A friend has a wireless network set up at home using a wireless router. He wants to add a printer to his network using a wireless print server. Wireless print servers seem to go for about $80-120, but you can get a wireless router with a built-in a print server for much less, for about $40-50. Can you set up a wireless router w/ print server as a plain print server?
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In article , john wrote: :A friend has a wireless network set up at home using a wireless router. He :wants to add a printer to his network using a wireless print server. :Wireless print servers seem to go for about $80-120, but you can get a :wireless router with a built-in a print server for much less, for about :$40-50. Can you set up a wireless router w/ print server as a plain print :server?
Potentially yes, but the device designed specifically as a print server may be able to serve a wider variety of printers.
The built in print server on a wireless router might not be useful for anything other than Postscript or HPLC3 compatable printers with ethernet interfaces. A device designed specifically as a print server may be able to handle some models of USB printers and some models of printers that do not use Postscript or HPLC3. [Think of difficulties with drivers...]
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