Windows Print Server?
Apparently this post is stuck in a state where replies will never be approved, so I'm resubmitting it:
Should we use our Windows Print Server(s) to route jobs from Bartender to our (Zebra) printers ? Currently we have direct "Standard TCP/IP Port" connections from our Bartender systems to our printers.
What is the best practice ? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each approach ?
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Hi Jeff,
Thank you for reaching us via the Community Forums!
There shouldn't be any issues routing print jobs using Windows Print Server. That being said, in order to provide you with better recommendations, could you tell us a little bit more about your BarTender environment? Are the workstations, printers, and Print Servers located in the same network? Do you use any VPNs? Etc.
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Sorry I didn't respond sooner, but I am still interested in this topic.
We have 20+ printers at 8 sites. The workstations and printers are distributed across all the sites. The printservers are located in two "core" sites.
We have at least 100Mbps, symmetrical available between any two sites over the VPN with <50ms latency. Within the next quarter that will be cut to ~10ms as we continue cutting over to fiber.
I've just finished upgrading our Bartender servers (License servers, integration servers) to Bartender 2022 and now I'm planning the workstation upgrades. I still have the same questions: What is the best practice ? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each approach ?
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Not sure if you have resolved this already or not.
I am not sure if this is best practice or not but it probably depends how you are printing to them.
If multiple users/work stations are printing to the same printers then to prevent duplicate printers appearing on the licence these would need to be shared. These shared devices could either be linked back to a driver on one of the workstations itself but I would suggest having them all installed on one central location (server or dedicated PC) would probably be the best route.
Where each workstation only prints to the same single printer then installing the machines on the local computers it entirely workable but it maybe more beneficial to install these on a central server and then share them then install then on the local PCs from there. Although you may never need this, but this would allow you to more easily deploy an automated printing system or print via the web printing application (Print Portal) if they were required and so in way potentially future proofing your system.
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