LEXMARK EXPANDS MARKVISION SUPPORT TO UNIX NETWORKS; Company Introduces New Support for TCP/IP Environments.GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 1995--Lexmark International Inc. today announced expanded network support for 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). TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. networks within its MarkVision for UNIX network printer management family of utilities, thereby simplifying printer management on TCP/IP networks. MarkVision for UNIX is a comprehensive collection of tools for configuring and managing printers in a UNIX TCP/IP network environment. The new software extends MarkVision support to include UNIX environments from 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) , Sun, SCO (The SCO Group, Lindon, UT, www.sco.com) A leading vendor of Unix operating systems for the x86 platform. SCO had also offered Linux, but abandoned the line in the spring of 2003. The SCO Group is the combination of two companies: Utah-based Caldera, Inc. , HP, Novell and AT&T. With MarkVision for UNIX, Lexmark supports both the Network Printer Alliance Protocol (NPAP NPAP National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis NPAP Network Printing Alliance Protocol NPAP New Public Assistance Program (FEMA term for Public Assistance program implemented after disaster declared) ) and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. ) standards for management of network attached printers. MarkVision switches automatically to the correct protocol to be used with each printer on the network. "For network administrators, the MarkVision utility, including MarkVision for TCP/IP Networks, provides the most comprehensive printer management tool on the market today," said Glenn Hudson, general manager, Network Attachment Products. "We are pleased to lead the printer industry in the development of new printer management technology for enterprise networks and local area networks." MarkVision for UNIX utilizes a fully graphical OSF/Motif user interface on systems compatible with X11R4 Xservers. The MarkVision for UNIX can also run from non-UNIX systems such as Microsoft Windows 3.1, 3.11, Microsoft Windows NT, and IBM OS/2 running Xserver software. For customer environments with non-graphical user interfaces, MarkVision can run in character mode. Remote network and dial-in access to the MarkVision client software is provided through Telnet capabilities. "IBM is delighted that Lexmark provides excellent printer management utilities on IBM AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. environments," said Donna Van Fleet, Vice President AIX Systems Development, RS/6000 Division. "With all of MarkVision's capabilities, Lexmark has made the AIX administrator's job easier." MarkVision for TCP/IP Networks supports the following UNIX operating systems: -- IBM AIX versions 3.2x for IBM RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. System/6000 computers -- IBM AIX versions 4.1x for IBM RISC System/6000 computers -- SunOS versions 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 for Sun SPARCstation computers -- Sun Solaris versions 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 for Sun SPARCstation computers -- Sun Solaris x86 version 2.4 for Intel computers -- HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. version 8.0 for the HP 9000 Series 300/400 computers -- HP-UX versions 9.01-9.05 for the HP 9000 Series 700/800 computers -- SCO UNIX release 3.2v4.2 (Open Desktop Personal System and Open Server) -- UnixWare version 1.1, 2.0 (Personal Edition and Application Server) -- AT&T (NCR (NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH, www.ncr.com) A technology company specializing in financial terminal transactions, retail systems and data warehousing. Until the late 1990s, NCR was heavily invested in the hardware side of the industry, known worldwide as a major manufacturer of computers System 3000) SVR4 Lexmark's current network printing products offer a broad range of compatibility for all leading operating systems environments. Lexmark's Optra laser printer family supports 1,200 x 1,200 dpi printing and up to two MarkNet or MarkNet XL internal network adapters (INAs) with multiprotocol capabilities that allow printing from more than 30 network environments including Novell NetWare, Microsoft Windows NT, IBM OS/2 LAN Server, Banyan VINES, IBM AS/400, IBM AIX and a full spectrum of UNIX environments. Lexmark International is an independent worldwide company that develops, manufactures and markets network and personal printers, typewriters, information processing supplies and keyboards. For additional product information, call 1-800-891-0331. -0- Note to editors: Lexmark, MarkVision and MarkNet are trademarks of Lexmark International Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. CONTACT: Lexmark International Inc. Ken Bissell, 606/232-3035 or Network Associates Inc. Lisa Stein, 801/373-7888 |
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