Common deployment scenarios
📘 Instructions
The PDH can be deployed as a single server, or within a cluster of PDH servers. Deploying multiple PDH instances in either a one-cluster or two-cluster configuration can increase the availability of the printing service, increase overall capacity, and allow for part of the system to be disabled for maintenance purposes.
Note that clients such as PrintAnywhere and the PrintWhere Universal Print Driver can be configured to communicate with a PDH server and also configured to communicate directly to a PDS. This configuration option is managed on a per-printer basis. The software first attempts to communicate directly to PDS (which provides a performance advantage). If the software is unable to contact the PDS, it uses the configured PDH as an alternate route to deliver print jobs.