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6 GETTING TO KNOW THE M208: M208 Features
Print Server Features
General Features
one high-speed, IEEE 1284-I compliant parallel port,
four-speed parallel port to support any peripheral, slow or fast,
two serial ports,
multi-level configuration security through passwords and permission levels,
SNMP support through MIB II, custom MIBs, and custom traps to aid in
network management,
multiple printer destinations for printing flexibility,
load-balancing so a job can be redirected to an idle printer instead of waiting for
a particular one to free up,
the choice to disable selected Print Server services,
extra printing functionality such as carriage return insertion to remove some of
the processing burden from the host,
banner/trailer page generation,
autosensing of job/file format for ASCII to PostScript conversion or for
automatic switching of the printer’s emulation mode,
header and trailer strings to instruct printers in tray selection, font, pitch,
simplex/duplex, and other options,
logging to keep track of job, user, page count, checksum, and printer error
information,
TCP/IP syslog and SMTP (email) support for additional logging functionality,
backchanneling for printers to send various PostScript messages about: print-job
status, paper out, paper jam, busy, toner out, etc. back through a serial port,
queuing of all print jobs on LANs or WANs, while supporting up to four printers
simultaneously,
TCP/IP Features
further configuration security through TCP access lists,
scrambled print job data to protect the job as it passes over the network,