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DP-101P+ Print Server User's Manual 1 1 INTRODUCTION The DP-101P+ 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-101P+ print servers improve network printing services in three ways: ♦ The DP-101P+ 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-101P+ without increasing the load of another workstation or server. ♦ The DP-101P+'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. 4 Introduction