Spur Express

Product highlights:

• Installs in minutes
• Exceptionally reliable! (*MTBF - 87,600 hours (10 years))
• Low cost of ownership
• Compatible with most METACODE packages
• Over 50 custom interfaces

(* MTBF: Mean Time Between Failure)

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Introduction

This product line provides the easiest and most dependable solutions for printing to a centralized production printer from a non-compatible host or Ethernet network. As a stand-alone product, the Express eliminates installation hassles and time-consuming spooling involved with PC-based print servers. All Express products are plug and play protocol converters, allowing you to focus on your business, not on your connectivity solution.  Compatible with many METACODE packages.  PCL or Postscript to METACODE packages are also available from Spur.  See the Host Compatibility Matrix 
 

There are two basic Express Environments:

1. The most common is the one-to-one direct connect market, connecting a centralized printer to a previously incompatible stand-alone host. Usually, this is a non-IBM mid range or mainframe computer (e.g. Burroughs, Tandem, DEC, Wang, etc.) which is not on a network.

2. Ethernet network to a centralized printer.  Spur has two Ethernet solutions, The Deluxe and Express Ethernet.  To help define which is best, the Express Ethernet may be preferable in the following environments:

• DEC LAT connectivity needed.
• Support for additional parallel and/or two serial connections needed.
• No spooling or queue management needed, or modular solution is desired.
• Only one centralized printer needed in the foreseeable future.

If you are uncertain which Spur product is right for your business, contact Spur to help find the product which best meets your present and future business needs.

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Legacy Products

The popular USA, USAII, System 534, and SpurBox/2000 product lines have been included under the Deluxe and Express umbrellas to better describe their functionality and simplify configuration and ordering. This table maps the old names to their new product families.

Printer Compatibility

IBM 3211, IBM 3800 Mod.1, Xerox 4050, Xerox 4090, Xerox 4135, Xerox 4635, Xerox 4850,
Xerox 4890, Xerox 8790, Xerox 9790, Xerox DocuPrint 92C, Xerox DocuPrint 96, Xerox DocuPrint 180, Siemens 2050, Siemens 2090, Siemens 2140, Siemens 2200, and Siemens 2300

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