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1 RECOMMENDED by 8 people for LPT
D-Link DP-300U (DHDP300U) Print Server
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$86.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from shopping.yahoo.com
    4.0 Stars in order for me to print from my wireless laptop, i would have to power on my pc and make sure i had the right cable connected to my lpt1 port.
  2. from www.newegg.com
    4.0 Stars officially supported printer will not work.so my printer finally works but here is what i had to do to get it to work: (1) i swapped my hp 882c's default usb cable with an lpt cable (ieee 1284).
  3. from www.newegg.com
    5.0 Stars for example, it seems that you have to name lpt1 ""ps-5945b7-p1"".
  4. from www.newegg.com
    5.0 Stars runs 3 printers (2 lpt and 1 usb) for less money than many one port print servers.
  5. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars it worked with minolta-qms pagepro 1250w through a lpt port.
Positives: Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use, Compact, Remote Management Protocol: SNMP,Telnet
2 RECOMMENDED by 4 people for LPT
Zonet ZPS2102 Print Server
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$69.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.newegg.com
    4.0 Stars comments: http://www.zonetusa.com/dispproduct.asp?productid=125 this print server wasn't exactly plug and play, and it seems to have trouble recognizing my printer (hp laserjet 1320) via parallel/lpt.
  2. from www.newegg.com
    5.0 Stars comments: just as a side note to my previous review:if you have any knowledge of networking (and bother to read the instructions included with the server) you will know that a parallel/lpt printer
  3. from www.newegg.com
    5.0 Stars pay a little attention to the setup instructions and the aveerage user shouldn't have any problems.cons: lpt connection on the right side wasn't paying attention at the time when i ordered.
  4. from www.newegg.com
    4.0 Stars i recommend this device--i have a usb and a lpt printer both on my network.
  5. from www.newegg.com
    4.0 Stars serves three (2 usb + 1 lpt) printers.
Positives: Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use, Compact, Remote Management Protocol: SNMP
3 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for LPT
Trendware TE100-P21 (TE100P21) Print Server
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$80.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from A Customer from Seattle, WA, clickfrom.buy.com
    4.0 Stars the lpt port works like a dream.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars -printers: cannon ip5000 to usb1 and hp laserjet 5l to lpt3 of the print server.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars nothing connected to the lpt port yet.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    3.0 Stars my old hp deskjet 970cxi works great via the lpt port, but i could never get my hp laserjet 1000 printing on the usb port of the print server.
  5. from www.newegg.com
    5.0 Stars pros: good print server for 2 usb & 1 lpt devices.
Positives: Easy To Set Up, Remote Management Protocol: SNMP,HTTP,Telnet, Remote Management Protoco: SNMP,HTTP,Telnet, Form Factor: External
4 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for LPT
IOGear Multi-Function Print Server, USB (GMFPSU01C) Print Server
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$38.00 Est. at Amazon
  1. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars in printer properties for your printer (mine is the samsung) goto the ports tab and look for something like, "lpt:ps56ea-1", verify or check the box next to it to make sure that windows is not trying
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars be sure to follow the wizard's instructions and choose lpt1 for the printer connection which seems odd, but it works!
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i ran into small obstacles on installation; had to assign a static ip, and duplication of the custom lpt port to each pc wasn't necessarily intuitive.
Positives: Compact, Nice Reliability, Remote Management Protocol: HTTP, Form Factor: Plug-In Module (External)
5 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for LPT
NetGear PS101 (PS101NA) Print Server
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$63.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.newegg.com
    1.0 Star other thoughts: was connected to a lpt hp 1200 printer.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i can print from any pc, windows98, me, 2000, and xp's, they all print fine, i just install the printer driver on each pc then change it from the lpt1's etc., to use an ip address instead, and that's
  3. from www.newegg.com
    4.0 Stars pros: small, easy to connect, sort of easy software to use, keeps lpt printers alive.
  4. from www.newegg.com
    5.0 Stars during the installation choose lpt 1: printer name port instead of the port that the netgear software created.
Positives: Easy To Set Up, Compact, Easy To Use, Form Factor: External
 
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