How to deal with attached printers?

I was considering setting up my Pop with wireless. He's a bit of an
internet junkie taking his laptop to the cottage and on all trips.

When he's at home, he has dsl so I figured wireless would be a great new
'toy' for him to play around with...plus he's commented on my setup a few
times.

The problem is that he has an HP usb printer. Doesn't help much to be
network wireless if you're still wired to a printer.

Are there usb print servers that work, or is there another sol'n that
people use?


TIA

--
Cliff

scroll down this page

http://www.hp.com/united-states/wireless/lan.html



"Cliff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Xns93F161F041B39635tc@24.66.94.159...
> I was considering setting up my Pop with wireless. He's a bit of an
> internet junkie taking his laptop to the cottage and on all trips.
>
> When he's at home, he has dsl so I figured wireless would be a great new
> 'toy' for him to play around with...plus he's commented on my setup a few
> times.
>
> The problem is that he has an HP usb printer. Doesn't help much to be
> network wireless if you're still wired to a printer.
>
> Are there usb print servers that work, or is there another sol'n that
> people use?
>
>
> TIA
>
> --
> Cliff

Dlink DP-311U : http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=38

Linksys EtherFast Wireless USB Print Server :
http://www.expansys.us/product.asp?code=PPS1UW

Cliff <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote on 09 Sep 2003

> I was considering setting up my Pop with wireless. He's a bit of an
> internet junkie taking his laptop to the cottage and on all trips.
>
> When he's at home, he has dsl so I figured wireless would be a great
> new 'toy' for him to play around with...plus he's commented on my
> setup a few times.
>
> The problem is that he has an HP usb printer. Doesn't help much to be
> network wireless if you're still wired to a printer.
>
> Are there usb print servers that work, or is there another sol'n that
> people use?
>
>
> TIA
>

Thanks to both for a quick reply. Unfortunately - it looks like another
$100 over the price of a router et al. Are there any wireless routers that
have onboard usb print servers?

--
Cliff

Cliff <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote on 09 Sep 2003

> I was considering setting up my Pop with wireless. He's a bit of an
> internet junkie taking his laptop to the cottage and on all trips.
>
> When he's at home, he has dsl so I figured wireless would be a great
> new 'toy' for him to play around with...plus he's commented on my
> setup a few times.
>
> The problem is that he has an HP usb printer. Doesn't help much to be
> network wireless if you're still wired to a printer.
>
> Are there usb print servers that work, or is there another sol'n that
> people use?
>
>
> TIA
>

Actually, on second look I don't need the print server to be wireless at
all as it will be close to the router anyway.

Is there a usb print server that works well with an HP 7350 Photosmart
printer? I would assume many of the enhanced features of the printer would
be lost by using a ps instead of directly to the XP PC.

--
Cliff

In message <Xns93F17019984B2635tc@24.66.94.159>, Cliff
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>Thanks to both for a quick reply. Unfortunately - it looks like another
>$100 over the price of a router et al. Are there any wireless routers
>that have onboard usb print servers?

I'd suggest you do what I did. Throw your ADSL modem away (or sell it),
Netgear DG824M into a network card (£10) on the PC, a Linksys WUSB11 on
the laptop, make the printer a share on the PC and Bob's your uncle.
Very easy to set up (almost plug-and-play), and a walk-around range of
more than 60 yards with the laptop. If you want further in one general
direction, a simple home made parabolic reflector made from a tinfoil
tray on the DG824M.
--
Tony Morgan
Smile in the face of adversity - and adversity will probably
think you're taking the piss and kick the shit out of you.