Domain Controller Print Server

It is most commonly implemented in microsoft windows environments where it is the centerpiece of the windows active directory service.

Domain controller print server. If you are not on the computer where the printer is shared or there are no options right click print servers choose add remove servers then add the ip address or computer name of the computer where the printer is shared from. Lee explains that the issue is that any authenticated user can remotely connect to the domain controller s print server spooler service and request an update on new print jobs and just tell it to send the notification to the system with unconstrained delegation. The domain controller holds the ad database so if you want to risk bogging that down with printing and god forbid file sharing then that s a risk you ll have to assess yourself.

Is it recommended to have the print server on domain controller or would a dedicated member server be better. However non windows domain controllers can be. Currently all printing is handled by a windows print server server a.

By invincible amritsar 12 years ago. It will test that connection immediately thus exposing the computer account credential since the print spooler is owned by system. 1 670 15 15 gold badges 42 42 silver badges 63 63.

Our domain controller is server dc. Lee notes that microsoft says this is by design and won t fix. It authenticates users stores user account information and enforces security policy for a domain.

We just migrated from server 2003 to server 2008 r2 and also setup the printers and shares on a dc. Print server and domain controller. However users reported that it takes extremely long to pring especially pdf files.

Sets the number of times that the printqueue pruner tries to contact the print server before it deletes an abandoned printqueue object. Valid values are 2 1 0 1 and 2. If you want to play it safe stand up a linux server for free and use that as a network file share or print server and try to keep your domain server boxes as just that.