Lexmark Card for IPDS and SCS/TNe , ROM (Page description language) - IBM IPDS/AFP, SCS/TNe

Advantages: Converts both AFP/IPDS and SCS/DCA to PCL/PostScript, Support for MFP (Multi Function Peripheral), cheaper than IBM printers
Disadvantages: None to think of

...is from the manufactures website (www.mpitech.com) which gives you more information about the Linkcom bit technical for those who like the detail. LinkCom™ Xpress EIO PRO is simply installed in the printer and connected to the LAN. By a simple configuration using a web browser, both the IBM systems and standard LAN/PC environment can make full use of all features on the B/W and color printer, including finishing options. LinkCom™ Xpress EIO PRO is developed to work efficiently within the mixed host/LAN environment and supports SNA sessions directly from the IBM systems as well as TCP/IP sessions from the LAN. The LinkCom™ Xpress EIO PRO will convert IBM SCS and IPDS to the industry standard PCL5 or PostScript language used by the majority of printers today. And even translation from SCS to page and line printers is provided as a standard... Read review

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Advantages: Quality of photo prints is superb. Price was the same as a single cartridge.
Disadvantages: You may be old and grey by the time they're printed! Printer also has a mind of its own.

...and manual) Poster for easy set-up (translated into 24 languages on the reverse) Warranty booklet 1 colour cartridge (blue, pink, yellow) 1 photo Cartridge (black, pink, blue) A4 Photo paper (4 sheets premium, 4 sheets everyday) Anything missing? Maybe you didn’t notice? I didn’t either. There’s no lead to connect your funky new printer to the PC or Mac! How irritating is that? We bought our printer on a Sunday. By the time we’d got home, there was nowhere open to buy a USB cable from, and it doesn’t work with a parallel cable. We had to wait until Monday evening before trying it out. That’s a black mark against Lexmark in my book. Honestly how much would a USB cable cost to them? Not a lot, would be my guess. Anyway, I trotted off to Big W on Monday evening and picked up a USB cable for £3. Lexmark do get some points... Read review

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Advantages: Very versatile mid range server
Disadvantages: support web site can be awkward to navigate

...and and 4 143GB 15K disks for the data configured as RAID5 (with the addition of an IBM 7k RAID card) with a hot spare. This gives a 73GB OS partition which should be ample for most SBS installations including the exchange store. I tend to find that most SBS base builds come to about 20GB once everything is installed. This leaves just over 50GB for the exchange store and page file. The data partition would then be about 250GB which should be ample for most SMB's. Inside the server is just as good and as this model has the dual power supplies installed I would imagine it also comes with 6 cooling fans. If you see a cheaper price for the same model make sure it has dual supplies. There is a thick perspex cover directing air from 2 of the fans over the CPU and memory slots whilst two fans at the bottom suck air through the hard drive bays... Read review

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