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- From: fff@microplex.com (Fred Fierling)
- Subject: TCP/IP Printer Adapter requires no host software
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.011053.29523@chg.mcd.mot.com>
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- Sender: usenet@chg.mcd.mot.com (Ron Heiby)
- Reply-To: info@microplex.com
- Organization: Microplex Systems Ltd
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 01:10:53 GMT
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- TCP/IP PRINTER ADAPTERS REQUIRE NO HOST SOFTWARE
-
- Microplex Systems Ltd., Vancouver, BC, announces version 3.0 of their
- M200/M201 Ethernet Printer Adapters featuring TCP/IP, Telnetd, LPD,
- RSHD, routing tables, and subnet masking to simplify network printing
- in heterogeneous LAN and WAN environments.
-
- Special host software is no longer needed with 3.0 so that any Unix
- system, DOS PC, proprietary mini, or mainframe using Telnet, BSD LPD,
- System V RSHD, or direct TCP/IP sockets can configure and send print
- files to the M200/M201. Print files need not be spooled to a
- designated Unix host or workstation reducing CPU overhead, network
- traffic, and printing time.
-
- Telnetd has been added to permit any system with Telnet to access and
- configure the M200/M201 parameters, load IP addressing, and obtain
- status of ports and attached printers. A routing table is now
- available in the M200/M201 to provide WAN access to printers, and the
- addition of subnet masking makes these units suitable for use in
- multiple subnets. LPD access lists and password protection at the root
- and user levels have been included to prevent unauthorized access or
- use of the print servers.
-
- The parallel port throughput has been increased to over 100,000
- characters per second, and the M200/M201's dual 38,400 bps serial
- ports are now bidirectional for improved PostScript printer status
- monitoring. The M200 provides Thick and Thin, and the M201 provides
- Thick and 10Base-T UTP Ethernet Connections.
-
- Other features offered by version 3.0 firmware include:
-
- - log reports of jobs printed
- - queue manipulation
- - queue information (such as user ID and percentage of job processed)
- - PostScript page counting
- - LPD configuration.
-
- A daemon is supplied with each unit to permit bi-directional
- communication through pseudo tty's to remote serial printers. NPD
- permits printer interface programs such as Adobe's Transcript to
- acquire printer status information.
-
- Version 3.0 of the M200 and M201 is currently shipping, delivery on
- new orders is 3 to 4 weeks ARO.
-
- For additional information, please contact us at:
-
- Microplex Systems Ltd.
- 265 East 1st Avenue
- Vancouver, BC
- Canada V5T 1A7
-
- Tel: 1 800 665-7798
- Tel: 1 604 875-1461
- Fax: 1 604 875-9029
- Email: info@microplex.com
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- Fred Fierling fff@microplex.com Tel: 604 875-1461 Fax: 604 875-9029
- Microplex Systems Ltd 265 East 1st Avenue Vancouver, BC V5T 1A7, Canada
-