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ClusterQue for Volume Printing
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For less than the cost of an additional HP 9000 LaserJet printer, ClusterQue helps you make the most of your existing printer pool, and get the most out of your printer investment. Sophisticated queue and printer management lets you optimise your printing processes, and cluster printers together to get impressive throughput for peak printing periods – for example, 6 HP LaserJet 9000
printers, normally available for general printing, provide up to 300 sides per minute when clustered together. |
How ClusterQue works
| The heart of ClusterQue is the print server, installed on a Windows NT/2000/XP Professional or Unix computer. Colour or black and white HP LaserJet printers can be easily configured into flexible clusters to help the print server optimise how documents are output, while minimising network traffic. Host applications print to ClusterQue using special client software, and a comprehensive range of arguments. For Windows applications, the clusters look like normal printer devices, and printing options are specified in the Print dialog (such as, which print stock is to be used, or that 3 copies are to be sent to one printer and an extra copy to another). Once a job is complete, or if there is a hardware error, the ClusterQue server notifies the user by email or using a Windows pop-up window. |
The ClusterQue Manager is a browser or standalone Java application that shows detailed information on the user’s queues and printer status. It also allows the user to optimise and control how their print jobs are processed. ClusterQue is also integrated with HP’s Web JetAdmin software to provide further administration capabilities. This allows administrators or help desk personnel to view the entire ClusterQue output landscape, and monitor and control such things as throughput, load balancing, offloading, redundancy, and print job delivery assurance for specific printers. |
Characteristics
- Provides the capacity/volume of big-iron printers for a fraction of the cost
- Offers a solution that can be scaled up or down to meet changing user requirements
- Ensures up time by providing backup capability
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- Optimises printer throughput and usage, and maximises control over the printing process
- Automatic e-mail or pop-up window notification on job completion or hardware error
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Areas of Application
- High-volume transaction document printing, e.g. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Supply Chain Management (SCM), etc.
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- For all types of documents, including invoices, statements, purchase orders, payroll, cheques, etc.
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Special Features
- Supports both colour and black and white HP LaserJet printers
- Job splitting to distribute large print jobs across a cluster (available as standard for PostScript, PCL5 and PCL6 print jobs; job splitting for PostScript is available as an option)
- Collation instructions are printed automatically
- Ensures print jobs are only sent to functional printer
- Queue management to stop print jobs, restart printing (from any page), re-route jobs to alternative printers or re-queue for delayed printing
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- Displays printer conditions for easy management from a single point of control – even remotely
- Balances print load across a cluster to maximise use and reduce waiting time
- Supports the assignment of priority, load and class to print jobs to optimise processes
- Integrated into HP’s Web JetAdmin
- Ideal for use with intelligent document formatting software
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Printer Compatibility Print Datasheet PDF
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