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1 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for BIDIRECTIONAL
Linksys PSUS4 Print Server
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$75.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.mwave.com
    4.0 Stars i had a feeling this would be the case as the pixma is a new printer.i expected the bidirectional printer status features to be disabled ...
  2. from www.pricegrabber.com
    4.0 Stars i expected the bidirectional printer status features to be disabled ...
  3. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars i recently solved a problem i had with the psus4 & a samsung 4100 printer - i had simply to turn off the "enable bidirectional support" button (under the ports tab).
  4. from www.amazon.com
    1.0 Star point is, very few 'new' printers are working (not to mention the bidirectional status support, or lack of).
Positives: Easy To Use, Easy To Set Up, Remote Management Protocol: HTTP, Remote Management Protoco: HTTP
2 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for BIDIRECTIONAL
NetGear WGPS606 (WGPS606NA) Print Server
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$68.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars while many other companies take the time and space to explain to you why bidirectional settings don't work with any print server, netgear makes absolutely no mention of it.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    3.0 Stars - no bidirectional support for the pro9000, can print but not check ink status nor do any management functions.
  3. from www.newegg.com
    4.0 Stars pros: dual usb printer ports, 4-port switch and acts as a wireless bridge cons: moderately slow; extremely limited bidirectional support so no ink monitoring other thoughts: printing from
  4. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars there is no bidirectional support of the kodak printer, and you can't scan from the kodak printer wirelessly, but printing works very well.
Positives: Easy To Use, Easy To Set Up, Compact, Form Factor: External
3 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for BIDIRECTIONAL
NetGear PS121 Print Server
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$69.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i did have to read the troubleshooting part of the instructions to discover that i needed to disable 'bidirectional printing'...
  2. from www.tigerdirect.com
    5.0 Stars bidirectional printer communications is limited and not all bi-di messages or diagnostics will function.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    1.0 Star turning off epson print monitoring, disabled bidirectional support, different spooling options bla bla bla...
  4. from www.newegg.com
    2.0 Stars note: not one of the 4 print servers work right with bidirectional support.
  5. from www.newegg.com
    4.0 Stars pros: worked with canon i850 on same router, *mostly*; bidirectional (printer status, ink levels etc) did not work.
Positives: Easy To Use, Easy To Set Up, Compact, Form Factor: External
 
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