You work as a senior administrator at ABC.com. The ABC.com network consists of a single
domain named ABC.com. All servers on the ABC.com network have Windows Server 2012 R2
installed.
You are running a training exercise for junior administrators. You are currently discussing printer
pooling.
Which of the following is TRUE with regards to printer pooling? (Choose all that apply.)
A.
Printers in a pool must be of the same model, and use the same printer driver.
B.
Each printer in the pool must have a different printer driver.
C.
Printer ports used in the pool must be of the same type.
D.
The types of printer ports used in the pool must be mixed.
E.
Pooled printers appear to workstations as a single printer.
F.
A minimum of three printers are required to configure a printer pool.
Explanation:
1. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc757086(v=ws.10).aspx
2. http://www.itworld.com/small-business/93590/how-to-setup-a-printer-pool
What Is Printer Pooling?
E: Printer pooling combines multiple physical printers into a single logical unit.
To client computers, the printer pool appears to be a single printer.
When jobs are submitted to the printer pool, any available printer in the printer pool can process them.
Printer pooling increases the scalability and availability of network printing.
If one printer in the pool is unavailable (for example, from a large print job, a paper jam, or being offline), all jobs are distributed to the remaining printers.
If a printer pool does not have sufficient capacity, you can add another printer to the printer pool without performing any client configuration.
You create a printer pool on a server by specifying multiple ports for a printer.
Each port is the location of one physical printer.
In most cases, the ports are an IP address on the network, instead of a local LPT or USB connection.
Before setting a printing pool, consider the following:
A:All printers in a pool must use the same driver.