Operating system in Print server ?

Hi all,

I have seen lot of print server devices having very low memory
i.e 1 or 2 MB.
They even support lot of protocols and have a TCP/IP stack.
I really wonder how they are supporting all these features with
that much less memory.

Can anybody tell me what operating system is used in print
servers.


Thanks & Regards,
K.Sunil Goutham.

Sunil wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have seen lot of print server devices having very low memory
> i.e 1 or 2 MB.
> They even support lot of protocols and have a TCP/IP stack.
> I really wonder how they are supporting all these features with
> that much less memory.
>
> Can anybody tell me what operating system is used in print
> servers.
>
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> K.Sunil Goutham.
>
Probably Linux derived or BSD.

"Sunil" <sunil.goutham@gmail.com> wrote in news:1167809558.357377.77540
@a3g2000cwd.googlegroups.com:

> Hi all,
>
> I have seen lot of print server devices having very low memory
> i.e 1 or 2 MB.
> They even support lot of protocols and have a TCP/IP stack.
> I really wonder how they are supporting all these features with
> that much less memory.
>
> Can anybody tell me what operating system is used in print
> servers.
>
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> K.Sunil Goutham.
>

As said, Linux, or a as assembler or compiled C direct running code.
Sometimes a proprietary chipset based OS is used.

Sunil <sunil.goutham@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have seen lot of print server devices having very low memory
> i.e 1 or 2 MB.
> They even support lot of protocols and have a TCP/IP stack.
> I really wonder how they are supporting all these features with
> that much less memory.
>
> Can anybody tell me what operating system is used in print
> servers.

There are several well-known and obscure operating systems that could be
trimmed down in size. Could be Linux, although in theory that would
require the release of the code, and, AFAIK, that hasn't happened.

There might even be no operating system, just an embedded program that
only performs print server functions.

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