It needed a system that would allow additional PCs and printers to be added without having to reconfigure or shut down the network.

它需要这样一个系统，允许添加另外的PC和打印机而不必重新配置系统或者关闭网络。

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Even though printers can be attached to the network, a server is usually used as the spooler, which in turn prints to the printer over the network.

即便可以将多台打印机连接到网络，也通常使用一个服务器作为后台处理程序，该服务器然后通过网络打印到打印机。

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Dr Metcalfe, as he now was, adopted this approach for the system he was building to enable Alto computers to talk to each other, and to printers, on a network.

现在已是博士的梅特卡夫在其正在建设的、旨在使处于同一网络中的Alto计算机能与其他计算机、打印机相互交流的系统中采用了这一方法。

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Additionally, it will enable USB printers to become network printers, so the users can print from their iOS devices right over the network.

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