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Ethernet print server for use with USB printer and W10?
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David
May 31, 2016, 4:55:57 AM5/31/16
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Just asking if anyone is using a print server to connect a USB printer to
Ethernet then use from W10.
I'm going to finish migration for a friend from an XP desktop to a W10
laptop and the main remaining issue is printing. The printer is in the
"office" which is currently in use as a bedroom and the laptop is in use
downstairs, with wireless connection to the router in the "office".
Printing can be done by walking upstairs and plugging in, but this is a
bit clunky (of course, you have to walk upstairs to get the printout
anyway). There is no obvious free surface down stairs to fit the printer.
I don't know the printer model at the moment (think it is a venerable HP)
but I'm looking at alternatives for printing.
Thinking further, a wireless print server would allow more freedom in
placing the printer (although this may be a vain hope).
I see Amazon has some TP-Link kit below £30, such as
<https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-LINK-TL-PS310U-Single-Storage-Server/dp/
B002LB8XFK/ref=lp_430577031_1_4?>
Most other stuff seems to start at about twice the price, which is getting
into new printer territory.
Cheers
Dave R
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Windows 8.1 on PCSpecialist box
Ethernet then use from W10.
I'm going to finish migration for a friend from an XP desktop to a W10
laptop and the main remaining issue is printing. The printer is in the
"office" which is currently in use as a bedroom and the laptop is in use
downstairs, with wireless connection to the router in the "office".
Printing can be done by walking upstairs and plugging in, but this is a
bit clunky (of course, you have to walk upstairs to get the printout
anyway). There is no obvious free surface down stairs to fit the printer.
I don't know the printer model at the moment (think it is a venerable HP)
but I'm looking at alternatives for printing.
Thinking further, a wireless print server would allow more freedom in
placing the printer (although this may be a vain hope).
I see Amazon has some TP-Link kit below £30, such as
<https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-LINK-TL-PS310U-Single-Storage-Server/dp/
B002LB8XFK/ref=lp_430577031_1_4?>
Most other stuff seems to start at about twice the price, which is getting
into new printer territory.
Cheers
Dave R
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Windows 8.1 on PCSpecialist box
David
May 31, 2016, 5:10:08 AM5/31/16
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If they are asking £60+ for a print server, what does it offer above a
Raspberry Pi running CUPS?
Not that I have yet configured a Pi as a network file/print server, but
still.....
dennis@home
May 31, 2016, 7:46:29 AM5/31/16
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> Not that I have yet configured a Pi as a network file/print server, but
> still.....
You probably want/need a NAS anyway.
Michael Chare
May 31, 2016, 8:29:36 PM5/31/16
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On 31/05/2016 10:10, David wrote:
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Michael Chare
Philip Herlihy
Jun 1, 2016, 7:04:48 AM6/1/16
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In article <dr51sr...@mid.individual.net>, wib...@btintenet.com
says...
Some routers have USB ports, and some can certainly be used for a
printer. Worth a look?
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Phil, London
says...
printer. Worth a look?
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Phil, London
David
Jun 2, 2016, 12:57:58 PM6/2/16
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and noticed a couple of things:
(1) It is a BT HomeHub4 which has a USB port which can support a printer
or USB drive.
(2) The HP printer has wireless capability.
I had assumed that because it was an XP machine I was replacing that all
the kit was old as well, but not so.
Quite impressed with HP - downloaded the software suite for the printer
onto the W10 laptop, fired it up, attached a USB cable and configured the
wireless settings.
Unplug the USB, test, yes we have network printing.
Memo to self - don't assume that everything is of equal antiquity.
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