Network Printing

Printing and Clusters

The Cluster service is a virtual server that supports mission-critical applications and data by allowing a group of independent computers to work together as a single system. The cluster appears to network clients as a single server. All computers in the cluster are known by a common name — the cluster name. Each computer is a node, and if one node fails, the cluster's resources "fail over" — move over to a node that is still operating.

Cluster service runs only on Windows 2000 Advanced Server. However, after it is set up on Windows 2000 Server computers, it can be administered, including installing and configuring printers, from any computer running Windows 2000 in the network.