Do I need to install the HemaTrax Print Server software at each workstation where I will have a label printer?
No. Each copy of the print server will support up to thirty-two printers. Typically the request for a label from a workstation is received by the laboratory information system (LIS) application. The LIS application draws from its database the appropriate information and then sends a label print message to the HemaTrax Print Server (HPS). One field in the message sent by the LIS is a printer port number which maps the location of the intended printer. This port number is used by the HPS to route the printer command stream to the appropriate printer. A printer may be either attached to the network (Ethernet ready printers) or it may be attached to a serial port on the computer hosting the HPS. In small facilities, where all of the label printers are very close to the machine hosting the HPS, the printers may be connected to that machine’s native serial COM ports.
I believe that this is not necessary at all, since if the software is installed on a shared server, then there should be no problems from any machine. By the way, about printers, I can give you some advice about choosing a good one. You can read about Name Badge Printer if you are interested. For me, it was useful anyway.
