Dangerous Dave

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I had a colleague recently turn on Distributed File-system in our organisation in order to replicate company documents.<br />
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Could this also be used to replicate printers, and also could this be the cause of printers disappearing on our network?
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I had a colleague recently turn on Distributed File-system in our organisation in order to replicate company documents.

Could this also be used to replicate printers, and also could this be the cause of printers disappearing on our network?

Could Distributed Printer Replication be causing problems on our network?

A printer is a peripheral which makes a persistent human readable representation of graphics or text on paper or similar physical media. Traditional printers are being used more for special purposes, like printing photographs or artwork, and are no longer a must-have peripheral; 3D printing has become an area of intense interest, allowing the creation of physical objects. An image scanner is a device that optically scans images, printed text, handwriting, or an object, and converts it to a digital image. Hand-held scanners, where the device is moved by hand, have evolved from text scanning "wands" to 3D scanners used for industrial design, reverse engineering, test and measurement, orthotics, gaming and other applications.

Printers and Scanners

Distributed File System Replication (DFSR)

Networking is the process of connecting computing devices, peripherals and terminals together through a system that uses wiring, cabling or radio waves that enable their users to communicate, share information and interact over distances. Often associated are issues regarding operating systems, hardware and equipment, cloud and virtual networking, protocols, architecture, storage and management.