Digital BW, The Print

Hello All,

I have recently found a desire (but not a need) to move my 4000 and 
2400 printers to the opposite side of the room. I would like to do away 
with cable-clutter, and so would like to network the printers through a 
print server running on powerline network. Will I be able to run QTR 
through such a set-uo?

Thank you.

Shilesh

Yes. 

I have a 2100 that is connected to a printserver and I drive it with 
QTR running on my desktop. My network is ethernet based, not 
powerlink, but will not make a difference as QTR can not tell what 
physical layer is used.

Joost



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "shileshjani" 
<janishilesh@...> wrote:
>
> Hello All,
> 
> I have recently found a desire (but not a need) to move my 4000 and 
> 2400 printers to the opposite side of the room. I would like to do 
away 
> with cable-clutter, and so would like to network the printers 
through a 
> print server running on powerline network. Will I be able to run 
QTR 

> through such a set-uo?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Shilesh
>

Hi Shilesh

Have you considered wireless print servers?  

I have the same problem and these could represent an easy and fairly
cheap solution  (e.g.
http://www.dabs.com/ProductReviews.aspx?Quicklinx=4CWR&CategorySelectedId=11179&InMerch=1).
 It seems that you can plug a usb printer into the adapter and install
the drivers to the adapter via your computer.  The printer then
appears as a location on your network.  Some apparently have their own
memory so can buffer the print job thus freeing the memory on your
computer more quickly.  It's certainly cheaper than buying a new
computer to run as a server (although you may have one already).

But do they work in practice, especially with larger print jobs?  Are
there any transmission problems resulting in loss of print quality /
increased printing time?

So more of a further question than an answer to yours but perhaps it
will give you some other options.

Cheers

Chris

Hi Chris, all

One work of caution: these do not work with "gdi" (I hope it's the 
correct term) laser printers. These are the printers where the rendering 
engine is really the driver and not the printer itself.

I am not aware of any non-laser printer that has this limitation, though.

Ciao, Marco

Chris Ellis wrote:

> 
> 
> Hi Shilesh
> 
> Have you considered wireless print servers?
> 
> I have the same problem and these could represent an easy and fairly
> cheap solution (e.g.
> http://www.dabs.com/ProductReviews.aspx?Quicklinx=4CWR&CategorySelectedId=11179&InMerch=1 
> <http://www.dabs.com/ProductReviews.aspx?Quicklinx=4CWR&CategorySelectedId=11179&InMerch=1>).
> It seems that you can plug a usb printer into the adapter and install
> the drivers to the adapter via your computer. The printer then
> appears as a location on your network. Some apparently have their own
> memory so can buffer the print job thus freeing the memory on your
> computer more quickly. It's certainly cheaper than buying a new
> computer to run as a server (although you may have one already).
> 
> But do they work in practice, especially with larger print jobs? Are
> there any transmission problems resulting in loss of print quality /
> increased printing time?
> 
> So more of a further question than an answer to yours but perhaps it
> will give you some other options.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Chris
> 
>