D-Link DP-313 [4/28] Ntroduction

1 INTRODUCTION

The Print Server is a compact wireless print server which connects

to your network through an access point under the infrastructure

mode or can be used in ad-hoc mode for direct communication

between PC/Notebook and print server anywhere you wish to locate

wireless printer services. It manages the flow of print files from your

workstations or file servers to its connected printers, delivering print

jobs to high-performance printers much faster than a file server or a

PC acting as a print server can.

Print Server Features

The Print Server improves network printing services in three ways:

♦ The Print Server picks up the workload of managing print file

traffic to its connected printers. This provides workload relief to

your file servers, and allows the file servers' full capacity to be used

for file access or other direct services to network users. On peer-

to-peer networks, workstations can print directly to the Print Server

without increasing the load of another workstation or server.

♦ The Print Server's parallel printer ports are IEEE 1284 compliant

high-speed bi-directional ports. High-speed laser printers connected

to the Print Server's parallel ports can be operated at their full

capacity.

♦ Because the Print Server is very portable and inexpensive

compared to a PC-based print server, and because the Print Server