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- SUNNYVALE, CA (May 20, 1992) - ASP Computer Products, Inc., the number one
- name in hassle-free printer-sharing and printer enhancement products,
- today announced the ServerJet Si, the newest addition to their popular
- ServerJet product line. The SeverJet Si is a user-installable board that
- plugs into the MIO slot of the HP LaserJet III Si printer. It allows up to
- seven users to have instant, simultaneous access to the printer without a
- LAN, from up to hundreds of feet away and without leaving their keyboard,
- via inexpensive, RJ-11, telephone-type cable. Users just give their normal
- print command, and the ServerJet Si transfers documents to the printer at
- rates of up to 115,200 baud, 1200% faster than standard serial rates, and
- faster than LAN throughput.
-
- The ServerJet Si comes with six serial and one parallel port, and is
- available with lMB to 4MB of buffer memory that instantly receives and
- stores data from all users at any time, even if the printer is busy
- printing another job, on a first-come, first-served basis. This
- immediately frees up the user's keyboard and allows them to continue
- working. ASP's custom-designed ASIC chip allows the user to upgrade any
- model in lMB increments to a full 4MB as printer usage increases or print
- jobs become larger and more complex.
-
- The ServerJet's intuitive set-up software and convenient pop-up menu let
- even the most non-technical users customize the ServerJet Si to their
- printing environments. You can plug in and use the ServerJet Si right out
- of the box, or baud rate, number of copies and end of file time-out values
- can be selected right from the keyboard. Users can even configure the
- parallel port as either an input for connecting a computer or as an output
- to a second printer, which can be selected from a pop-up menu without
- leaving your application. All computers that print to an HP LaserJet IIISi
- printer, such as the IBM PC and compatibles, Apple Macintosh, VAX and HP
- 3000's can now be linked together in printer sharing networks because the
- ServerJet Si completely emulates HP's MIO interface. The ServerJet Si can
- be used with any of HP's peripheral products that use the MIO interface,
- such as the HP PaintJet Color Graphics Printer and the HP DesignJet
- plotter.
-
- ServerJet Si pricing starts at $795. Serial and parallel cables, adapters
- and memory upgrades for the ServerJet Si are also available from ASP.
-
- BACKGROUND
-
- ASP designed the ServerJet Si in response to the demand for a ServerJet for
- the HP LaserJet IIISi printer, and to provide a solution to share any of
- the HP peripheral products that use HP's new MIO interface, such as the
- PaintJet Color Graphics Printer and DesignJet plotter. ASP's popular
- ServerJet allows up to 12 users to access an HP LaserJet III, IIID, II or
- IID. Frank Derfler, Workgroup Systems Editor of PC Magazine, cited the
- ServerJet as his "favorite solution for sharing LaserJets...". According
- to Derfler, "The ServerJet is the smoothest and most practical way...to
- share a LaserJet." The newest version of the ServerJet, introduced in
- April of 1991, has the largest available buffer memory, widest variety of
- models and greatest number of connections to an HP LaserJet printer of any
- internal sharing device on the market today.
-
- ASP Computer Products, Inc. manufactures and markets a full range of
- hasslefree workgroup solutions. ASP provides both network-based and
- network-independent printer-sharing options to enable users to choose a
- printer-sharing solution tailored to their needs. Other connectivity
- products in the ASP line include the popular JetWay, Port Authority and
- SNAP II peripheral sharing devices, and the JetLAN print server family.
- The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
-
- For more information on the ServerJet Si, contact ASP at 1-800 445-6190, or
- fax ASP at 408-746-2803.
-
- ASP Computer Products Inc
- 160 San Gabriel Dr, Sunnyvale, CA 94086
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