessing the properties of the printer within the Print Management console.

What separator page file is used with PostScript-only printers and prints a separator page at the beginning of each document? a. Pcl.sep b. Pscript.sep c. Sysprint.sep d. Sysprtj.sep

Sysprint.sep (c) Explanation: This is used to print a PostScript separator page on a printer that supports PostScript only.

Your university has installed a shared printer, Print_MV, on SERVERX. To accommodate the large amount of print jobs generated by the students, the spool folder needs to be placed in a storage device with a large capacity. Which of the following tabs under the print server properties dialog box can be used for this purpose? a. Advanced b. Security c. Drivers d. Port

Advanced (a) Explanation: The location of the spool folder can be modified under the Advanced tab. Typically, spool folders should be located on a separate storage device that has a large capacity for print jobs.

What happens when a print job exceeds the print device storage capacity?

The print jobs are divided into smaller parts and sent to the print device sequentially. Explanation: Print devices have a limited amount of storage to store print jobs. When print jobs exceed print device storage, it is divided into smaller parts and sent to a print device sequentially.

Malaika purchased a print device that can be automatically configured by the system. The print device is PnP-capable, and it does not have a network interface. Which of these should Malaika use to connect the print device to the system?

USB Explanation: A PnP-capable physical printer connects to the system via physical ports, such as USB, parallel, or serial, and it is configured by the system automatically.

Martha, a support technician, is troubleshooting a problem with a shared printer. All her colleagues, including Flavio, had complained that the printer control codes appear on printouts. She identifies corrupt print drivers as the cause of the problem. She reinstalls the print driver on Flavio's computer, and he does not face this problem again. However, other people in her company still face the issue. What should Martha have done to mitigate this issue for everyone?

Updated or reinstalled the printer driver on the print server Explanation: If all print clients (i.e., the computers using the shared printer) are experiencing this problem, the driver must be updated or installed on the print server and not on the clients.

Which printer server configuration task is performed before shared printers are added within the Print Management tool? a. Add manufacturer-supplied printer drivers for the associated print device b. Change the printer name, location, and comment c. Render print jobs on client computers d. Deploy with Group Policy

Add manufacturer-supplied printer drivers for the associated print device (a) Explanation: Before adding printers on your print server, you should first add any manufacturer-supplied printer drivers for the associated print devices.

Which of the following options is provided by the Print Management tool to quickly check the status of printers to identify any problems? a. The Advanced tab b. Properties c. View Server d. Custom filters

Custom filters (d) Explanation: The Print Management tool provides custom filters that you can use to quickly check the status of printers to identify any problems.

A print device, Printer_2AC, is installed on SERVERX within your organization. The printer must be automatically added to each computer added to the domain. Which of the following options can be used for this purpose? a. Use the Add Printer wizard b. Audit object access policy c. Enable advanced printing features d. Deploy with Group Policy

Deploy with Group Policy (d) Explanation: You can use Group Policy to automatically add SMB shared printers to computers that are joined to the domain, provided that the appropriate printer drivers for the computers are installed on the print server. To do this, right-click a printer within the Print Management console and select Deploy with Group Policy

Pausing all documents within a print queue is often performed after performing routine maintenance on a print device, such as changing toner or refilling paper trays.

False Explanation: A printer can be configured to resume printing the documents within the print queue after the maintenance has been completed instead of pausing all documents within the print queue that is often performed after performing routine maintenance.

The XPS API stores documents within a spool folder using Enhanced Metafile (EMF) format.

False Explanation: The XPS API stores documents within a spool folder using XPS format, whereas the GDI stores documents using the EMF format.

The Device and Printers utility contains print server configuration options that are not available within the Print Management tool.

False Explanation: While you can also use the Devices and Printers utility on Windows Server 2019 to add and share locally-attached or network-attached printers, you should instead use the Print Management tool that is part of the Print and Document Services server role, and it contains print server configuration options that are not available within the Device and Printers utility.

The print server does not spool the print job when branch office users connect to a shared printer across the Internet that has BODP enabled.

False on the quiz, but should actually be True. Explanation: When branch office users connect to a shared printer across the Internet that has BODP enabled, the print server does not spool the print job.

Which of the following options will allow a shared printer to be automatically published, allowing domain users to search for the Print window? a. Enable printer pooling b. List in the directory c. Enable advanced printing d. Branch Office Direct Printing

List in the directory Explanation: This will allow domain users to search Active Directory for the shared printer within the Print window of a software application, as well as ensure that it appears in the list of available printers at the beginning of the Add Printer wizard.

Which of the following is the default format used to store documents received by the GDI API for modern print devices? a. NT EMF b. GDI2XPS c. RAW (FF auto) d. RAW (FF appended)

NT EMF (a) Explanation: NT EMF is the default format used to store documents received by the GDI API for modern print devices.

Several users access the same shared printer in Lia's organization. A colleague tells her that the paper tray needs to be refilled. She uses the Printer menu to manage the print jobs and refill the paper tray. Which option do you think she would have chosen in the Printer menu if the documents within the print queue resumed printing after the refilling of the paper tray?

Pause Printing Explanation: This option holds all the documents within the printer queue. This option is often used before performing a maintenance task, such as refilling paper trays.

While installing Print and Document Services, Laurel selects an option available under "Role Services." After the printer is configured, her colleagues can access the shared printer using a UNC. Which option do you think Laurel selected?

Print Server Explanation: If the Print Sever option is selected, the printer will be configured as an SMB shared printer. A UNC can be used to connect to an SMB shared printer using server name or IP address.

Identify the process that coverts the documents within the spool folder to a format understandable by the print device.

Rendering Explanation: The rendering process converts the documents within the spool folder to a format understandable by the print device.

Identify the correct process that automatically adds SMB shared printers to computers that join a domain.

Select the printer within the Print Management tool, select More Actions, and choose Deploy with Group Policy from the Actions menu Explanation: You can use Group Policy to automatically add SMB shared printers to computers that are joined to the domain, provided that the appropriate printer drivers for the computers are installed on the print server. To do this, right-click a printer within the Print Management console and select Deploy with Group Policy.

What option should you use on a printer's Advanced properties page if pages from different jobs are mixed?

Start printing after last page is spooled Explanation: This ensures that pages of a print job are sent to the print device only after all pages within the print job have finished spooling.

Which of the following commands can be used within Windows PowerShell to view and manage print jobs within the print queue for a printer? a. Set-Printer printername-restart b. Suspend-PrinJob c. Restart-Service spooler-force d. http://serverx/printers

Suspend-PrinJob (this is spelled incorrectly and should actually be Suspend-PrintJob) (b) Explanation: This is used to suspend the print jobs.

Which of the following tabs help configure the times that a printer is available to users, the printer priority, the printer driver, and spooling options? a. The Sharing tab b. The Ports tab c. The Advanced tab d. The Security tab

The Advanced tab (c) Explanation: The Advanced tab helps configure the times that a printer is available to users, the printer priority, the printer driver, and spooling options.