On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 14:16 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > Hi all, this is not a Fedora question, but I am abusing the list's > collective knowledge :) > > Our home network has two Fedora machines and a Ubuntu machine on a > four-port router. As none of the machines are 'always on' machines, > the poor USB printer is plugged into whichever one needs to print. I > recently saw a device for connecting a serial printer to an ethernet > port on the router, thereby giving the printer a local IP address and > any connected computer could print to it. With NAT, even a remote > computer could print to such a printer (actually a feature that we > would use a lot in our home, as I am often at the university and I > send documents home for the wife to print). > > Does anyone know of a similar product for USB printers? I've scoured > Ebay but found nothing. I'd love to hear of anyone who has experience > with such devices, and who could describe possible drawbacks that I > have not considered. > > Thanks in advance. > > Dotan Cohen > Here is a link to the print server I have been using for a couple of years -- seems to work very well. I have had to re-set it one time I believe. Think it cost $30 or so on sale at CompUSA. http://www.hawkingtech.com/products/productlist.php?CatID=21&FamID=42&ProdID=224 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
