What is printer pooling?

Printer pooling is a technique used to share multiple printers among several users or computers. In printer pooling, several printers are grouped together, and print jobs are sent to the first available printer in the group. It allows multiple users to print documents to a single printer without requiring access to a specific printer.

In a printer pool configuration, print jobs can be distributed among several printers, which can improve printing performance and reduce the load on a single printer. Printer pooling also provides redundancy and fault tolerance in case of printer failures, as print jobs can be automatically redirected to another printer in the group.

Printer pooling is often used in large organizations where multiple users have to share a limited number of printers. It is also useful in environments where a single printer cannot handle the demand of several users, or when printing large documents that require more than one printer to handle the job.