On Behalf Of dick.roadnight > Has anybody used, installed or had any experience or knowledge of the > Epson Ethernet print servers?
Hi Dick, I'm afraid my answer to you is NOT about Epson Eternet print-server cards - but I can warn you off a loosely similar beast - the Netgear range of Ethernet Print Servers... e.g. Model PS113 (one Ethernet port, three parallel ports). Touted as a High Performance print server, they neglect to mention that it has a miserly 64kB (or something in that region) buffer. In translation; even small graphics print jobs took roughly five to ten times longer to print (especially considering Epson print data files are not unusual at >100MB for an A4 page). And that was running just one of three possible printers. I would assume that what really kills the performance is the size of that buffer - it is probably less than a colour graphic requires for a single pass of an Epson inkjet printhead! One would assume that the Epson print server cards can hold a fair bit more than that. I doubt it is our final implementation, but we currently run something like 8-10 printers off a 3 computer network, each connected through a variety of USB and parallel, and find Windows 2000 printer sharing relatively easy and straightforward... and also pretty reliable (though not perfect). I'll be interested in feedback too from others on the efficiency of the Epson cards! Best Regards, nij Nigel Rheam MWORDS Limited www.mwords.co.uk Digital Fine Art =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
