Just a comment, I have HP LaserJet Pro M148 and HP OfficeJet Pro 9015 printers attached by Ethernet cable to my Wireless Router through a Gigabit Switch and not having print issues with either Wired or Wireless/Wi-Fi computers running Win10, Win11 and Linux Mint. My physical Network has 5 Wired Desktops [3 Customs, 1 Dell, 1 ASUS] and any Wi-Fi Notebooks [Dell, HP, Toshiba, Acer, Chromebook] as needed.
I'm just trying to stress that the printing problem with the September and October KBs affects shared printers where there's a printer server only because I personally find the terminology to be a bit vague and potentially confusing other people who don't use the shared printer/printer server configuration and get confused reading about this issue as I was initially.
I thought I was keeping it simple for any non technical folks. Because while you and I know that any PC providing printers to the network is acting like a print server, it could be confused with actual print server hardware.
This is what I'm thinking of here:
Print server - Wikipedia
Which is a little more complex that a PC with a printer attached.
Well when I hear the term "networked printer" or "network printer" isn't that what I have with my home printer attached to my home network and I'm printing to it directly (no print server, no sharing here) from any PC that's on my home network? That's why I thought a clarification would be beneficial.
I agree that saying "print server" clarifies the situation a lot
Correct, The HP, and the two Canons are connected directly to the network - two via Ethernet, one via Wifi.
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As I understand it....Well when I hear the term "networked printer" or "network printer" isn't that what I have with my home printer attached to my home network and I'm printing to it directly (no print server, no sharing here) from any PC that's on my home network? That's why I thought a clarification would be beneficial.
I agree that saying "print server" clarifies the situation a lot
The grey towers are workstations 1, 2 and 3
The blue tower is a Print Server
The green lines are USB connections
The black lines are Ethernet connections
Printers A, B and C are Network Printers on a Print Server
Printer D is a Network Shared Printer on a Host computer
Printers E and F are Network Attached Printers
Configurations like Printers A through D are those with update issues
Configurations like Printers E and F have had no issues
I like the diagram and associated write-up in your postCorrect, The HP, and the two Canons are connected directly to the network - two via Ethernet, one via Wifi.
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As I understand it....
The grey towers are workstations 1, 2 and 3
The blue tower is a Print Server
The green lines are USB connections
The black lines are Ethernet connections
Printers A, B and C are Network Printers on a Print Server
Printer D is a Network Shared Printer on a Host computer
Printers E and F are Network Attached Printers
Configurations like Printers A through D are those with update issues
Configurations like Printers E and F have had no issues
Would you consider workstation 3 to be a print server for shared printer D since workstations 1 and 2 have to go through workstation 3 to print to D?
Wanted to share this here on printer-central for those not familiar with this terminology like me:
From Waking from Microsoft's PrintNightmare
"Point and Print explained
Point and Print is Microsoft’s terminology for connecting a Windows client PC to a printer centrally managed on a Windows print server without requiring installation media at the client. When adding a printer hosted on a Windows print server (Start — Printers and Scanners — Add Printer) or (Start — Search <enter \\<print server name or IP > — double click printer name) a connection to the central print queue is made. The driver files and configuration of that central print queue are pulled from the print server and installed onto the client PC. A print job created on the client PC is generated using local print driver files and then relayed back to the print server’s central print queue for processing to the printer for output onto paper."
Not really.
I have always considered a print server to be a dedicated computer whose sole task is to host printers for all or multiple workstations on the network. In the big lab I used to work in the print server was a "turn-key" machine - you powered it on in the morning with the power switch, and powered it off at the end of the day the same way. It didn't even have a mouse or keyboard attached. It did have a monitor, but it was always turned off. If the IT guy needed to do something to it, he brought along his own mouse and keyboard.
I would simply, regard Workstation 3 as a workstation hosting a network shared computer.
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