Ethernet USB Print Server?
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From: Claude V. Lucas on 17 Jul 2008 12:06 Hi I want to put my Epson R260 on my home wired network. Anyone use a particular Ethernet <> USB Print Server that is Mac friendly and that they are happy with and would care to recommend? Simple and cheap is always best. I don't use wireless. TIA
From: Claude V. Lucas on 17 Jul 2008 13:08 In article <michelle-ECBECF.09562717072008(a)news.east.cox.net>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: >In article <487f6df7$0$17216$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net>, > claudel(a)sonic.net (Claude V. Lucas) wrote: > >> I want to put my Epson R260 on my home wired network. >> >> Anyone use a particular Ethernet <> USB Print Server that >> is Mac friendly and that they are happy with and would >> care to recommend? > ><http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId= >589> Among others. As always, a useful and informative response.
From: Claude V. Lucas on 17 Jul 2008 17:02 In article <vilain-7B9239.13273717072008(a)comcast.dca.giganews.com>, Michael Vilain <vilain(a)NOspamcop.net> wrote: >In article <michelle-ECBECF.09562717072008(a)news.east.cox.net>, > Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > >> In article <487f6df7$0$17216$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net>, >> claudel(a)sonic.net (Claude V. Lucas) wrote: >> >> > I want to put my Epson R260 on my home wired network. >> > >> > Anyone use a particular Ethernet <> USB Print Server that >> > is Mac friendly and that they are happy with and would >> > care to recommend? >> >> <http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId= >> 589> Among others. > >Tiger Direct's wiget is windows-only. My rule is unless it says >"Macintosh" and "MacOS X" somewhere in the blurb or package, I won't buy >it. Small Dog and Otherworld Computing didn't have anything. > >Megamacs had > >http://www.megamacs.com/item/Keyspan/view,31047710/criteria,usb%20print%2 >0server/ > >You can google for a lot more stuff, but unless they say they work with >MacOS X, I'd pass on it. This printer costs about $150. It's your call >on if you want to invest in your "infrastructure" to print remotely or >not. I think wireless is your best bet, but YMMV. > I'm trying to get a response from someone who actually has used an ethernet to USB print server device and has had a good enough experience with it to recommend it. I'm not interested in a listing of useless USB ethernet adapters from an on-line vendor or in changing over to wireless. I have cables already run from my router to where I want to station my printer from past days. Believe it or not, I *have* heard of Google, but I am looking for a tale of some sort of specific personal experience rather than 10K pages of irrelevance.
From: billy on 17 Jul 2008 19:29 Claude V. Lucas <claudel(a)sonic.net> writes: > I'm trying to get a response from someone who actually has used > an ethernet to USB print server device and has had a good > enough experience with it to recommend it. The D-Link DP-301U worked ok for me. I'm no longer using it because the printer died, and the new one has an ethernet port on it. I don't see your printer in the list of what's been tested with it, but that web page also says - If your printer is not on the list, or purchased in the last 3 years, the printer still may work. Please contact the printer manufacturer for compatibility with print servers. Most new printers are network friendly and will work with a print server. It's worth trying, if you can get it from a place (like Frys) where it's easy to return if it doesn't get along with the R260. Billy Y..
From: Claude V. Lucas on 17 Jul 2008 19:49
In article <g5okkd$kle$1(a)reader1.panix.com>, <billy(a)MIX.COM> wrote: >Claude V. Lucas <claudel(a)sonic.net> writes: > >> I'm trying to get a response from someone who actually has used >> an ethernet to USB print server device and has had a good >> enough experience with it to recommend it. > >The D-Link DP-301U worked ok for me. I'm no longer using it because >the printer died, and the new one has an ethernet port on it. I don't >see your printer in the list of what's been tested with it, but that >web page also says - > > If your printer is not on the list, or purchased in the last 3 > years, the printer still may work. Please contact the printer > manufacturer for compatibility with print servers. Most new > printers are network friendly and will work with a print server. > >It's worth trying, if you can get it from a place (like Frys) where >it's easy to return if it doesn't get along with the R260. > Thanks much. It's either going to be that one or a Belkin F1UP0301 |