| 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.
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.
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. (Copyright BITS) |
