LAGUNA HILLS, CA, January 28, 1992 -- Network Software Associates, Inc. (NSA) today announced new version of PrintSpool, a software product that is available as an option with any of the company's PC-DOS based communications software products to provide minicomputer-like print spooling and job management control functionality for PC-to-host printing applications. The new PrintSpool now includes an enhanced video display driver library providing full-screen 132 column viewing of files on the following video boards: IBM CGA, EGA, VGA and 8514; Ahead VGA and Wizard; Compaq VGA; Genoa Super EGA HiRes; Hercules Mono; Paradise VGA Plus; Tseng EVA/480; and Video Seven VEGA Deluxe. PrintSpool is designed for applications requiring printing of very large files downloaded from a mainframe. It allows such downloaded files to be temporarily stored on the PC's disk, a process known as "spooling". The PC's disk is able to accept the files at a much higher rate than the attached printer(s), thereby reducing data communications line costs and host connect charges. The files stored on disk can be printed concurrently while additional data is being received or can be printed later after the host communications session has ended. "PrintSpool brings to power of a mainframe or minicomputer spooling program down to the PC level," said Kelly Williams, NSA's marketing communications manager. "It's an extremely powerful memory-resident program". PrintSpool's design is based on the capabilities of IBM's mainframe spooler, called the Systems Data Display and Spool Facility (SDSF). PrintSpool provides Function Management Header 2 (FMH2) support analogous to that provided by SDSF. PrintSpool offers an array of advanced spooling capabilities, including support of three simultaneous printers, foreground and background mode with hot-key, unattended operation, naming and prioritization of print jobs, multiple copy printing, forms alignment, user-configurable buffer sizes, interrupt or noninterrupt printing, printing in 1K increments, and the creation of spool files in DOS format. PrintSpool supports most printer types, including character printers, laser printers, and even high-speed line printers up to 2,000 lines per minute (lpm) which are typically only supported by large mainframes or superminis. PrintSpool is priced at $295 The enhanced version is available for immediate delivery. Network Software Associates, founded in 1980, develops, markets and supports a wide range of PC software and hardware connectivity products for IBM networking environments. NSA is a strategic partner of both IBM and NCR/AT&T. The company is headquartered at 39 Argonaut, Laguna Hills, CA 92656. Phone: (714) 768-4013 or (800) 352-3270. Federal Systems Division: (703) 875-0444. +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | From the America On-Line & PC-Link New Product Info Services | +===============================================================+ | This information was processed with OmniPage Professional OCR | | software (from Caere Corp) & a Canon IX-30 scanner from data | | provided by the above mentioned company. For additional info, | | contact the company at the address or phone# indicated above. | | All submissions for this service should be addressed to | | BAKER ENTERPRISES, 20 Ferro Drive, Sewell, NJ 08080 U.S.A. | +---------------------------------------------------------------+