MarkVision for UNIX release 3.1			      5/30/97	

The most recent release of MarkVision for UNIX contains the following 
improvements and new features: 

New printers supported:
 
    Optra S   family (all models)
    Optra SC
    Optra E+

New operating system versions supported: 

    Sun Solaris 2.5.1
    Sun Solaris x86 2.5.1
    Silicon Graphics IRIX 6.3
    AIX 4.2.x
    UnixWare 2.1.x

New features:


  MarkVision for UNIX Intranet Servers

    MarkVision for UNIX Intranet Servers v1.1 is provided on as an optional 
    client package on selected UNIX systems.  This package allows users with a 
    compatible (Java enabled) browser to run MarkVision from their desktop 
    as a Java applet.          

    The following browsers and operating systems are supported: 

    Netscape Navigator for Windows 95/NT 3.01
    Netscape Navigator for UNIX 3.0 
    Netscape Navigator for OS/2 2.02 
    Sun JavaStation 
    Sun HotJava for UNIX 1.0 
    Sun HotJava for Windows 95/NT 1.0 
    Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows 95/NT 3.01 

    The following web servers are supported: 

    Netscape Enterprise Server 2.0 
    Netscape Fasttrack Server 2.0 
    Netscape Communications Server 1.2 
    Any http 1.0 compliant server such as Apache 

    The following UNIX operating systems supported: 

    AIX 4.1.x and 4.2.x 
    HP-UX 10.x 
    Solaris 2.5, 2.5.1 
    SCO V
    Silicon Graphics IRIX 6.2, 6.3 
    
    See the user's guide for more information on installing and configuring 
    the intranet client package on the UNIX system.  


  TCP/IP Network Printer Discovery tool

    Version 3.1 includes a new utility tool (npsearch) that is designed to 
    scan a TCP/IP network for printer adapters and build a database of all 
    available printers.  This database can then be inported into MarkVision.  

    See the man page npsearch for more details.  This utility is included in 
    the MarkVision server package.  


  Printer Inventory tool 

    A new (mv_pinv) is included in version 3.1 that allows an administrator to 
    build an inventory file of all printers currently being managed by the 
    MarkVision server.  

    See the man page mv_pinv for more details.  This utility is included in 
    the MarkVision server package. 

  HP OpenView Network Node Manager snap-in 

    Version 3.1 may be snapped into HP's OpenView Network Node Manager running
    on either HP-UX 10.x or on Solaris 2.5.  The snap-in package may be found 
    on this site in direcotry /pub/driver/unix/MarkVision/OpenView.  See the 
    documentation with the package for more details.  

Improvements: 

  Extended status view 

    Version 3.1 includes a new view window for printer status -- Extended 
    Status.  This view reports all known conditions of the printer in text 
    format.  The view is avialable from the main View menu and from the 
    printer graphic view.  

  Updated printer graphics view  

    The printer graphic view has been improved to show a variety of printer
    warning conditions (e.g. paper low) for the Optra S, SC and N printers.  
    These warnings are displayed in yellow on the printer graphic and in text 
    in the extended status view.   


For more information after you've installed the update, see the README files 
in /usr/markvision/docs and the user's guide.

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