Paxar 9800 Series - Manual (Page 7)

Introduction 1-1
I N T R O D U C T I O N
O v e r v i e w
Monarch

Print Servers allow multiple host computers to share the
Monarch

9800

series printers on a local area network.
Any user can print jobs to the printer as if it were directly attached to his computer.
No special software is required on the host computers, and application programs
run without any modification. Because the Monarch Print Server provides
multiprotocol capabilities, users on UNIX
 , Novell  , AppleTalk  , LAN Server  ,
Microsoft

Windows

NT

, Windows

95, and LAN Manager computers can
simultaneously access the same printer. Figure 1-1 shows how the print server is
used in a typical network.
Figure 1
1
LocalTalk
Printer with an XCD
external print server
NetWare
PC
Windows NT
PC
DEC
UNIX Host
Apple Macintosh Computers
Banyan VINES
PC
Apple
Macintosh