LEXMARK ANNOUNCES ADVANCED PRINTER MANAGEMENT SUPPORT FOR OS/2 NETWORKS.GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 1995--Lexmark International Inc. today announced advanced printer management solutions for IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) OS/2 and LAN Server (1) A network operating system from IBM that runs as a server application under OS/2 and supports DOS, Windows and OS/2 clients. Originally based on LAN Manager when OS/2 was jointly developed by IBM and Microsoft, starting with LAN Server 3. , including MarkVision for Windows support for IBM LAN Server IBM LAN Server started as a close cousin of Microsoft LAN Manager and first shipped in early 1988. It was originally designed to run on top of Operating System/2 Extended Edition. The network client was called IBM LAN Requester and was included with OS/2 EE 1.1 by default. , the OS/2 Network PrinterPak, and MarkVision for OS/2. The new package boasts the richest set of network printer management utilities available for OS/2 users on the market today. MarkVision provides users an intuitive highly graphical view of the configuration and status of their networked printer, thus minimizing support calls to the administrator. Lexmark and IBM have worked for over a year on an advanced bi-directional print subsystem for OS/2, so that OS/2 users can take advantage of the latest instrumentation and bi-directional technologies implemented in network and personal printers. The OS/2 Network PrinterPak, available through Lexmark and IBM, includes the Remote Operator Panel (ROP (1) (Raster Operation) An instruction that manipulates the bits of a bitmapped image in some manner. (2) (RISC Operation) An instruction in a RISC processor. ) and the Lexmark Network Printer Utility for easy installation of printers on the network. Additionally, Lexmark will provide MarkVision for OS/2 later this year. This will be a Presentation Manager version that will offer OS/2 users the same support provided by MarkVision for Windows. "With this announcement, Lexmark is demonstrating its commitment to leading-edge printing and printer management solutions for OS/2 and LAN Server," said Glenn Hudson, general manager, Network Attachment Products. "We will continue to work with IBM to address the needs of our mutual customers." "IBM and Lexmark collaborated on a number of printing related issues, including 32-bit print drivers and bi-directional printer communications," said Art Olbert, vice president, IBM's Personal Software Products Division, LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. Systems. "This newest effort, which offers leading-edge network printer management, fits perfectly with LAN Server 4.0." For the administrator, MarkVision offers all the standard network printer management tools, plus advanced features such as the ROP and printer job statistics. ROP enables network administrators to view and configure all network printers remotely from one workstation just as if they were standing at the printer. To ensure security, the operator panel may be locked to prevent unauthorized access. To further support network administrators, Lexmark uses an alert-driven architecture in MarkVision. By allowing the printer to interrupt or alert the host, MarkVision provides immediate notification when the printer status changes and avoids the unnecessary network overhead generated by a polling architecture. MarkVision supports the new Lexmark Color Jetprinter 4079 plus, and the 4039 plus and award-winning Optra families of laser printers connected to the LAN Server 4.0 network with the MarkNet XL internal network adapter A printed circuit board that plugs into the bus of both user machines (clients) and servers in a local area network (LAN). Also commonly called a "network interface card" (NIC) or "LAN card," the network adapter transmits data onto the network and receives data from the network. (INA Ina (ē`nä), city (1990 pop. 60,062), Nagano prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Tenryu River. It is an agricultural and industrial center with a famous agricultural school. ) card or MarkNet XLe external network adapter (ENA ENA Ecole Nationale d'Administration (French) ENA Emergency Nurses Association ENA Energy Networks Association (Australia) ENA Ethiopian News Agency ENA Energetic Neutral Atom ). Lexmark's current network printing products offer a broad range of compatibility for all leading operating system environments. Lexmark's Optra printer family provides 1,200 x 1,200 dpi printing and up to two MarkNet or MarkNet XL INAs with multiprotocol capabilities that support printing from more than 30 network environments including Novell NetWare, Microsoft Windows NTS NTS National Technical Systems NTS National Trust for Scotland NTS Nevada Test Site NTS NT Server (Microsoft Windows) nts Not the Same NTS National Traffic System (amateur radio) , IBM OS/2 LAN Server, Banyan VINES and a full spectrum of UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). environments. Lexmark International, a former division of IBM, is an independent worldwide company that develops, manufactures and markets network and personal printers, typewriters, information processing supplies and keyboards. -0- Lexmark, MarkVision and MarkNet are trademarks of Lexmark International Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. CONTACT: Lexmark International Inc., Lexington Ken Bissell, 606/232-3035 or Network Associates, Inc. Lisa Stein, 801/373-7888 |
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