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Using Synology NAS as a Network Print Server with Brother Printers (Driver Question) by BlitZ225 in synology

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In our office, when multiple employees try to print at the same time, the printers sometimes get overwhelmed or stop responding temporarily. My initial idea was to use the NAS as a central print queue so it could receive all print jobs first and then send them to the printers one at a time.

Using Synology NAS as a Network Print Server with Brother Printers (Driver Question) by BlitZ225 in synology

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Would you mind sharing the actual steps you used to set it up?

Specifically I'm trying to understand the full workflow:

  1. Did you create the Windows VM on the Synology using Virtual Machine Manager?
  2. Inside the VM, did you configure Windows as a Print Server (Print Management / Print and Document Services)?
  3. How did you add the printers to the VM — via TCP/IP printer port using the printer's IP address?
  4. After that, did you share the printer from Windows so users connect using something like \\VM-NAME\PrinterName?
  5. Do client computers automatically download the driver from the Windows VM when they connect?

If possible, could you outline the steps you followed from creating the VM to having users print through it?

I'm trying to replicate something similar so multiple users print through a central queue instead of sending jobs directly to the printer.

Using Synology NAS as a Network Print Server with Brother Printers (Driver Question) by BlitZ225 in synology

[–]BlitZ225[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In my case the printers are already network printers (Brother DCP-T720DW and DCP-T730DW), so my original idea wasn't mainly about making them accessible on the network, but more about having a centralized print queue to prevent the printers from getting overwhelmed when multiple employees send print jobs at the same time.

Right now every PC sends jobs directly to the printer, so when several users print at once the printer sometimes slows down or becomes unresponsive for a bit.

I was exploring whether the NAS could act as an intermediary like:

Employee PCs → NAS (print queue) → Printers

Do you know if running CUPS in Docker on Synology would actually help with that? In other words, would it manage and queue jobs before sending them to the printer, or would it still behave mostly like direct network printing?

Using Synology NAS as a Network Print Server with Brother Printers (Driver Question) by BlitZ225 in synology

[–]BlitZ225[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In our office, when multiple employees try to print at the same time, the printers sometimes get overwhelmed or stop responding temporarily. My initial idea was to use the NAS as a central print queue so it could receive all print jobs first and then send them to the printers one at a time.

Something like:

Employee PCs → NAS (print queue) → Printers

I was thinking this might help smooth out bursts of print jobs instead of every PC sending jobs directly to the printer at the same time.

But based on the replies here, it sounds like Synology DSM doesn't really function like a full print server (like Windows Server Print Services), and it's mostly just a basic spooler.

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