D-Link DP-802 manual Print Server Setup, Print Server Features

Internet/Print Server User’s Guide

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PRINT SERVER SETUP

This chapter explains how to use the internet/print server as a net- work print server.

Print Server Features

Print servers improve network printing services in three ways:

♦They pick up the workload of managing print file traffic to connected printers. This provides workload relief to file serv- ers, and allows the file servers’ full capacity to be used for file access or other direct services to network users.

♦The internet/print server’s IEEE 1284 compliant, high-speed, bi-directional parallel printer port can transmit to high-speed laser printers much faster than a PC's parallel printer port. A high-speed laser printer can thus be used at its full capacity.

♦Because the internet/print server is very portable and inexpen- sive compared to a PC-based print server, the printer can be stationed at the location of maximum convenience to users.

The internet/print server’s print server functionality offers extraor- dinary flexibility, operating with most major network operating systems and protocols:

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