Creating a Printer Pool

A good tip for anyone with access to multiple printers…especially when they always seem to be busy.

From “Apple – Pro – Tips – Need the First Available Printer?” on Apple.com:

If you’ve got a print job on your hands and you need it as soon as possible, but all the printers on your network are often busy, you can pool these printers together so your document will automatically print to the first available printer.

The article goes on to explain how to do this; it’s a lot simpler than you might think!

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