In article <[log in to unmask]>, Ken Sletten B894 C312
x62525 <[log in to unmask]> writes
>Gregory Stigers said:
>
>>We are also looking at MiniSoft's NP92 for printing; any experience
>>there?
>
>We are currently supporting 27 networked HP Laserjet printers
>with NP92 on our 959KS/200.  Works fine, lasts a long time
>(guess I should say (C) Denys Beauchemin on that last   ;-)  ).
>
Ken Sletten said

>Note that NP92 and RAC's PrintPath are (AFAIK) essentially
>the same product.  Also, the amount of CPU NP92 will use is
>proportional to how often you have it check the spooler queue
>and how many files you decide to keep "hanging around" in a
>deferred state.  Our users are very impatient, so we have NP92
>check all printers every 30 seconds.  On our 959 we have ample
>resources to do that.  If you have a low-end loaded 3000 with
>many printers and keep a lot of files in the spooler queue, you
>may want to be careful how often you have NP92 check the
>queue and what run-time options you select (RESCAN, etc.).

We use NP92 to drive 3 printers on a moderately loaded 917 with
insufficent memory :-(. We also have NP92 check our printers every 30
seconds. There is an option in NP92 that lets you define the spool files
that it will consider. By limiting NP92 to the 3 network printers and
telling it to ignore deferred spool files (DEV<>LP AND PRI>4 in our
case) we don't notice any preformance problems :-)
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