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Chapter 2: MarkVision
ers on their workstations with the least amount of
effort.
•Scripting capability to distribute softwareto users
on the network.
IT administrators can storesoftware and driver
installation settings in a file. This file can then be
used to automatically distribute the softwaret o
multiple workstations simultaneously.
•Distribution of drivers with custom settings to
users.
IT administrators can remotelyinstall, update, and
distribute drivers with custom settings to users on
the network, eliminating time-consuming worksta-
tion driver installation and configuration.
Optra Forms OptraForms combines data from a customer ’s application
with printer-resid ent electronic forms t o produce com-
pleted forms such as invoices, statements, pick slips,
labels, and purchaseorders. Support for bar codes, spe-
cialized graphics and other options is included.
The same data can be sent to several remoteprinters with
differentresident forms so that the completed forms can
be customized for the specific printer location. For exam-
ple, the same purchaseorder information can be sent to
differentprinters and printed with different addresses and
logos.
Optra Forms:
•Requiresno server-based or host-based merge pro-
gram or software.
•Can be used:
–Withvirtually any ASCII text print file from any
platform, mainframe, AS/400, UNIX or worksta-
tion.
–Over Coax, Twinax,parallel, serial or LAN
(TCP/IP).
•Generally makes no changes to database applica-
tions.