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- 1 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for COMMUNICATION
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Positives: Easy To Set Up, Compact, Easy To Use, Remote Management Protocol: SNMP,Telnet
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www.newegg.com
thanks neweggcons: could only use the set-up wizard to intall and the communication is one way.other thoughts: the feedback that the printer normaly gives you, ie; out of paper, ink status, etc...,
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www.newegg.com
easy setup.cons: bi-directional communication is not supported.
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Brian from Boardman, OR,
clickfrom.buy.com
the one thing that would have given this unit a 5 for performance is for it to provide two-way communication with an all-in-one printer.
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www.amazon.com
for bi-directional printers -- multifunction (scanner, printers etc) you loose the scanning feature from your pc because there is no more direct communication between pc and printer.
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www.newegg.com
- 2 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for COMMUNICATION
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Positives: Easy To Use, Easy To Set Up, Compact, Form Factor: External
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Grey Bir from TN,
www.circuitcity.com
(i believe that brownouts are causing it to lose communication.
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www.amazon.com
very time i print i get an error that "bi-directional communication" needs to be enabled, and eventually i'll see if that can be fixed, but printing works anyway.
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www.amazon.com
it has you first establish communication with a hardwire ethernet line, then you detect your wireless network, then you immediately get an ip address conflict message because you have the same device
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www.newegg.com
other thoughts: when installing the thing, once you have established communications via hardwire ethernet and picked your wireless network up, you must disconnect the ethernet wire or you will get an
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from
www.amazon.com
i have read that the bi-directional communications are the problem.
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Grey Bir from TN,
www.circuitcity.com
- 3 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for COMMUNICATION
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Positives: Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use, Compact, Remote Management Protocol: HTTP
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Chris from Chicago, IL,
clickfrom.buy.com
specifically: 1) bi-directional communication between the computer and printer for ink levels, etc.
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Mike in IL from Illinois,
clickfrom.buy.com
the only downside, as another reviewer mentioned, is the lack of feedback on ink levels; and i suspect that's a limitation of the communications protocol.
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www.newegg.com
buggy in that sometimes the communication to the scanner seemed to just drop.
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www.amazon.com
however this device is one way communication to printers from computer only - there is no way for a printer to send error reports or status back to the computer.
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Mike from N. California,
clickfrom.buy.com
after a while i noticed a slow down on my wireless communications, the status leds on my switch indicated a lot of traffic.
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Chris from Chicago, IL,
clickfrom.buy.com
- 4 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for COMMUNICATION
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Positives: Easy To Set Up, Compact, Easy To Use, Remote Management Protocol: SNMP,Telnet
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Scott,
www.newegg.com
several different setup screens, the web based setup works best once you have communication with the device.
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www.amazon.com
my issue was the communications set up of the parallel port on the label printer itself.
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Scott,
www.newegg.com
- 5 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for COMMUNICATION
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Positives: Easy To Use, Easy To Set Up, Compact, Form Factor: External
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from
www.amazon.com
the printer must also be located within the max length the communications cable (usb, parallel, serial).
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www.mwave.com
does not do 2-way communications though (like checking ink levels,...), but what to expect from a such a cheap unit.
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www.tigerdirect.com
third, make sure that your printer is online (check communication by pinging ip) or double click printer and make sure it is not grayed out/off-line.
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from
www.tigerdirect.com
bidirectional printer communications is limited and not all bi-di messages or diagnostics will function.
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from
www.amazon.com
in most cases, don't expect more than simple printer communication -- forget the scan and fax functions.
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www.amazon.com





