In an attempt to solve a printing problem that has affected some of our clients over the past few weeks, we are replacing the hardware and software that drives our print (and email) server.

The same box handles both responsibilities, and it has performed fairly well since approximately 2004 when it was installed.

The email server software will not be changing much, and the upgrade will probably have minimal impact.

On the printing side, we’re moving from DocForm version 3.5 to DocForm version 5.1. The hardware upgrade may also improve performance, as we’re moving from an older machine with limited speed and capability to an Intel Core-2 Duo 2.5GHz CPU and 2GB of RAM.