Callisto is a powerful server based application that
optimizes print jobs sent to Sharp Digital IMAGERS and third party
networked printers. The software enables the customers to control load
balancing, redirect print jobs, and split jobs between multiple networked
devices. Large jobs can be completed faster thereby increasing
productivity.
Time-saving features like auto redirect and print spooling, Callisto
provides the reliability that busy offices and workgroups require so
they'll never miss an important deadline.
With Callisto, the network administrator can create "virtual"
print queues associated with actual output devices. Each print queue can
have different rules on how to route different print jobs.
Since Callisto is server-based, the customer is not restricted on the
number of users or printers supported. It works "transparently: to
the user. That means that once the Administrator creates the virtual
printer, the user simply selects it as they would any other printer. |
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Unexpected high volume
print jobs are handled with ease. Callisto allows the
administrator to establish a cluster of printers and it
automatically sends print jobs to the printer with volume
capabilities that match the size of the job. Larger are split
among printers in the cluster. |
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Callisto maximizes
printing efficiency by minimizing down time. If a printer is
offline, Callisto automatically sends print jobs to the first
available printer for an uninterrupted workflow. |
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| Callisto gives network administrators total control of
print management across entire networks. Running as a service on a Windows
NT4/2000 server or workstation, Callisto is a powerful tool which is
capable of monitoring and manipulating network print functions in both
Windows NT4/2000 and Novell NetWare 4 or 5 environments. The network
administrator creates a virtual print queue that appears to users as a
single printer. The administrator then defines a number of alternative
output devices which could service the print request, and the criteria for
how each device will be used. If a printer goes off-line for any reason
(paper jam, door open etc.) printing is automatically re-directed to an
alternative device. Multiple input queues can be configured, giving
administrators complete control of their print environment. The service
will monitor network print requests, irrespective of the operating system
running on the users' workstations. It is thus compatible with a mixture
of Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and
Novell NetWare. The configuration interface has been designed to clearly
display network resources, and to simplify the task of managing those
resources. By utilizing a simple drag and drop approach, an administrator
can have a system installed and configured in less than 15 minutes.
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