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204 APPENDIX A: Planning Your Print Setup
RPRINTER Doesn’t take up a NetWare user
license.
A non-M208 print server (PSERVER)
must be running.
Processing Location:
Output process-
ing performed
on host
Increases M208 throughput. Increases overhead on host system
and requires host software.
Output process-
ing performed
on M208
Interface files optional and no
host software required.
Decreases M208 throughput.
Optional Processing:
Backchannel Access to printer status and can
be used with applications that do
page counting.
Requires use of a serial I/O port.
Decreases throughput.
Banner page Job identification at printer out-
put.
Decreases throughput. Requires an
extra page to be printed.
Tab expansion
(xtab)
Flexible tab widths. Decreases throughput.
Carriage return
insertion (onlcr)
Adds carriage returns to solitary
linefeeds. Eliminates stair-step-
ping on ASCII printers.
Decreases throughput.
ASCII to Post-
Script conver-
sion (a2ps)
Autosenses print job type and
converts ASCII files for printing
on PostScript printers.
Decreases throughput.
Switchable
printer control
Use one printer for both PCL and
PostScript jobs.
Requires header and trailer strings to
manually switch printer between
modes.
Table 13: Configuration Considerations
Setting Advantages Disadvantages