Nobix unveils 3.0 update of TranSpooler at HP World

At HP World, Nobix (925.227.5600) announced the 3.0 version of TranSpooler, its spoolfile relocation utility that enables spoolfile transfer within a heterogeneous host environment. The 3.0 version enables reports to be broadcast simultaneously to multiple remote locations from a single HP e3000 host. The product also offloads spoolfiles to networked or dedicated printers, integrating MPE/iX, Unix, Linux, NT and Windows print distribution. Reports may be prepared on one server platform and output on printers connected to servers running a non-3000 environment.

Nobix officials said TranSpooler 3.0 moves spoolfiles from one host to another in either direction using a common transfer format. The product also integrates smoothly with HP OpenSpool. This program supports single threading to maintain sequential print order and multi-threading for multiple, simultaneous spoolfile transfer.

TranSpooler 3.0 can also append user-defined banner pages for distribution purposes, as well as speed report distribution by sending documents through the network. To respond to changing network conditions, the 3.0 version can be configured to reroute spoolfiles on the fly without restarting the software. A TranSpooler Configuration Manager and LogViewer running on Windows or NT systems lets administrators configure, maintain, and troubleshoot networked spoolfile traffic from any location.

“TranSpooler can automatically route 20 types of spoolfiles from three HP 3000s to a Unix-based Xerox printer that prints data on complex forms,” said Jay Bennett, System Administrator at Humana. “To specify the correct form on which to print, TranSpooler identifies the spoolfile type and sends it to a printer name that specifies the output form. This saves our print shop from having to manually identify the correct output form for each incoming spoolfile.”