Tarsus Technologies, the distribution arm of JSE-listed MB Technologies, has announced that the HP JetDirect 4000 Print Appliance for Print Spooling and Queue Management will be available in the US from 1 May 2000.
Traci Maynard, product manager for Hewlett-Packard at Tarsus Technologies, says, "This is the first in a series of new announcements from HP which will see the vendor move away from offering 'pure product` and towards offering dedicated networked solutions for various services, such as printing."
The HP JetDirect 4000 Print Appliance hosts print queues and localizes print traffic to streamline network printing. It provides file-server independent print spooling which increases file-server bandwidth, and enables browser-based queue and print job management from anywhere on a 10/100 Ethernet network.
Maynard continues, "HP views print appliances as the platform for moving printing from a LAN-centric focus to an Internet-centric focus. The JetDirect 4000 print appliance provides immediate benefits to the IT manager by bringing appliance-like simplicity to the printing infrastructure."
She adds, "Printing is faster and more reliable. Print spooling is easier to manage from anywhere on the network, locally or remotely and the workload of the general-purpose server is greatly reduced, freeing it to focus on other mission-critical responsibilities such as file sharing, Web serving and application serving."
Supported Operating Systems include Microsoft Windows `95, Microsoft Windows `98, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Microsoft Windows 2000 running on TCP/IP networks.
Features at a glance:
Simple IP configuration via front panel keyboard or DHCP
Instant access to remote print queues via embedded Web server and common browser
Create, view, pause and delete print queues
View, pause and delete print jobs
Restart remotely
No additional software required Desktop or rack-mount capable
Administrative password protection
Tested for optimal use with up to 32 print queues
Support for any LPD-enabled network printer and UPS
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