Lexmark Optra Printers

[Kevin Brown]

Here's the thing with Network Printers.  They are on the network themselves and
not attached to any specific computer.  If you look at the specs for the optra
printers they come with a 10/100TX port and an integrated print server.  Your
Linux print servers will not be needed to handle the print management for these
printers.

> Fellow Pluggers and printer experts:
> 
> I am seeking to buy a Lexmark Optra Network printer.  These printers
> are very capable, powerful laser printers.  They run HP PCL5 emulations
> as well as Postscript optional.
> 
> The  reason for my interest is that the Optra printers have Flash memory
> which will hold forms.  The forms can be called from a list and will
> print as backgrounds.  I can "typeset" a form into Flash memory,
> then call for it to print as I print foreground from our accounting
> application.  The "typeset" form in Flash memory can contain logos,
> lines, boxes, -- even barcodes and special fonts. Our accounting
> application has provision for calling for the backgrounds and
> choosing from among the individual forms.  Once working, a variety
> of forms can be intermixed on plain paper and the expense of
> preprinted forms will go away.
> 
> My dilema is this:  How will it work with our Linux print servers?  I
> think one of our print servers is Red Hat, although we have other
> distributions that we can use, if necessary.  If we have to do it,
> we (shameless admission) do have M$ stuff here if we need it to
> typeset the form and burn the Flash.
> 
> John Mosier,  Excelco      Fax:  (602) 992-2026  Voice: (602) 992-8076
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