Digital BW, The Print

It is a devise that allows the direct connection of the printer to the 
network instead of through a separate computer.  Then each computer will 
configure their print driver to use it as a local printer although it is 
on the network. The print server takes does the care and feeding of the 
printer.  Basically you print to an IP address instead of a fixed output 
port on the computer using the driver of your printer hardware.

These devices normally are also ethernet hubs but you can get stand 
alone print servers. They come in either wire or wierless configurations 
and they support parallel and USB port printers. They will turn any 
printer into a shared network printer.

Below are some examples
http://www.compusa.com/products/products.asp?N=0&Ntt=print%20server&Ntk=All&Nty=1&D=print%20server

Truman

bfwoolner wrote:

> Well now I'm really confused.  I though a dedicated print server was 
> another
> computer.  Would you be so kind as to explain the set-up?  What exactly is
> the device called print server?  Thanks.
>

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