After reading horror stories on groups about most wireless print servers being incompatible with the printer, failing to provide claimed WPA capability and manufacturer refusal to publish a compatibility list, I'm wondering if any manufacturer provides a server that works?
I want one for a Laserjet 1100 and one for a Canon S800.
Can you recommend a wireless print server that delivers what the hype promises?
The HP LaserJet 1100 has both USB and parallel ports. While USB is easier to cable, it had driver "issues" which you've apparently experienced. My luck with USB print servers has been dismal.
Most of the slightly older parallel port print servers will work. Make sure that it had bi-directional support (IEEE-1284) on the parallel port interface or the Windoze will not get proper status information. I have a customer with an office full of HP1100, 1200, and 1300 printers that uses a mix of Netgear PS104, PS110, HP300x, and other print servers. However, these are not wireless. There is one printer (not sure of model), on a roll around cart, that uses a Dlink wireless print server. I think it's one of these:
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Your Canon S800 is about 5 years old and also has a parallel port. The same advice as before. Use the parallel port and make sure the print server does IEEE-1284. If you insist on USB, you might calculate the cost of the print server (about $75) against the cost of a new printer with built in wireless.
For best results with HP printers, use a genuine HP JetDirect printer server; e.g., HP Jetdirect ew2400 (J7951A), or wired JetDirect (e.g., HP Jetdirect
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