Re: Need to choose economical Laser Printer and Router.
From: Haggis (bingsnapREMOVE_at_THIShotmail.com)
Date: 03/30/04
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 12:31:38 -0400
look at the smc barricade ..it is a router with a parallel port for print
serving
"Steve Winograd [MVP]" <winograd@pobox.com> wrote in message
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> In article <ezObRrgFEHA.2404@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>,
> <MsOsWin@nonooo.com> wrote:
> >Soon I'll buy a laser printer and a NAT Router providing broadband web
(and
> >rare ftp uploads) to two Win 9x computers. I need the laser and Router
> >located at the same computer.
> >
> >I read that Parallel port connection prints much slower than Ethernet
> >connection. I assume USB is also fast, but USB is scarce. Computer has
only
> >2 ports at back. One USB is used for camera transfers. (Adding USB ports
is
> >unlikely, because I've read of trouble with powered and unpowered USB
hubs,
> >and there aren't any slots avail in computer for cards! Bah.)
> >
> >
> >Can USB Laser go into Router's USB while broadband modem is connected to
> >Router's Ethernet "In" port?
> >
> >If Router includes built in Print Sever, does Print Sever accept only
> >Ethernet from the printer? This need would eliminate lowest cost
"Personal
> >Lasers". I prefer Laser connected to Router, though Laser connected to
the
> >near computer is OK. But it has only one USB..
> >
> >
> >PS, common retail (D-Link, Netgear, SMC, Linksys) Routers seem to lack
> >Printservers unless wireless.
> >
> >
> >So, I expect to pay about $10 more for a Wireless B with printserver. Can
I
> >assume RELIABLY disabling the wireless feature is easy? (software setting
or
> >hardware method are fine.)
> >
> >I tried to describe these complications briefly as possible, but maybe
the
> >solution is simpler than it seems.
>
> I don't think that the printer's connection type (parallel, USB, or
> Ethernet) will have any effect on its printing speed. The printer is
> a mechanical device that moves paper at a fixed rate, regardless of
> how fast the data that it prints arrives over a wire.
>
> If the router's USB port is designed for connecting to a computer, a
> printer won't work when connected to that port.
>
> A print server lets you connect a parallel (or possibly USB) printer
> to an Ethernet network. If the printer has an Ethernet port, you
> don't need a print server.
>
> You don't need to go wireless. These web pages show wired routers
> that have built-in print servers:
>
> http://www.dlink.com/products/category.asp?cid=2
>
http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?sec=Products&pg=Product-Details&prod=67&site=c
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
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> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
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