D-Link DP-101 Hardware Manual - Ntroduction

DP-101 Print Server Hardware Guide

Introduction

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NTRODUCTION

The DP-101 Print Server is a compact pocket-sized print server which connects your Ethernet

network directly to your printer, wherever it is. 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.

Service Features

DP-101 print servers improve network printing services in three ways:

♦  The DP-101 picks up the workload of managing print file traffic to its 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 DP-101 without increasing the load of another workstation or server.

♦  The DP-101's IEEE 1284 compliant high-speed bi-directional parallel printer port can transmit

to high-speed laser printers much faster than a PC's parallel printer port.  A high-speed laser

printer can be driven at its full capacity.

♦  Because the DP-101 is very portable (pocket-sized) and inexpensive compared to a PC-based

print server, and because the DP-101 connects to your file servers through the network, the

printer can be stationed at the location of maximum convenience to users.

The DP-101 offers extraordinary flexibility, operating with all major network operating systems

and protocols:

♦  IPX/SPX

Novell NetWare 3.x, 4.x (Using either bindery emulation or native NDS)

♦  TCP/IP

UNIX lpr/lpd (HP-UX, SunOS, Solaris, SCO, UnixWare, IBM AIX)

Windows NT

♦  NetBEUI

Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows for Workgroups, Microsoft LAN Manager, IBM LAN

Server

♦  AppleTalk

MacOS EtherTalk

Your D-Link DP-101 package includes PS Admin, a Windows-based setup and administration

program, which makes configu-ration and management of your D-Link print servers quick and

easy in a Windows environment. The DP-101 also has a Telnet interface for management

communications. If Windows is not available on the station you choose for print server

administration, then all configuration and management commands may be issued to the DP-101,

and all console messages and management report information will be returned, via Telnet.