TROY Group MAN-EXT2000 manual Introduction, Overview

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Introduction

Overview

TROY XCD external print servers allow multiple host computers to share virtually any type of printer or plotter on high-speed local area network. The Pony Print Server Plus is an ultracompact low-cost Ethernet print server for a single printer, while the Pony 100, XConnect II and XConnect II Lite connect up to two printers to an Ethernet network. The XConnect 100 handles up to four printers and works on both Ethernet (10baseT) and Fast Ethernet (100baseT) networks.

Any user can print jobs on a printer or plotter connected to a TROY XCD external print server as if it were directly attached to his computer. No special software is required on the host computers, and application programs run without any

	LocalTalk
		Printer with aTROY
		XCD print server
Apple Macintosh Computers
NetWare	LAN Manager	UNIX Host	Banyan VINES	Apple
PC	PC		PC	Macintosh
		DEC Host
		Figure 1-1

XCD External Print Server Concept

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