The first step on your odyssey to buy this class of printer is to map your users and their connections. You'll be best served by limiting the number of individual pathways to the printer. The fewer total network streams hitting the printer interface, the less chance for serious bottlenecks. Also look for a serious dose of queue managem ent and collation. Not only does this arrangement enable you to manage user priorities, it also lets you store frequently printed documents on the printer and use the queue management features to make copies of those documents.
Collation comes in handy here, too, speeding multipage print jobs.
Outfitted with 24 MB of RAM, this printer tosses out 24 ppm, speaks PCL and PostScript Level 2 and comes with a hard disk for collation and queue management. Take a user group whose printer usage divides into draft, proofing and final output, and large format needs. The PageWorks printer churns out 20 ppm with an 11x17-inch paper tray. Another split to consider would be a spee d demon 600-dpi printer with great paper handling for the bulk of your print needs. By splitting jobs by printer rather than by queue, you end up with more control over each printer.