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In article <418hro$du3@horus.infinet.com>, mal@infinet.com (Mark) wrote:
>Wild Man (intiaa@ozemail.com.au) wrote:
>
>
>: Amazingly, very few sales people can answer basic questions about printers
>: network connectivity, or where drivers can be gotten by FTP or over the
>
>Lexmark does a GREAT job with these and other questions, and the Optra L 
>printer is one of the best I have ever used or owned.
>
>: Studies show that 20-30% of network managers time is spent fixing up
>: printers. Remeber that if the sales people cannot answer this then you can
>: expect even less help after the sale. So don't get stuck with old
>: technology or a lousy company.
>
>: Has anyone got a copy of Digital/DEC's Desktop Services for Printers (DSP)
>: for the PC or Mac ? HP's JetPrint or Jet Admin ?  MarkVision by Lexmark ?
>
>: What has your experience been like ? Anyone want to elaborate on all of
>: this ?
>
>My personal system is made-up of three computers and two printers, all of 
>the printers are connected through 4-1 multiplexers most of the time. The 
>Lexmark Optra L uses the Mark Vision application in windows and a close 
>version of it in dos (requires a driver in the config.sys).
>
>The early version did not work on my P90 becuase Zeos shipped a load of 
>boards that did not work in any mode other than bi-directional. Once I 
>got my third board and the newest MarkVision drivers, and ECP configured, 
>I was in business.
>
>The Mark Vision app can tell me anything about the printer as though I 
>was at the local LCD memu myself.
>
>It should be noted that the Mark Vision app will not run when connected 
>to one of the 4-1 mux's, only when connected directly to a lpt port. The 
>driver (now) supports Irq 5 & 7, and you can add a line to disable ECP mode.
>
>I think that the Lexmark Optra L is a great printer.

The REAL question is... does it work the same way when it's connected through
a network?  Does it work the same with IPX?  NetBios?  TCP/IP?  I have yet to
see a printer work the same on a network as is does on a bi-directional
parallel port.

- Mike Iimura
  miimura@best.com