Best PC Print Servers for Printer

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1 RECOMMENDED by 8 people for PRINTER
D-LINK DPR1260 Rangebooster G Multifunction Print Server (790069283475) Print Server
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$106.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from Master from Kansas City, MO, www.circuitcity.com
    2.5 Stars it does take someone with a little networking knowledge, but it could certainly be a lot worse.
  2. from www.tigerdirect.com
    2.0 Stars i have a completely d-link home network (router and wireless network card).
  3. from www.pcmall.com
    2.0 Stars they have a tiny list of supported devices, and they only support the printer mode of the aio, and *not* scanning & faxing!
  4. from www.compuplus.com
    1.0 Star summary: i spent a total of 13 hours on the phone with d-link customer support trying to resolve technical issues and get this device working with my basic home wireless network.
  5. from www.compuplus.com
    1.0 Star summary: got this mf wps from officedepot.com for a good price of about $60+taxes.
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Positives: Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use, Compact, Remote Management Protocol: HTTP
2 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for PRINTER
D-Link DP-300U (DHDP300U) Print Server
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$86.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from Greg from Houston, TX, clickfrom.buy.com
    5.0 Stars this was my first print server, and i've had no problems with it.
  2. from bvrev.compusa.com
    4.0 Stars but it is a great little print server...
  3. from mtbmunoz@earthlink.net from San Antonio, TX, clickfrom.buy.com
    5.0 Stars i wanted to be able to put my printer on the home network so i could share it between a laptop and desktop computer.
  4. from Greg from Houston, TX, clickfrom.buy.com
    5.0 Stars the setup with windows xp is a little weird, but the installation guide talks you through it step by step.
  5. from Terry from Tampa, FL, clickfrom.buy.com
    5.0 Stars i purchased this mainly because i wanted the other computers on our home network to be be able to print if my laptop(configured as the print server) was turned off, or i was away on business.
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Positives: Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use, Compact, Remote Management Protocol: Telnet,SNMP
3 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for PRINTER
NetGear PS121 Print Server
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$69.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.overstock.com
    5.0 Stars this product makes it much easier to print from multiple computer networks especially if you are running both wired and wireless devices.
  2. from www.mwave.com
    4.0 Stars summary: i tried a hawking print server and i had to wrestle with it to get it to work.
  3. from www.thenerds.net
    4.0 Stars summary:i tried a hawking print server and i had to wrestle with it to get it to work.
  4. from www.tigerdirect.com
    5.0 Stars this product might work great if you running windows 98 and a hp 610 printer.
  5. from www.tigerdirect.com
    5.0 Stars i gave it 5 stars because i bought a recertified one at less than half the price of new, it is the only print server i have ever bought and it does the job.
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Positives: Easy To Use, Easy To Set Up, Compact, Form Factor: External
4 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for PRINTER
IOGear Multi-Function Print Server, USB (GMFPSU01C) Print Server
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$38.00 Est. at Amazon
  1. from bvrev.compusa.com
    4.0 Stars (the 7550 will access them locally.) as i had installed the hp printer on one machine before networking it, the ink utility will appear only on that pc when i print from that machine.
  2. from bvrev.compusa.com
    5.0 Stars pleased with the unit as it is small enough to attach to the hp2600n printer
  3. from bvrev.compusa.com
    4.0 Stars one of the best print servers i bought and used very simple to set up and for the price using with xp and vista on a brother mfc210c all in one
  4. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars i installed the product with some dificulty as the install program had trouble recognizing the print server.
  5. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars hp jet direct print servers and an old netgear ps110 print server as well, and i had no issues with getting the iogear to work, it went very smoothly on my home network powered by a dlink dir-655.
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Positives: Compact, Great Reliability, Remote Management Protocol: HTTP, Form Factor: Plug-In Module (External)
5 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for PRINTER
Zonet ZPS2102 Print Server
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$69.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from brettjconley, www.shopping.com
    1.0 Star cons: it has no error handling and makes the print spooler eat the whole cpu.
  2. from lboeckl, www.shopping.com
    2.0 Stars pros: supports 2 usb printers cons: tech support very thin.
  3. from www.mwave.com
    4.0 Stars print server was set up with three computers very quickly.
  4. from Bob from the hilly part of Illinois, clickfrom.buy.com
    5.0 Stars have only tried 1 printer so far, but it has parallel and usb ports, so i tried it both ways.
  5. from www.newegg.com
    3.0 Stars i've found very little if not any buffer on this device.
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Positives: Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use, Compact, Remote Management Protocol: SNMP
 
Linksys Wireless-G WPS54GU2 Print Server
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$160.00 Est. at Amazon
  1. from twobadgers00@yahoo.com from Brookfield, WI, clickfrom.buy.com
    1.0 Star i spoke with customer service for linksys and stated that a high percentage of home printers are now multi function.
  2. from www.pricegrabber.com
    3.0 Stars i found out i also needed to be more than just a "home user".
  3. from twobadgers00@yahoo.com from Brookfield, WI, clickfrom.buy.com
    1.0 Star after many hours of frustration and time on hold with linksys, i was informed that this print server does not work with multi-function printers (printer/copier/scanner/fax).
  4. from A Customer from PA, clickfrom.buy.com
    2.0 Stars after fighting what i thought were networking issues, linksys told me that they don't support multifunctional printers.
  5. from A Customer from New York, NY, clickfrom.buy.com
    1.0 Star after speaking with 2 linksys technicians, and several hours of troubleshooting, i was told that this printserver is not compatible with "all-in-one" printers.
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Positives: Easy To Use, Great Reliability, Remote Management Protocol: SNMP,HTTP, Remote Management Protoco: SNMP,HTTP
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