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Introduction
The DP-300+ Print Server is a compact print server which connects to your
Ethernet or Fast Ethernet network anywhere you wish to locate printer services. It
manages the flow of print files from your workstations or file servers to its connected
printers, delivering print jobs to high-performance printers much faster than a file
server or a PC acting as a print server can.
DP-300+ print servers improve network printing services in three ways:
The DP-300+ picks up the workload of managing print file traffic to its con-
nected printers. This provides workload relief to your file servers, and allows
the file servers' full capacity to be used for file access or other direct services
to network users. On peer-to-peer networks, workstations can print directly to
the DP-300+ without increasing the load of another workstation or server.
The DP-300+'s parallel printer ports are IEEE 1284 compliant high-speed
bidirectional ports, which can transmit to high-speed laser printers much
faster than a PC's parallel printer port. High-speed laser printers connected to
the DP-300+'s parallel ports can be operated at full their capacity.
Because the DP-300+ is very portable and inexpensive compared to a PC-
based print server, and because the DP-300+ connects to your file servers
through the network, printers can be deployed to locations of maximum con
venience to users.
