D-Link DP-300U, Руководство пользователя

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Introduction
The D-Link DP-300U is a Fast Ethernet print server that connects
to your Ethernet or Fast Ethernet network anywhere you wish to locate
printer services. The DP-300U manages the flow of print files from workstations
or file servers to connected printers, delivering print jobs to printers much faster
than a file server or a PC acting as a print server can. With two IEEE1284
parallel ports and one 1.1 USB port, DP-300U can connect to almost any make
and model printer on the market today.
The DP-300U includes easy-to-use software to install on most Windows-based
networks. Protocol support for TCP/IP, NetBEUI, and AppleTalk are provided to
ensure seamless connection to major networking Operating Systems.
The DP-300U has a built in Web-Based management feature that allows users to
easily configure and manage multiple print queues through TCP/IP. The DP-
300U also supports Telnet as an alternative method to configure the unit.
The DP-300U improves network printing services in the following ways:
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The DP-300U delegates print jobs to connected 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 Print Server without increasing the
load of another workstation or server.
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The DP-300U’s parallel printer ports are IEEE1284-compliant high-speed
bi-directional 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 Print Server’s parallel ports can be operated at their full
capacity.
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Because the DP-300U is very portable and inexpensive compared to a
PC-based print server, and Print Server connects to your file servers
through the network, printers can be deployed to locations of maximum
convenience to users.