What is Jetadmin?

JetAdmin is a program that can be installed on the client or workstation PCs that allows you to configure and print directly to the printers (HP) on the LAN without going through a NT server queue. If all your users are setup to print through the NTserver, then JetAdmin is not needed. If you don't have an NT server then JetAdmin allows for printing directly from PC to printer via TCP/IP.

The only advantage I can think of is when the NT server goes down, you can still print. Other than that you don't need it if you have an NT server. It just takes up space.

JetAdmin is client software that is used to manage JetDirect enabled printers on a network. There are many benefits to installing JetAdmin on your client PCs. You can use/control/configure any JetDirect enabled printer from most client PC platforms on your network. JetAdmin eliminates the need for configuring Novell/NT/Unix servers to manage printers on your network. JetAdmin can be installed on every client PC in your enterprise for free. On the negative side, JetAdmin is an additional layer of software that your help desk will need to support. Some may not want the additional overhead that the program consumes on the client. Lastly, security could be an issue in that users get access to all of the printers available on the network. To avoid problems, it may be wise to install the administration components on selected user machines.