Attaching printer to router

SteveDallas · 09-07-2003, 09:16 PM

You want a print server. The HP JetDirects are the classics and have the price to show for it. I have been happy with Netgear ones that I have at work, but practically everybody who makes network gizmos will have an option for you. Price probably $50 to $75 if you're getting one with one parallel port and one ethernet port. Plug it into your printer and router respectively and run the installer on each computer; you'll be in business. You can get wireless ones but of course they cost a bit more.

If you really have a router that's set up not to pass SMB (the M$ file-sharing protocols), and you don't mind some of the logistical tradeoffs (can't print when the printer-connected computer is turned off, etc.), I don't see why you shouldn't share it off of the computer.

09-07-2003, 09:16 PM	#2
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	You want a print server. The HP JetDirects are the classics and have the price to show for it. I have been happy with Netgear ones that I have at work, but practically everybody who makes network gizmos will have an option for you. Price probably $50 to $75 if you're getting one with one parallel port and one ethernet port. Plug it into your printer and router respectively and run the installer on each computer; you'll be in business. You can get wireless ones but of course they cost a bit more. If you really have a router that's set up not to pass SMB (the M$ file-sharing protocols), and you don't mind some of the logistical tradeoffs (can't print when the printer-connected computer is turned off, etc.), I don't see why you shouldn't share it off of the computer.

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