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Comments on USB-Equipped Ethernet Print Servers?

Posted by timothy on from the any-wireless-ones-in-this-bunch? dept.

An Anonymous Coward asks: "I'm looking to purchase an external Ethernet print server with an USB printer interface. I've only found two such beasts HP JetDirect 175x and Sercomm PS5800). Do I have any other hardware options? Do USB print servers work with any USB printer, or are there driver issues?" Comments, anyone? Information about running such a box under free operating systems would also be nice.

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  1. USB? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    U See Butt!
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.

    I'm really funny.

  2. Nice one by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait


    "Information about running such a box under free operating systems would also be nice." Well done Timothy. Way to toe the party line. God dammit. Maybe, just maybe, there is an all-in-one solution for $150 that does the job so that you merely plug in to the wall and away you go. Maybe the person who asked the question has no experience of Open/Free software such as Linux and doesn't see the point of deploying a whole new O/S just to manage a print queue. Maybe there is a decent Windows (gasp!) or OS X solution for this problem? Pick the right tool for the job - Don't restrict your due diligence to simply checking if the product has a cool penguin sticker. In other news, Ask Slashdot recieved a question about how to plug in a toaster. 98% of replies mentioned using Google to search for answer first, provided it was done so using Linux.