Server Message Block printing
E745344
Server Message Block printing is a network printing method that uses the SMB protocol to share and manage printers, primarily in Windows-based environments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Server Message Block printing canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8611394 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Server Message Block printing Context triple: [Internet Printing Protocol, competesWith, Server Message Block printing]
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A.
SSH Message Numbers
SSH Message Numbers is an IANA-maintained registry that assigns and documents numeric codes used to identify different message types in the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol.
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B.
Network-aware Print Manager
Network-aware Print Manager is a Windows for Workgroups utility that manages and coordinates printing tasks across networked printers and shared print resources.
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C.
Messages for Web
Messages for Web is the browser-based interface that lets users send and receive SMS and RCS messages from their computer using Google Messages on their phone.
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D.
MSMQ
MSMQ (Microsoft Message Queuing) is a Microsoft messaging technology that enables reliable, asynchronous communication between distributed applications by queuing messages.
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E.
IPP printing protocol
The IPP printing protocol (Internet Printing Protocol) is a network printing standard that enables clients to submit print jobs and manage printers and print queues over IP-based networks.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Server Message Block printing Target entity description: Server Message Block printing is a network printing method that uses the SMB protocol to share and manage printers, primarily in Windows-based environments.
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A.
SSH Message Numbers
SSH Message Numbers is an IANA-maintained registry that assigns and documents numeric codes used to identify different message types in the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol.
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B.
Network-aware Print Manager
Network-aware Print Manager is a Windows for Workgroups utility that manages and coordinates printing tasks across networked printers and shared print resources.
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C.
Messages for Web
Messages for Web is the browser-based interface that lets users send and receive SMS and RCS messages from their computer using Google Messages on their phone.
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D.
MSMQ
MSMQ (Microsoft Message Queuing) is a Microsoft messaging technology that enables reliable, asynchronous communication between distributed applications by queuing messages.
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E.
IPP printing protocol
The IPP printing protocol (Internet Printing Protocol) is a network printing standard that enables clients to submit print jobs and manage printers and print queues over IP-based networks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
network printing method
ⓘ
printing protocol usage ⓘ |
| authenticationMechanism |
Kerberos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NTLM ⓘ |
| basedOnStandard | CIFS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clientRole | submits print jobs to SMB shared printers ⓘ |
| commonImplementation |
Samba print server on Linux
ⓘ
Windows print server with shared printers ⓘ |
| competesWith |
IPP printing
ⓘ
LPD printing ⓘ |
| configuredVia |
Group Policy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Print Management console ⓘ Samba NERFINISHED ⓘ Windows Print Server NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enables |
access control for printers
ⓘ
centralized printer management ⓘ print queue management ⓘ printer sharing over a network ⓘ remote print job submission ⓘ spooling of print jobs ⓘ status monitoring of print jobs ⓘ |
| exampleUNC | \\printserver\printername ⓘ |
| legacyPort | 139 ⓘ |
| primaryEnvironment | Windows NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requires |
SMB file and printer sharing to be enabled
ⓘ
network connectivity between client and print server ⓘ |
| securityFeature |
access control lists
ⓘ
encryption in SMB 3.x ⓘ share-level permissions ⓘ user-level permissions ⓘ |
| serverRole |
applies printer permissions
ⓘ
hosts shared printers ⓘ manages print queues ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
driver deployment from server to clients
ⓘ
mapping printers via UNC paths ⓘ per-printer security settings ⓘ per-share security settings ⓘ printer browsing in network neighborhood ⓘ |
| supportsOperatingSystem |
Linux
ⓘ
Microsoft Windows NERFINISHED ⓘ UNIX-like systems ⓘ Windows Server NERFINISHED ⓘ macOS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalPort | 445 ⓘ |
| typicalTransport | TCP/IP ⓘ |
| typicalUseCase |
enterprise Windows domain printing
ⓘ
workgroup printer sharing in small networks ⓘ |
| usesAddressFormat | UNC path ⓘ |
| usesProtocol |
SMB
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Server Message Block NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Server Message Block printing Description of subject: Server Message Block printing is a network printing method that uses the SMB protocol to share and manage printers, primarily in Windows-based environments.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Internet Printing Protocol