<s>
In	O
computer	B-Architecture
networking	I-Architecture
,	O
a	O
print	B-Application
server	I-Application
,	O
or	O
printer	O
server	B-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
server	B-Application
that	O
connects	O
printers	O
to	O
client	B-Protocol
computers	I-Protocol
over	O
a	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
accepts	O
print	B-General_Concept
jobs	I-General_Concept
from	O
the	O
computers	O
and	O
sends	O
the	O
jobs	O
to	O
the	O
appropriate	O
printers	O
,	O
queuing	B-Application
the	O
jobs	O
locally	O
to	O
accommodate	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
work	O
may	O
arrive	O
more	O
quickly	O
than	O
the	O
printer	O
can	O
actually	O
handle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ancillary	O
functions	O
include	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
inspect	O
the	O
queue	O
of	O
jobs	O
to	O
be	O
processed	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
reorder	O
or	O
delete	O
waiting	O
print	B-General_Concept
jobs	I-General_Concept
,	O
or	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
do	O
various	O
kinds	O
of	O
accounting	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
counting	O
pages	O
,	O
which	O
may	O
involve	O
reading	O
data	O
generated	O
by	O
the	O
printer(s )	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Print	B-Application
servers	I-Application
may	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
enforce	O
administration	O
policies	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
color	O
printing	O
quotas	O
,	O
user/department	O
authentication	B-Application
,	O
or	O
watermarking	O
printed	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Print	B-Application
servers	I-Application
may	O
support	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
industry-standard	O
or	O
proprietary	O
printing	B-Protocol
protocols	I-Protocol
including	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Printing	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
,	O
Line	B-Protocol
Printer	I-Protocol
Daemon	I-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
,	O
NetWare	B-Operating_System
,	O
NetBIOS/NetBEUI	B-Protocol
,	O
or	O
JetDirect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
print	B-Application
server	I-Application
may	O
be	O
a	O
networked	O
computer	O
with	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
shared	O
printers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alternatively	O
,	O
a	O
print	B-Application
server	I-Application
may	O
be	O
a	O
dedicated	O
device	O
on	O
the	O
network	O
,	O
with	O
connections	O
to	O
the	O
LAN	B-General_Concept
and	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
printers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dedicated	O
server	B-Application
appliances	O
tend	O
to	O
be	O
fairly	O
simple	O
in	O
both	O
configuration	O
and	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Print	B-Application
server	I-Application
functionality	O
may	O
be	O
integrated	O
with	O
other	O
devices	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
wireless	B-Device
router	I-Device
,	O
a	O
firewall	B-Application
,	O
or	O
both	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
printer	O
may	O
have	O
a	O
built-in	O
print	B-Application
server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
printers	O
with	O
the	O
right	O
type	O
of	O
connector	B-Protocol
are	O
compatible	O
with	O
all	O
print	B-Application
servers	I-Application
;	O
manufacturers	O
of	O
servers	O
make	O
available	O
lists	O
of	O
compatible	O
printers	O
because	O
a	O
server	B-Application
may	O
not	O
implement	O
all	O
the	O
communications	O
functionality	O
of	O
a	O
printer	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
