With a Microplex print server feeding print jobs, your printer will not be waiting for data. Actual throughput depends on the printer's rate of accepting data and the level of traffic on the network. No, not with a Microplex print server. Yes it can. One unique feature of the Microplex print server line is a feature called load balancing.
Load balancing allows the print server to balance print jobs between two different printers.
If one printer is busy or the queue is too long, the print server will automatically send the job to the idle printer or to the printer that has the shortest queue. Normally, you won't see any degradation in network performance using a print server. This results in faster printing and the host being able to handle other processing tasks more efficiently. The extra processing and management options that a print server can supply is also very important. You may also want to keep track of user IDs or number of pages printed.