Offloading Print workload to another server

Whats the most efficient way to offload all the print processing heavy duties into another server?
One of our Windows servers is running an application which automatically processes invoices and prints them on a network laser printer adequate for the heavy load. However we are having problems with performance and really long print queues so I would like
to dedicate another server just for print processing.
I've read the documents about Windows network printing routines but failed to understand what would be the most efficient way. Should I go for a IPP or Windows print server?
Thanks.

Hi,
As always, you should firts try to find out what is causing the current slow performance. Maybe it is a real issue instead of contention. Check your disk IO, cpu and RAM usage and network thoughput.
the best way to improve printing performance is adding an aditionnal printserver that is dedicated for some printers (or some users). As far as I know you cannot distribute the load of one job amongst multiple servers.
Note you can improve the perceived performance (a lot) by configuring the spooler options. Also having a performant server is really important (and often overlooked); printservers receive large files, work with them intensively (cpu/ram!) and then send (often
even larger) files out. So a fast network connection and fast disk are must haves.
MCP/MCSA/MCTS/MCITP

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