Printing is a feature that has been incorporated into Windows operating systems, and has evolved over the years. Printing in Windows Server 2016 has not changed much from earlier versions, and provides you with the ability to create print servers that you can share with users in your organization.

With Windows printing, the physical device that renders output onto paper is a print device. A printer is, in effect, the queue for one or more print devices. A print server can support multiple printers (as can individual client workstations). The print device has a driver that converts your documents to the printed form on a given print device. Some drivers come with Windows—others you need to obtain from the printer vendor.

You use both the printers—that is, the printing device and printer port—when you create a new printer on your print server. In many organizations, printers are often stand-alone devices with just a TCP/IP connection. You can also connect a print device to your...