FW: TCP/IP LPD benchmark

Jerry,

Seems to me that when you are a vendor selling your own product, 
you should identify yourself as such.

Especially when your post was un-solicited.  In fact, doesn't 
that in and of itself violate the "rules" of this list?

And FYI, we use LPD/LPR printing and do NOT use host print 
transform.  With very good success.  Even printing fax's (which 
are bitmaps) on an HP OfficeJet Pro.  This LPD/LPR setup is our 
only printer on the system.  So I think your "benchmark" is very 
focused on a particular situation.

Just as a matter of courtesy to those on the list and to let 
folks know of your probable bias.

When I mention my product (Fax Server/401, the BEST as/400 based 
Fax solution available) I let them know that I am the Developer 
of the product and just a little (not much however <g>) biased. 
 You will also notice that on the recent discussion of AS/400 
fax solutions, I did not comment on any other products.  This 
was not because I am not familiar with my competition (I am very 
familiar with it), but because this is NOT the forum for that. 
 I would love to discuss the pro's and con's of my product 
versus say Quadrant's, Fax Star's or the IBM product.  But, I 
for one would like to keep the Midrange-L list "pure".

If I am wrong on this assumption, please let me know & I will 
turn my marketing folks loose on the list.  This will of course 
lead to a total degradation of the list.  It is not the 
occasional unsolicited posting from you.  Or me, but when all of 
the vendors out there who currently are silent start advertising 
on this list, the list will become worthless.

Regards,
Bob Crothers
Cornerstone Communications


-----Original Message-----
From:   Jerome Draper [SMTP:jdraper@wco.com]
Sent:   Friday, March 13, 1998 6:23 PM
To:     midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject:        TCP/IP LPD benchmark

We have just gotten benchmark news on a 147 page report 
(straight text)
printing on an AS400 via TCP/IP.

Situation One:

AS/400 model 200, unstressed, V3R2, HP 3X Printserver (TCP/IP 
aware
product) on ethernet LAN, 10baseT, with HP Laserjet 4Plus 
printer.  It took
3.5 hours and never got done (59% CPU util).  Host print 
transform
dramatically impacted the AS/400.

Situation Two:

Synapse WinAPPC TCP/IP LPD Client started printing the report 
after 3
minutes.  This is because of the ability of the Synapse to 
handle SCS print
strings in native mode.

Only change on the AS400 outq is to make Transform to *NO and 
destination
type to *OS400.

Installed by inexperienced user to boot.

HMMMMMM.

Jerry




Jerry Draper, Trilobyte Software Systems, since 1976
Specializing in connecting PC's, Windows, MAC's, and LAN's to 
the AS/400
Representing Synapse, Apple, IBM, UDS, MI, DCI, Netsoft, etc.
(415) 457-3431; (415) 258-1658fax; jdraper@wco.com

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