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Install Macintosh Print Service and UNIX Print Service in Windows Server 2003

This step-by-step article describes how to install the print service on a Windows Server 2003-based computer. To allow users of clients running non-Microsoft operating systems to print, the print server must have additional services installed. These additional print services include:

Macintosh Print Services

UNIX Printing Services

Note: Windows Web Server 2003 does not provide Macintosh printing services.
How to install the print service

Log in as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group.
Insert the Windows Server 2003 CD-ROM into your computer's CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. Hold down the SHIFT key while inserting the disc to avoid it starting automatically.
Click Start , point to Control Panel , and then click Add/Remove Programs.
Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
In the list of components, click Other Network Files and Print Services (but leave the check box unchecked or cleared), and then click Details.
In the "Other sub-components of network files and print services" list, click one or more of the following check boxes depending on which print service you wish to install:
Macintosh Print Service: This The option allows Macintosh users to send print jobs to a print spooler on a server running Windows Server 2003.

if not already installed the AppleTalk protocol, when you install Print Services for Macintosh will automatically install the protocol.
UNIX Print Service: This option allows UNIX clients to output to any printer that the print server can use.

when installing Print Services for UNIX, automatically installs the LPR port and TCP /IP Print Server service.
Click OK, and then click Next.
Click Finish.

Microsoft Print Services for UNIX related notes
in UNIX, a program on one computer can use the Line Printer Remote (LPR) service to send a document to a print spooler on another computer processing Program service. The receiving service is often referred to as the Line Printer Daemon (LPD).

UNIX print service providers LPR and LPD services, which run independently on a Windows Server 2003-based print server.
The Line Printer Daemon Service (LPDSVC) on the print server receives documents from the native LPR utility running on a UNIX client.
The LPR Print Monitor (Lprmon) on the print server sends the print job to the native LPD process on the UNIX machine to which the printer is attached.