printing configurations which can result in improved performance in both printing and file access. These
Microsoft NT domain security, also known as
Microsoft NT Authentication and Authority
allows administrators to easily authorize or restrict print administration and services to specific groups or users
by using their existing username and password of the NT 4.0 domain. An NT domain is a logical grouping of
network servers and other computers that share a common security and user account for each user. Users log on
to the domain, not to individual servers in the domain
Installing printers on each client computer is required in order for clients to be able to print using the appliance.
With the Microsoft Point and Print technology, printers are added to the appliance and associated with a
factory-installed driver or a driver already added associated with a printer. Clients can be easily set up with
access to that printer and its driver without having to install the driver again.
In a typical network, general purpose servers manage both the printing tasks and the file/application serving.
The appliance handles the spooling and network traffic associated with printing, reducing the workload on the
general purpose server.
When printing takes place at remote offices or other locations distant from the servers, the speed of printing can
be degraded. A appliance installed in a remote office can dramatically increase printing performance by
eliminating the need for print requests to travel from the remote office to the central site and back to a remote
office printer.
An additional benefit is that if general purpose file/application servers go down, remote office users can still
print many jobs directly, using the appliance.
Operation and Management
Once the appliance is configured, virtually no management tasks are required. However, system administrators
can monitor print activity, manage the printers, or alter the configuration of the appliance from anywhere on the
network using the appliance's web-based graphical user interface and a supported browser.
Product Description
The appliance contains a large disk drive for spooling print jobs from clients. Print jobs are stored on the disk
drive. The number of print jobs is only limited by the disk space available on the appliance.
The appliance provides web-accessible printer management and configuration and spools print jobs from the
following clients:
Microsoft Windows 95
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Microsoft Windows 98
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Microsoft Windows 2000
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Microsoft Windows NT
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Microsoft Windows ME
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Microsoft Windows XP
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UNIX
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Following are some main features of the appliance:
Off-loads spooling from a UNIX or Windows NT server
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