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Chapter9 The NetUSB Technology
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The NetUSB Technology
9.1 Introduction
The goal of Mini-MFP USB MFP server is to provide the print/scan/file
server in a single product. For printers and scanners, there is no industrial
standard. In order to support many different models of printers and
scanners from various vendors, you must put so many printer/scanner
drivers into a single product. Obviously this is very hard and not practical.
We have developed a new technology, called
ņ
NetUSB
Ň
, to solve this
problem. With the NetUSB technology, it is not necessary to implement
printer/scanner drivers in Mini-MFP. Actually, Mini-MFP relies on
printer/scanner drivers that are installed on PCs. By the way, in the field
of traditional network print server, the common protocols used are, for
example, SMB/CIFS, LPR, raw TCP, and IPP. However, in order to
reduce cost, many printer vendors produce so-called GDI or host-based
printers. For technical reasons, these kinds of printers can not work with
the traditional network printer protocols. The NetUSB technology can also
deal with the problem. The basic concept and the usage of NetUSB will be
introduced in this chapter.
In summary, Mini-MFP has a totally different technology,
ņ
NetUSB
Ň
, to
deal with printers and scanners (MFPs).
A.For printers, some special kinds of printers, such as GDI printers or host-
based printers, can not work well with traditional print server technology
as described in the previous chapters. Users should use the NetUSB
technology to deal with these kinds of printers.