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$75.00 Est. at Amazon

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mine actually shows up on the network with it's 'hostname' as the 'unit id' on the
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with the symptoms you provide, it sounds like your printer is a host-based printer, meaning you will never get it to work with any small print server device, not just this linksys print server.
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most people don't seem to understand what printers will most likely have problems (e.g., host-based printers like hp laserjet 1022 types).other thoughts: customers need to be more educated about how
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you may need to change your host network settings to the same sub-net.

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

2 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for HOST

$30.00 Est. at Amazon

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i suspect it's because msvpc doesn't support usb devices at all, not that it just doesn't connect to the host system.
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b) using a dns entry seemed to make reaching the printer easy, you should be able to use a host file entry (not tested)

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

3 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for HOST

$68.00 Est. at Amazon

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it asks for host id and here i entered the ip address of the print server (which i determined previously with my xp install) that was pretty much it- works fine now.
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no more usb cords to deal with or host computer to keep on.
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comments: this does what i want, hosts a printer on my home network.

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

4 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for HOST

$57.00 Est. at Amazon

from Jay Riddle from Atlanta, GA, clickfrom.buy.com
using for an hp officejet in a small office environment to host as print serv.
from TDB from Sterling Heights, MI, clickfrom.buy.com
no more connectivity issues, and the days of leaving a computer powered up to host the shared printer are long gone.

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

5 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for HOST

$80.00 Est. at Amazon

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i bought it to use with an 8-year-old hp932c via parallel port with linux (debian and ubuntu) and windows (xp pro) hosts.
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he is the response from trendnet technical support to my question about whether this would work with the hp officejet 5610: "the hp officejet series are host based printers, what that means is that
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pros: no problem with setup on either the print server or the hosts.