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Overview
Features & Benefits
Requirements
Barr Enterprise Print Server gives you complete control of
printing and routing network documents. You can direct files
from the LAN, Windows programs, or host computers to a variety
of destinations, including printers and other hosts.
You can manage
the routing of all documents from a single, combined print queue. At a
glance, you get a comprehensive view of all documents and printers, instead
of having to open separate windows to view individual Windows queues for
each destination device. You can also fully customize the queue display.
While the spool is operating, you can sort the documents a variety of ways
and change what type of information displays for each document without
interrupting spool activity.
Control of
documents and printers is at your fingertips. You can manually change
document routing criteria, such as copies and priority, by editing the
information displayed on screen. With a click of the mouse, you can start
and stop all spool activity, start and stop individual documents or
printers, or send commands to reset printers. If a printer jams, you can
quickly redirect documents to another device.
Advanced
features include routing copies of a single document to several different
printers or automatically overriding document routing criteria. You can also
use built-in utilities to create print banners and FCBs. And you can make
use of the spooler services, which provide the following advantages:
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Operate Barr
Enterprise Print Server in the background, even when programs are closed. |
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Log on or
off the computer where Barr Enterprise Print Server is installed without
interrupting spool operation. |
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Set up
services to start automatically when you start the computer. If the
computer restarts during unattended operation, spool operation can
automatically restart. |
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Simplifies print and document distribution by centrally
managing your output from one location |
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Helps to ensure that all printers are being used to their
maximum potential by recording accounting data for completed
print transactions |
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Automates your organization's production printing through a
built-in scheduling system |
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Receives files from a variety of sources, including Windows
programs, TCP/IP hosts, mainframes, Unix machines, and network
directories* |
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Routes files to multiple destinations, including channel,
network, parallel, and serial-attached printers, network
directories, storage devices, and data transform software* |
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Supports the following formats: ASCII, EBCDIC, AFP, Adobe PDF
and PostScript, Xerox Metacode and LCDS, and PCL |
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Drives an unlimited number of printers |
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Controls user access and provides personalized settings for
different operators |
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Supports unattended operation |
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Processes jobs independently of one another with no arbitrary
limits on the number of concurrent tasks |
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Performs automatic load balancing (or load sharing) by
distributing new jobs evenly among the available printers |
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Manages and stores host resources (FCB, UCS) |
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Manages forms overlays (EBCDIC or ASCII files) |
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Supports electronic forms, replacing pre-printed forms |
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Provides multiple-copy printing |
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Displays real-time status for each printer |
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Reprints and restarts at any location within the job
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Prints nonstop during spool viewing and reprinting |
* May require
the use of optional modules.
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Requirements:
Minimum Software Components:
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Microsoft® Windows NT® 4.0 with Service Pack 6a, Windows 2000 or
Windows XP |
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or later |
Minimum Hardware Components:
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300
MHz Pentium®-class PC |
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128
MB of RAM |
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50
MB of free disk space for program files |
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CD-ROM |
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Parallel or USB port (USB option not available for Windows NT
users) |
Recommended Hardware Components:
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1 GHz
Pentium III PC |
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256 MB of
RAM |
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18.2 GB SCSI
hard drive |
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