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Fundamentals
of Print Load Balancing
Print Load Balancing is the practice of routing jobs
to an idle printer. When a job is submitted to the
system it checks to see if there is an idle printer
and routes the jobs to the appropriate idle printer.
The group of printers that can receive these jobs
is referred to as a printer pool. There are several
algorithms that the system can use to pick an appropriate
printer. These are normally
- Always First
- Round Robin
- Click-Balancing
The always first
algorithm is used where a new printer with a lower
cost per page is installed next to an older printer
that is essentially used as an overflow printer. This
allows most of the print traffic to be printed at
the lower cost but when it gets busy the older more
expensive printer takes care of the overflow.
The Round Robin
printing is used where there are many printers of
the same cost and capability and the work will be
shared among them.The click-balancing algorithm is
used when there are a certain number of clicks at
a lower price available on each printer. Thus all
of the low cost printing is utilized first.
To be continued,
more next week, or contact APWI today with your questions.
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