A server that primarily receives print jobs, processes them and sends them to defined target stations. There are simple print servers, which receive print data generated by systems and forward them to predefined target devices and complex print servers, like e.g. the BENS server, which apart from receiving and forwarding print jobs serves extensive functions e.g. for the processing and archiving of print data (see “Filter” and “Plugin”).

PP is the abbreviation for Productive Printing. This term is used to describe high performance printers that are used as production machines and solutions for such machines. The BENS Server is also available as PP version under the name BENS PP Spool Server.

PostScript is a page description language developed by Adobe in the early 1980s. [1] It is widely used as a vector graphics format for documents and printers, but is also a Turing-complete, stack-oriented programming language. PostScript is the further development of Interpress.

POP3 is the abbreviation for “Post Office Protocol Version 3”, a widely used protocol for user authentication and email downloading. A POP3 mail account is a “mailbox” for your e-mail addresses. It can be accessed only with valid username and correct password.

A plugin is a BENS program for process control and workflow automation. An example of this is the Failover Plugin, which forwards the print data to another, functioning printer if the target printer fails.

a defined outgoing connection on the BENS print server. This can be a printer, a server or a netdisk (=hotfolder). The print data can be sent via the following protocols: SMB, Socket, LPR, IPP, IPPS, Netdisk (=Hotfolder).

Portable Document Format (English; abbreviated PDF; German: (trans)portable document format) is a platform-independent file format developed and published by Adobe Inc. in 1992 [1], and PDF is currently under development by the association.

See PCL6

The page description language for printers developed by Hewlett-Packard, often also called PCLXL. It is considered the successor to PCL5 but is technically incompatible with PCL5. The protocol is supported by most printers and MFPs. Many BENS filters and plugins can analyze and modify this kind of print data.

PCL (Printer Command Language) is a page description language for printers developed by Hewlett-Packard. Versions 5, 5c and 5e were developed in the early 90’s of the 19th century and became a de facto industry standard. Nearly all page printers and multifunction machines support this protocol, also called “printer language”. Many BENS filters and plugins can analyze and modify this kind of print data.