What is most commonly used to install a network printer?

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Options

• APeer-to-peer concept
• BClient-server concept
• CHP Web Jetadmin
• DHP connection wizard

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  93% (53)
• C
  2% (1)
• D
  4% (2)

Explanation

Installing a network printer most commonly relies on the client-server concept (B), where a print server manages print jobs from multiple client machines, handles queuing, and controls access to the shared printer - this is the standard architecture for enterprise and home network printing.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (Peer-to-peer): While P2P can share a printer directly between two computers, it's not the most common method and lacks centralized management.
• C (HP Web Jetadmin): This is a real HP enterprise tool for managing HP printers, but it's vendor-specific software - not the underlying concept used to install network printers generally.
• D (HP connection wizard): Also a real HP utility, but again vendor-specific and not the foundational method; it's just a GUI that happens to use client-server principles underneath.

Memory tip: Think of a server as a "middleman" - in client-server printing, the server stands between all the clients and the printer, managing who prints when. If a question asks about how network printing is architecturally organized, think client-server.

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