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From: mark@imagen.UUCP (Mark Peek)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: IP over Ethernet to printers
Summary: There are two TCP/IP "solutions" available from QMS.
Keywords: ethernet postscript printers
Message-ID: <14579@imagen.UUCP>
Date: 11 Jul 90 01:52:31 GMT
References: <521@al.ele.tue.nl>
Organization: Imagen Corp., Santa Clara CA
Lines: 37

In article <521@al.ele.tue.nl>, jos@ele.tue.nl (Jos van Eijndhoven) writes:
> The QMS solution of hooking their printers on ethernet has been mentioned
> here by several before.
> However I recently looked into this option for our group,
> and decided that they did NOT really solve our connection problem.
> 
> An important motivation for us to use direct ethernet connection
> in stead of the normal serial line was the high possible datarate
> to the printer, in particular for bitmap transmissions.
> 
> In this respect the QMS ethernet option just cheets you.
> You will obtain some (closed) PC-box which hooks up to the
> ethernet, and then connects with a normal (serial) line to the printer.
> This will therefor not result in any speed improvements.
> 
> === just to clarify some things ===

Just to *really* clarify things:

   There are two ethernet (TCP/IP) products available from QMS. The one
you mentioned above is called "PrintLink" it is really just a PC that will
accept FTP'ed files and print them out to a connected serial/parallel
printer. This does have speed limitations. The other product is the
ImageServer line (from Imagen) which accepts a direct TCP connection and
the printer is connected via a high speed video cable.
    For your uses, the ImageServer will do the job. For customers with an
existing printer who wants TCP connectivity, PrintLink will work just fine.

    Mark

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