The Print Server
The print server manages access to network printing resources; therefore, it enables several client computers to use the same printer.As files and printers are important and basic to most networks, the file and print services are elementary components of most network operating systems, and a single machine commonly acts for is able to act) as both the File and Print servers. For licensing purposes, Microsoft uses the term File-and-Print server to refer a machine that provides either file or print service functions, because the use of either a printer or hard drive space on the server is considered a client connection.
