Posted-Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 23:28 EST
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Organization: Proteon, Inc., Westborough, MA  01581  [(508)898-2800]
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Date:         Tue, 22 Dec 1992 23:58:00 EST
Reply-To:     Novell LAN Interest Group <NOVELL@SUVM.BITNET>
From:         Fund@RELAY.PROTEON.COM
Subject:      Re: NETSprint and JETSprint Correction

   I got 'em mixed up folks.  The NetSprint and JetSprint are the Digital
   Products line of products.  The JetLAN is the ASP product line.  Sorry
   about that.  The comments made about the units still hold true.

     Glenn Fund                           Internet:   Fund@Relay.proteon.com
     Principal Research Specialist        CompuServe: 75170,1060
     Lockheed Sanders                     cc:Mail     Fund at Proteonwebo
     DW Highway South                     Phone:      (603) 885-6242
     MS NHQ4-0405                         President of The Greater Boston Area
     Nashua, NH  03061                    Novell Users Group.

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>I've been having problems with PServer working properly with my HP LJ3si and
>today in the mail an ad for the netsprint and jetsprint print server devices
>arrived. If you have used them on your network, what do you think of them?
>Are they any faster at printing than PServer? Do they have bugs or oddities
>in the way they print stuff? And I'd also like to know if they would work
>with a plotter, rather than a printer. Would they work on a HP pen plotter?

>Thanks in advance for any help you can give,
>Loren Miller
>+++++++++++++++++++++++23
>Loren Miller              LOREN@wmkt.wharton.upenn.edu

   NetSprint and JetSprint are two new products from ASP.

   I am testing one of their units right now.

   The things I liked (according to the literature) was the ability of
   these devices to support up to 16 servers (the HP board supports only
   1 server) and the ability to automatically sense and switch between
   PCL and PostScript modes.

   The first beta unit I received some weeks ago had timing problems that
   caused the unit to occasionally be seen and then not be seen on the
   network.  Not very good.

   I received a second unit several weeks ago that fixed that problem.

   The unit is fast and printed reliably, but I could not get it to switch
   modes as it was supposed to.  I left this unit in unswitchable PostScript
   mode.

   I have just received a EPROM update that now addresses (so ASP says)
   the switching issue.  I will get that sucker installed within the week
   and report back.

   As far as configuration and setup is concerned, ASPs utility and PCONSOLE
   are a snap.  Two minutes and its installed.

   So, the bottom line is that these units have potential.  The jury is out
   until I get this latest fix in.

   ... Also being evaluated at this time is the new Digital Products line
   of print servers.  Unfortunately the units that I really would like,
   those that simultaneously support multiple servers and multiple
   protocols (IPX, AppleTalk and IP) won't be released till several
   months into next year.  Oh well.

     Glenn Fund                           Internet:   Fund@Relay.proteon.com
     Principal Research Specialist        CompuServe: 75170,1060
     Lockheed Sanders                     cc:Mail     Fund at Proteonwebo
     DW Highway South                     Phone:      (603) 885-6242
     MS NHQ4-0405                         President of The Greater Boston Area
     Nashua, NH  03061                    Novell Users Group.
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