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D-Link DP-300U DHDP300U

$86.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.tigerdirect.com
the d-link unit installed almost effortlessly, the only quirk being that each printer must have a unique port name (page 7 of installation guide).
from www.newegg.com
it contains all relevant information on your printer (pages printed, current job, status, a user print log, and much more).cons: none.
from www.amazon.com
i could talk to the print server admin web interface and get it to print a test page, but even after many, many hours could never get it to print a document.
from www.amazon.com
it worked with minolta-qms pagepro 1250w through a lpt port.
from www.newegg.com
i also didn't even use the included cd.other thoughts: if you're still on dial up like me - i had to actually connect to the internet before i could access the dp-300u's page using it's ip address.

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Positives: Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use, Compact, Remote Management Protocol: Telnet,SNMP

2 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for PAPER

IOGear USB 2.0 1 Port GPSU21

IOGear USB 2.0 Print Server, 1 Port (GPSU21) Print Server

$47.00 Est. at Amazon

from A Customer from Troy, MI, clickfrom.buy.com
i can print photos, color web pages, and documents at almost the same speed as if the printer were directly connected to my pc or laptop.
from www.amazon.com
it will be helpful to review the support pages at iogear before starting to install.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
> next > enter the print server's ip address > next > select custom > settings > select lrp > enter a queue name > ok > next > finish > close > apply > close 4) try a test page.
from www.newegg.com
> next > enter the print server's ip address > next > select custom > settings > select lrp > enter a queue name > ok > next > finish > close > apply > close 4) try a test page.
from www.amazon.com
my jobs because of that and no pages were coming out.

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Positives: Easy To Set Up, Compact, Easy To Use, Remote Management Protocol: SNMP,Telnet

3 RECOMMENDED by 23 people for PAPER

D-LINK DPR1260 Rangebooster G Multifunction

$106.00 Est. at Amazon

from A Customer from San Diego, CA, clickfrom.buy.com
however, the documentation is very poor - the main idea is that you have to connect to the print server's home page (like a router, it has a home page).
from www.pcmall.com
it asked if i wanted to print a test page which i figured "sure.
from Chris from Chicago, IL, clickfrom.buy.com
the documentation only tells you to go to the print server's web page and download a file that installs the printer.
from TJB from m, www.circuitcity.com
i haven't done any big print jobs of 20+ pages yet...
from www.newegg.com
if you go to each pc , and pull up the print server admin page, use the setup tab and it will download a quick exe file and setup your printer for you, i'm using xp.

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Positives: Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use, Compact, Remote Management Protocol: HTTP

4 RECOMMENDED by 11 people for PAPER

NetGear WGPS606 WGPS606NA

$67.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.pricegrabber.com
i chose "windows update" as location of drivers and after a while i was able to click on finish and print a test page.
from www.bestbuy.com
to print to the printer until i walked the printer upstairs to the other computer, let the other computer install the printer with the printer plugged in (usb) and successfully printed a test page.
from Gerardo from Los Angeles, www.circuitcity.com
however,i am able to wirelessly print web pages through my wireless laptop to the print server to my printer.
from bvrev.compusa.com
installed, connected and printed test page with ease.
from www.amazon.com
big tip: do not print a test page from the windows printer set-up screen.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Easy To Set Up, Compact, Form Factor: External

5 RECOMMENDED by 4 people for PAPER

Buffalo Technology LPV3-U2

$68.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
second, consult the apple web page about "cups" printer drivers and get something called - well, i forget what it's called, but you have to download some printer driver called gutenprint or something
from www.amazon.com
i tried installing first in the two macs but got no luck, the instructions say that you got a "server status" page, but instead you need an administrator username and password to continue.
from www.amazon.com
i then attempted to print a test page and received pages of text indicating some sort of network error.
from www.amazon.com
go to your router configuration web page and find the address of the print server device.
from www.newegg.com
as i'm going thru the manual again to see what's wrong, the test page finally prints.

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Positives: Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use, Compact, Form Factor: External

IOGear Multi-Function USB GMFPSU01C

IOGear Multi-Function Print Server, USB (GMFPSU01C) Print Server

$38.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
goto the general tab, print a test page.
from www.amazon.com
it will be helpful to review the support pages at iogear before starting to install.
from www.amazon.com
just find the ip address of the print server in your router's settings pages.
from www.amazon.com
i have printed pages, cds, and photos through the ip connection without a failure.
from www.amazon.com
had to turn off the bidirectional to get the printer to print 1 test page that the printer paused after every 2 lines (even on draft mode).

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Positives: Compact, Great Reliability, Remote Management Protocol: HTTP, Form Factor: Plug-In Module (External)

Trendware TEW-P1PG

$93.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the web admin is good, but it would help to have a signal strength indication on the wireless status page.
from www.amazon.com
i've spent hours reading the directions that shipped with the item, trawled through pages of discussion pages and websites, and still couldn't get this item to work.
from www.amazon.com
then when i could not get the replacement to work, i called tech support, we finally got the print server firmware and software communicating, but i could not print a page via the ethernet connection
from www.newegg.com
pros: super easy setup - 35 minutes from delivery to first page rolling out.
from WiredGuy, www.newegg.com
pros: i had no problem setting this unit up and getting it to work with a business class page printer.

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Positives: Easy To Set Up, Compact, Easy To Use, Remote Management Protocol: Telnet,SNMP

NetGear PS121

$69.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.overstock.com
with many printers, the print test page option is not supported and generates an error.
from www.overstock.com
use the included software to setup the print server with a static ip address (ex 192.168.0.52) , then login to your router, find the "address reservation" setup page and reserve the same static ip
from www.mwave.com
i got my ml-1430 working with the netgear ps121 (after much head-banging), when i realized that the one samsung printer tested by netgear did not support test pages from the ps121.
from www.mwave.com
summary: i got my ml-1430 working with the netgear ps121 (after much head-banging), when i realized that the one samsung printer tested by netgear did not support test pages from the ps121.
from www.amazon.com
in linux i use it as a "networked unix (lpd)" printer; the server is the ip address you assign it from your router, and the queue is the "serve name" found on the "server status" tab of the web page

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Positives: Easy To Use, Easy To Set Up, Compact, Form Factor: External

Linksys Wireless-G WPS54G

$105.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.thenerds.net
i then connected (using usb) the print server up to my printer in a seperate room, set up the printer on my computer using a logical tcp/ip port and successfully printed a test page.the unit is small
from www.circuitcity.com
the best way is to get the mac address is to set it up for dhcp and then using your router admin page get the mac address from the ip address it just gave this print server.
from shopping.msn.com
i then connected (using usb) the print server up to my printer in a seperate room, set up the printer on my computer using a logical tcp/ip port and successfully printed a test page.
from www.amazon.com
if your printer is compatible, it will print a page with the ip address you need for the print settings.
from www.amazon.com
i had already installed the drivers for my printer (which the installation tells you to do if you haven't already) and it found the printer and in no time i had printed a test page wirelessly.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Easy To Set Up, Compact, Remote Management Protocol: SNMP

Trendware TE100-P21

$80.00 Est. at Amazon

from bvrev.compusa.com
once the device gets an ip address you can navigate to the home page and get configuration information from there - should be no problem.
from www.amazon.com
then install the printer as explained on this web page, but use the print server ip in step 4, then it works.
from www.newegg.com
i tried all kinds of different printers on both usb and parallel ports and got as much as a 22 second delay from clicking print till page started.
from Paul from Dallas, TX, clickfrom.buy.com
i could print a test page successfully from the print server.
from www.newegg.com
called tech support and i knew more after reading the 110 page manual then tier 1 support.

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Positives: Easy To Set Up, Remote Management Protocol: SNMP,HTTP,Telnet, Remote Management Protoco: SNMP,HTTP,Telnet, Form Factor: External

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