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Re: Fast vs. Slow or Small vs. Large Print Job Options
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chuck Steel)
Thu Apr 4 14:35:07 2002
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Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 14:24:59 -0500
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From: Chuck Steel <csteel@GETTYSBURG.EDU>
To: RESNET-L@listserv.nd.edu
> From: Anthony J. Albert [mailto:albert@POLARIS.UMPI.MAINE.EDU]
> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 7:53 AM
> One suggestion is to simply use the printers' administrative software
> (I believe this is still named "JetAdmin" for HP?) to put two printers
> in a lab, and tell both printers to attach to the same server queue. I
> don't know if it is possible Windows servers, but it certainly is
> possible with Netware. The net effect is that each printer grabs the
> next job coming into the queue, so a printer will service a long job,
> and the other printer will continue to service jobs coming in
> after the
> long job. This also provides redundancy, which is of especial benefit
> in larger labs. One printer can die completely, and you'll still have
> a printer chugging away.
We implemented this in our busiest lab with some success. The problem is
that the second printer is newer (an HP 8150 as opposed to a 8100) and
has a faster network connection (100 meg vs. 10 meg). The net effect is
that the newer printer always responds faster to the queue, even if it
is printing a large job, so we still have some lines waiting for print
outs. We are definitely much better off, but it wasn't entirely what we
expected. If we used the same model printer I would think that the
results would be different.
The redundancy has probably been the biggest benefit.
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Chuck Steel
Student Coordinator, Response
csteel@gettysburg.edu
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