NetWare 4.1/9000 Print Services

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Optimizing Network Printing Performance
Network-Direct Print Devices
Network-Direct Print Devices
Most network-direct print devices have two modes: a queue-server mode
(also called print-server mode) and remote-printer mode:
In NetWare 3™ software, queue server mode was often up to 20% faster
than remote printer mode. However, in NetWare Services versions and
releases after NetWare 3.11, remote printer modes are nearly as fast as queue
server modes, making the trade-offs fairly even between the two modes.
Remote printer mode allows additional flexibility in controlling printer
forms and in monitoring printers via PCONSOLE and the NetWare
Administrator utility.
NOTE: Using external network-direct hardware that still connects to the printer's parallel
port will provide little improvement in printing speed over NPRINTER on printers
that cannot accept data faster than 35KB per second through the parallel port. This
includes most current printers.