Airlink APSUSB2 - Manual (Page 5)

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NTRODUCTION
The Print Server is a compact print server which connects to your Ethernet or Fast Ethernet network
anywhere you wish to locate printer services. It manages the flow of print files from your workstations
or file servers to its connected printers, delivering print jobs to high-performance printers much faster
than a file server or a PC acting as a print server can.
Print Server Features
The Print Server improve network printing services in three ways:
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The Print Server picks up the workload of managing print file traffic to its connected printers.
This provides workload relief to your file servers, and allows the file servers' full capacity to
be used for fi le access or other direct services to network users. On peer-to-peer networks,
workstations can print directly to the Print Server without increasing the load of another
workstation or server.
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The Print Server's parallel printer ports are IEEE 1284 compliant high-speed bi-directional
ports, which can transmit to high-speed laser printers much faster than a PC's parallel printer
port. High-speed laser printers connected to the Print Server's parallel ports can be operated
at their full capacity.
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Because the Print Server is very portable and inexpensive compared to a PC-based print
server, and because the Print Server connects to your file servers through the network,
printers can be deployed to locations of maximum convenience to users.
T he Print Server offers extraordinary flexibility, operating with all major network operating systems
and protocols:
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TCP/IP
UNIX lpr/lpd (HP-UX, SunOS, Solaris, SCO, UnixWare, IBM AIX)
Windows NT/2000, Windows 95/98/Me, Windows XP