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Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 153
[Logical Printers 1-8]: Load Balancing Pool
20.3. Load Balancing Pool
This parameter is only used when the target printer for a logical
printer definition is set to “pool”. It specifies the already defined
network target printers which are to be included in the load bal-
ancing pool.
If you choose “pool” as the target printer, but leave the “load
balancing pool” field blank, print jobs sent to the logical printer
in question will be discarded and a message will be generated
in the System Log.
The values to enter from the set [0, 1, 2, 3, 4] refer to the val-
ues in round brackets on the pull-down menu for
“Target
Printer” [page 152]
. You can enter any combination, assuming
that the combination you choose only includes printers with
fully equivalent functionality.
Listed network destinations not having a valid IP host address
configured will be excluded from the pool.
If none of the network destinations listed in the pool have been
configured with a valid IP address, the local port (0) will be
used—provided that you are not using a stand-alone setup;
otherwise the print server will disregard connection attempts
from the print sources.
Determining the order of values to enter
The order in which the target printer numbers are listed deter-
mines priorities. In other words, the order of the list determines
the order in which the Intermate1xx tests to see where a job
should be sent.
Prioritizing is only activated in situations where two or more tar-
get printers in the load balancing pool are idle.
If all output ports in the load balancing pool are busy, a new
incoming job will be destined to the queue in the pool that first
becomes idle regardless of the priority.’
It is often a good idea to put the least heavily used printers at
the start of the list.