ADSL, WLAN + networked printer...

Hihi,

I'm wondering if anyone out there can help advise on appropriate
components for a complete new home system. I've been asked to assist in
the replacement of an old Pentium 3 with a laptop and wireless router,
and the subject has come up of a colour printer. Since the laptop is to
be used around the house in a whole "digital lifestyle" way, it would
be ideal to have the printer in the upstairs office, next to the
router, with network printing enabled.

I have encountered a Draytek ADSL router which has a USB print-server
built-in, and it looks like the Vigor 2600G would do what's required.
Can anyone recommend a colour injet printer which is known to work with
the Vigor 2600+, or reccomend any alternatives to this unit..?

I have suggested a budget of £120 or so for the ADSL modem-router &
£100 for a typical injet printer. How do all-in-one combined
printer-scanner-photocopier units play with the whole network
print-server thing..? Some of those come in at the £150 mark, and the
extra functionality would probably be appreciated.

I recently encountered an HP PSC 2510 combined
printer-scanner-photocopier which had wireless LAN built-in to the
unit. It was EXTREMELY impressive but it would seem overkill
considering that there's a space for the printer right next to the ADSL
router in the office. Besides, I'm not sure how the budget would feel
about that.

Many thanks for any advices or comments,

Stroller.

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:50:53 +0100, Stroller <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Hihi,
>
>I'm wondering if anyone out there can help advise on appropriate
>components for a complete new home system. I've been asked to assist in
>the replacement of an old Pentium 3 with a laptop and wireless router,
>and the subject has come up of a colour printer. Since the laptop is to
>be used around the house in a whole "digital lifestyle" way, it would
>be ideal to have the printer in the upstairs office, next to the
>router, with network printing enabled.
>
>I have encountered a Draytek ADSL router which has a USB print-server
>built-in, and it looks like the Vigor 2600G would do what's required.
>Can anyone recommend a colour injet printer which is known to work with
>the Vigor 2600+, or reccomend any alternatives to this unit..?
>
>I have suggested a budget of £120 or so for the ADSL modem-router &
>£100 for a typical injet printer. How do all-in-one combined
>printer-scanner-photocopier units play with the whole network
>print-server thing..? Some of those come in at the £150 mark, and the
>extra functionality would probably be appreciated.
>
>I recently encountered an HP PSC 2510 combined
>printer-scanner-photocopier which had wireless LAN built-in to the
>unit. It was EXTREMELY impressive but it would seem overkill
>considering that there's a space for the printer right next to the ADSL
>router in the office. Besides, I'm not sure how the budget would feel
>about that.
>
>Many thanks for any advices or comments,
>
>Stroller.
>

The Draytek 2600G USB printer port is just that; all in one devices
connected to it will lose must of their functionality.

While in theory any USB printer should work with the Draytek unit
there are some that flatey refuse to do so.

IMHO a network printer would be the best solution and as it is to be
placed next to the router, just hard wire it in; seems pointless using
< 54mbps when a sollid 100mbps is available which might be necessary
when sending large files to the printer. I would suggest that
whatever memeroy comes with the printer than double it.

Have used the HP PSC 2510 in several locations but it needs a whole
day to set up. The scanning interface is great when it works but is a
bit tempermental.

Your budget is a tad on the low side.

David Bradley