Print Pro Puts Linux in the Spotlight at CeBIT 2000
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Joinux Team -
March 08, 2000
The Print Pro presentation was a huge success at CeBIT 2000, with Easy Software Products showcasing an easy-to-use graphical user interface that allowed users to send print jobs to all 22 printers in the booth. The Internet Printing Protocol based ESP Print Pro software needed printer driver installations on only one server machine, but all clients had instant access to all drivers' features without installing them locally. Danka Deutschland GmbH, a leading independent distributor of photocopiers and network printers, was represented at the event by Easy Software Products. The company sells products made by Canon, Kodak, Heidelberg, Hitachi, Hewlett-Packard, Konica, Minolta, Ricoh, Sharp, and Toshiba from locations worldwide. During CeBIT, Kurt Pfeifle, an employee of Danka and author of a series of articles on printing in Germany's Linux Magazin, had this to say about the show: 'Some people who have Linux in use and are used to