faster printing, and forms support
that speeds up printing of repeti-
tive backgrounds or forms by
allowing the forms to be used for
multiple pages rather than
requiring them to be regenerated
for each page.
Software language switching
-
the
HP PostScript
Cartridge Plus device driver on an
IBM PC or compatible allows
reliable, automatic switching
between
HP PCL and PostScript
under MSDOS or Windows.
Software supports language
switching on Novell networks, and
third-party software is available to
support language
on
non-Novell networks.
ATM
-
This provides screen
fonts for
you-get (WYSIWYG) under
Windows or on a Macintosh. With
all 35 fonts available users need to
make no additional purchases to
obtain font WYSIWYG.
For more information, contact your
HP
representative.
Product No.
Description
HP LaserJet printer Postscript
Cartridge Plus
Adobe and PostScript are registered trademarks
Systems, Inc. in the
and other
countries.
New
HP JetDirect cards
UNIX-based systems
JetDirect cards
and
for UNIX-
based systems now are available.
These network peripheral interfaces
are designed to directly connect
Hewlett-Packard peripherals to
Ethernet networks with
HP-UX,
and SCO
UNIX
systems.
The supported peripherals include
the
LaserJet 11,
and
printers and the
HP
plotter. These interfaces are the
newest in the
HP JetDirect card
family.
Features and benefits
location
-
Printers
and plotters can be located
anywhere on a network by
connecting them directly to the
network cable. They are no longer
confined to host system locations
because of serial or parallel cable
length limitations.
-
Performance is
maximized by
advantage of
faster network transmission
speeds, rather
than
being limited
by serial or parallel performance
bottlenecks associated with direct
system
connections and
external
server boxes.
For example, the increased
processing speed of the
HP LaserJet
printer makes
the
JetDirect interface 15
times faster
than
a typical parallel
port, depending on the speed and
configuration of the network
operating system.
Network
-
The
new
HP JetDirect cards are
compatible with standard simple
network management
based network management
applications, such as
HP
Interconnect
Manager.
Ease of use
-
An
easy-to-use
configuration utility
is
provided to
step you through the configura-
tion process on the host spooler
system.
Diagnostics
-
The new
HP JetDirect cards are compatible
with common
systems
They are also
shipped with advanced diagnostic
utilities for collecting network
statistics and peripheral-specific
status information.
A test page can
be produced on the peripheral
that contains extensive configura-
tion and troubleshooting
specific to the
HP JetDirect
card.
-
Peripherals can be
set up to receive jobs from one
central master spooling system or
from multiple spooling systems.
Print and plot jobs
can
be sent
across network routers to
worked printers and plotters.
Operating system support
-
The
operating systems supported by
the new
HP
JetDirect cards
include HP-UX
(version
depends on the
HP
9000 system),
SunOS 4.1.1 on Sun SPARC
only, and SCO
UNIX
Release 3.2 Version
2.
Investment
-
The new
JetDirect cards can be used
with
a wide range of
HP
peripher-
als, including
LaserJet
11,
and
printers and the
HP DesignJet plotter. This allows
you to upgrade existing peripher-
als in addition to putting new
peripherals on your
system network.
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HP
Update,
March 1992
