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MGS 3
MGS3
is a PostScript productivity tool offering a graphics database, OPI server,
print spooler, e-mail notification, load leveling, network routing, PostFlight
PostScript error checking, plus remote monitoring and administration capabilities
using a standard HTML Web browser.
OPI
server: As an OPI server, MGS3 greatly reduces network traffic and speeds
the transmission of finished pages. Documents that previously required long
periods of time to print will now release from the workstation in a few seconds,
allowing editors and graphic artists to get back to work more quickly.
Print
Spooler: As a print spooler, MGS3's informative user interface displays
the status of print queues, RIPs, and imagers. Auto-polling of Rips, prioritization
of input queues, automatic load leveling of jobs sent to the Rips, and e-mail
notification of job completion is also available. Transferring of jobs between
spool-queues is accomplished with the use of one-button toggling between spool-only
and spool-and-print. Drag-and-Drop allows the user to move print jobs between
spool-queues. This includes the option of selecting more than one job at a
time.
Graphics
Database Server: As a graphics database server, MGS3 speeds document construction
and simplifies file server maintenance. MGS3 client software allows users
to quickly locate their images, and retrieve low resolution versions for use
in page makeup. Using the client, images can easily be marked for back-up,
archiving, or deletion. MGS3 also provides network routing, allowing traffic
generated by the transmission of high resolution graphics and PostScript pages
to be isolated on dedicated network segments.
Many
end-users need total redundancy in the equipment used to print their publications.
Dual
MGS option for MGS3 maintains an up-to-date back-up of all the images in the
image database and all of the spoolers created for the print server. Both
of the MGS3 workstations are active, which not only doubles the power of the
system, but either platform can take-over in the unlikely event of problem.
The operator/administrator instigates a simple, quick and seamless "fail-over"
procedure so that the single MGS3 can take over all of the OPI Server/Print
Spooler/Graphic Database functions.
Features
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- Graphical User interface
- Database Management of Picture Storage
- Accepts Pictures in EPS, DCS, TIFF, and DCS JPEG formats
- Helios Ethershare providing file sharing, print spooling and network zoning
- Supports EPS, DCS, DCS2, TIFF (incl. LZW, PackBits & CCITT Group 3 & 4 compressions).
- Makes available the information that allows report-generation by a third-party.
- Creates a RGB thumbnail from an EPS image.
- Converts low-resolution to CMYK when the high resolution image is RGB.
Options
Auto
Polling: MGS3 can be configured to find the first available RIP and route
the current job through that RIP.
Load
Levelling: To optimize system throughput, Load Levelling assigns each
print job to an available RipExpress within a group, after comparison of the
output queues on each RIP. This
option would normally be used on systems where Laserplex is also installed
allowing a specific recorder to be used by the selected RIP.
Priority
Queuing: Allowing print queues to be assigned different priority levels.
PostFlight
error checking: When pages are printed to MGS3, a copy of the PostScript
file is kept and the progress of the original through the selected RipExpress
is monitored. If no PostScript error occurs, the file copy is deleted. If
a PostScript error is detected then the copy is sent to the PostFlight error
checker where a more detailed description of the error is produced. The user
can be notified of the error by E-Mail.
Client
Interface: Available for either Macintosh or PC to allow search and browsing
of the picture database. This can be used either alone or in conjunction with
Extended Low Resolution.
Client
Server Interface: This resides on the Sun and provides the interface for
the PC or Mac clients as described above. This is required in addition to
the Client Interface software.
E-Mail
Notification: Allows the sender to be notified electronically upon the
completion of their print job. MGS3 can be configured to report on the successful
completion of a job, on an error in a job, or both.
Extended
Low Resolution: Allows a structure of low resolution picture directories
to be created, each of which stores the low res images for a particular database
classification and sub-classification.
Dual
MGS3: The tasks of MGS3 can be shared across two Sun platforms to both
improve performance
and provide against a platform failure.
PowerLink:
Provides SQL database and tracking facilities.
Remote
Monitoring: Remote monitoring and administration is now possible from
virtually anywhere in your network. Using a standard HTML browser for the
World Wide Web, users and administrators can view queues and log files, as
well as control many of the functions of the MGS3 server.
Minimum
Sun Platform
- Configurations
- Sun SparcUltra10 333 MHz UltraSPARClli, 512kB CACHE
- 10/100 BaseT RJ45 Ethernet
- 4-PCI slots
- 128 MB Ram
- 9 GB Fast EIDE Drive
- Floppy Disk Drive
- Sun SparcUltra10 333 MHz UltraSPARClli, 512kB CACHE