Digital BW, The Print

Anyone doing wireless printing?

I'm looking to build a wireless print server (or blue tooth or whatever 
will work) for an Epson 4000 and 2200 (and maybe an 1850) and would 
like to not reinvent the wheel.

If anyone is doing this successfully, I would love to hear what 
hardware you like.

thanks,

Tom O'Connell

I use a D-link wireless router which  provides for both wireless 
connectivity to the Net & access to a printer from any wireless enabled 
computer in range.  I use it with a laser printer, but see no reason it 
would not work with any printer. It does require a parallel 
connection,but other routers may have USB ports. It was very simple to 
setup.


Steve

Well the easiest way to do it if your runnig a wireless network allready 
is to get a linksys printserver it comes in two version wireless  or 
wired both can have USB or Parell Ports.  Even if you have a complete 
wire network you can use the wireless one as it hooks into your network 
wired also.  SO then all wired computer or wireless ones can print to 
the hook up printers.  Right now I have two printservers and run a HP 
laser, Epson RX500 all in one, Cannon i900, Cannon i6000D in the near 
will get  rid of the Cannons and getting the 1800 and 2200 or the just 
the 4000 not sure yet.  Thats why I join this group to learn about Black 
and White printing.  The cheaper route for me would be the C86 and 
1800.    Anthony

Stephen Kobrin wrote:

>I use a D-link wireless router which  provides for both wireless 
>connectivity to the Net & access to a printer from any wireless enabled 
>computer in range.  I use it with a laser printer, but see no reason it 
>would not work with any printer. It does require a parallel 
>connection,but other routers may have USB ports. It was very simple to 
>setup.
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Hate to be obtuse...but...

I'm using a dlink router now. Are you saying I can just get a lynksys 
printserver with a usb port and plug all my printers into a hub and 
plug the hub into the wireless print server and that's it??? I thought 
only some printers could be networked? does the usb print server make 
them all work???

thanks

tom

yes any printer can be used on a printserver in the printer properties 
you just have to make sure you have the port set up. I have not tried 
the hub but I see no problem with hooking up a usb hub and connecting 
that to a printserver usb port and configure your printer to see the 
server and them tell your printer what port. any problems you can email 
off line. this is somewhat easy.  anthony

Tom OConnell wrote:

>Hate to be obtuse...but...
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>I'm using a dlink router now. Are you saying I can just get a lynksys 
>printserver with a usb port and plug all my printers into a hub and 
>plug the hub into the wireless print server and that's it??? I thought 
>only some printers could be networked? does the usb print server make 
>them all work???
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>thanks
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I've tried a Belkin wireless print server to connect my Epson 2100 
with minimal success.  Apart from driver issues causing lack of 
reliability and very slow performance, the fact that the server did 
not support bidirectional communications was a pain - StatusMonitor3 
wouldn't work.  You can mark the virtual port "unidirectional" in 
its properties, but that doesn't seem to help reliability in this 
case.

I think that many wireless print servers do not support 
bidirectional communications, so that may need checking.

Second, check that it support USB 2.0 (not just 1.1).

--Kip

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Anthony S. 
Tubbs" <astubbs@o...> wrote:
> yes any printer can be used on a printserver in the printer 
properties 
> you just have to make sure you have the port set up. I have not 
tried 
> the hub but I see no problem with hooking up a usb hub and 
connecting 
> that to a printserver usb port and configure your printer to see 
the 
> server and them tell your printer what port. any problems you can 
email 
> off line. this is somewhat easy.  anthony
> 
> Tom OConnell wrote:
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> >Hate to be obtuse...but...
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> >I'm using a dlink router now. Are you saying I can just get a 
lynksys 
> >printserver with a usb port and plug all my printers into a hub 
and 
> >plug the hub into the wireless print server and that's it??? I 
thought 
> >only some printers could be networked? does the usb print server 
make 

> >them all work???
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> >thanks
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I've got both OS X Macs and PCs (XP), and I need to share an Epson 1270 between all my 
computers. I'd love to have the printer on the network with a wireless (or wired) print 
server, but I haven't been able to tell if it would really work. The Mac and XP PC are in 
different rooms, so a USB switch is not a possible solution. It seems that laser printers are 
often in a different category, because some of the sharing schemes require the use of 
PostScript.

Has anybody succeeded in setting up something similar? What hardware did you use? 
Anthony, what operating systems are you running?

Thanks!

I don't have a Mac and a PC but I do have two PCs with different operating
systems (XP and ME). One of the PCs is connected to a 1280 in one room and
the other PC is connected to a 2200 in a different room. I can print to the
2200 from either computer using NetGear wireless equipment (about $200 at
Comp USA).

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave" <email@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Wireless printing




I've got both OS X Macs and PCs (XP), and I need to share an Epson 1270
between all my
computers. I'd love to have the printer on the network with a wireless (or
wired) print
server, but I haven't been able to tell if it would really work. The Mac and
XP PC are in
different rooms, so a USB switch is not a possible solution. It seems that
laser printers are
often in a different category, because some of the sharing schemes require
the use of
PostScript.

Has anybody succeeded in setting up something similar? What hardware did you
use?
Anthony, what operating systems are you running?

Thanks!






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David: here's what I did to share a couple printers between three 
computers.  I run XP-win2000 and a version of OS/2warp called 
eComStation if you don t know windows does not like to play nice with 
it.  I had the HP1300 which has a USB and Parelle Port on it, hook the 
USB to a Linksys usb print server and let all three computers set up 
their own driver for the print server and installed the hp drivers.  
Then I hook up another print server and hook up a Epsom C80/84 to it did 
same thing the print servers were wired servers hook into a 10/100 hub 
hook directly into the ports on the Router, which the separate computers 
were also hook up. I have not been able to make OS2 and the wins play 
with each other but I am able to print to all printers with all OS's and 
go out on the Internet.  I then hook up a Epsom RX500 USB into XP and 
let win2000 printer thru XP when needed.  I then hook up two Cannon's 
into the win2000 and did the same thing. Problem with eComStation is 
some of the newer printers don t have drivers.   At work we have a NT 
server and I bought in a parelle port print server  I had left over and 
hook up it and NT and my win2000 box and the new xp's can all see the 
print server and print to the printer without going thru NT server. 
Sometimes the NT boxs print to the printer real slow,takes a while for 
print job to start once starter prints normal.  I have not had that 
problem at home though. 
I have also hook up a printer this way too. eComStation and XP  the OS2 
box hook up to the parelle port and the XP hook up to the USB port,never 
had a problem printing from either box.  That may be a way for you, does 
not the 1280 have USB and parelle ports.                Anthony

Dave wrote:

>I've got both OS X Macs and PCs (XP), and I need to share an Epson 1270 between all my 
>computers. I'd love to have the printer on the network with a wireless (or wired) print 
>server, but I haven't been able to tell if it would really work. The Mac and XP PC are in 
>different rooms, so a USB switch is not a possible solution. It seems that laser printers are 
>often in a different category, because some of the sharing schemes require the use of 
>PostScript.
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>Has anybody succeeded in setting up something similar? What hardware did you use? 
>Anthony, what operating systems are you running?
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>Thanks!
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