Best Print Servers for Mac

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Buffalo Technology LPV3-U2

$68.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i use this product to put a usb hp laserjet printer on our home network with a pc and a mac, and it's flawless on both platforms.
from www.amazon.com
the buffalo print server wouldn't install on my macbook, though i followed their instructions to the letter.
from www.amazon.com
i connected this to an epson stylus photo 870 for use with mac os x workstations and it didn't work right away.
from www.amazon.com
thus, when i received this unit i expected a quick and easy set-up in windows and a long 3-4 hour marathon to configure it within mac os x.
from www.amazon.com
his post did what almost 3 hours of tech support from both buffalo and linksys could not do, namely get my printer to work with my macbook.....these companies need to hire persons like him to develop

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

2 RECOMMENDED by 29 people for MAC

NetGear WGPS606 WGPS606NA

$67.00 Est. at Amazon

from JavaDude from Burnsville MN, www.circuitcity.com
i can print from our xp laptops, mac & window 95 machines.setup was easy but there were some steps that may confuse someone who doesn't have it experience.
from esl537, www.pricegrabber.com
strengths: -hasn't failed once since getting it up and running -wpa using psk and tkip -802.11g -nice industrial design weaknesses: -setup was laborious for mac summary: so i went out and
from Gary from Tampa, FL, www.circuitcity.com
the mac was a little more difficult since i'm not a mac person (it's my wife's system) but after getting a feel for system preferences i was able to pull info from netgear's web site about setting up
from www.pricegrabber.com
i installed this on my home network (5 macs, 1 windows, 2 network printers) and had it running within 10 minutes.
from A Customer from Hampton, New Hampshire, clickfrom.buy.com
it also wasn't very clear what the mac address was as this device has two of them.

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

3 RECOMMENDED by 39 people for MAC

D-LINK DPR1260 Rangebooster G Multifunction

$106.00 Est. at Amazon

from MikeM from San Francisco, CA, www.circuitcity.com
supports good encryption and with some google searching you can find out how to print using a mac.
from www.compuplus.com
i changed the unit's ip address to reflect my network and changed my desktop back to dhcp (it has a reserved ip address that gets issued based on mac address).
from Randy from Atlanta, GA, www.circuitcity.com
i am currently running this print server on a mixed home network of mac and pc laptops and desktops.
from K from Weston, MA, clickfrom.buy.com
it also works great for both the pc's & mac's together.
from MikeC from Fuquay Varina, NC, clickfrom.buy.com
i wish it would work better for some of the other printers, and i wish my multifunction machines would work (maybe upgrades to the firmware?) ...

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

4 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for MAC

D-Link DP-300U DHDP300U

$86.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.pricegrabber.com
don't try to change the port on a shared printer on another machine because it will still need to use the spooler from the computer that you had the printers connected to!
from www.amazon.com
i put the print server on a mac/pc wired/wirless home network, effectively replacing two older desktop machines.
from www.newegg.com
comments: i tried forever to get the included software to work from win98se without any success, and on different machines.
from www.amazon.com
i have yet to install a printer on the usb port, but expect no troubles there either as i can already address the port via any of the machines i have.
from www.newegg.com
i still have an nt machine.

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

5 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for MAC

Canon 2553B002

$56.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it worked perfectly the first time from my mac powerbook.
from www.amazon.com
unfortunately to get it to work on the apple macbook i needed to call cannon's tech service which walked me through (after some difficulty on their end) several steps to a successful printing option
from www.amazon.com
i've been using this bluetooth adapter on my canon mp470 all-in-one printer with my 13 in macbook, and i had absolutely no problem attaching, installing and printing without wires.
from remmie, www.newegg.com
the actual manufacturing cost is pennies and bt should have been built into the machine in the first place.

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

IOGear Multi-Function USB GMFPSU01C

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

$38.00 Est. at Amazon

from bvrev.compusa.com
(the 7550 will access them locally.) as i had installed the hp printer on one machine before networking it, the ink utility will appear only on that pc when i print from that machine.
from www.amazon.com
install the print server software on a xp machine and set a static address on it (somewhere within the range of your router dhcp addresses).
from www.amazon.com
the xp machine gives me the most trouble with printing since it is usually connected to work using a vpn connection.
from www.amazon.com
i tried to apply this concept to a virtual machine, since the usb device cannot be directly connected to it.
from www.amazon.com
you will need to know the iogear mac address (its on the device look for a sticker) and then need to know an unused ip in your dhcp range.

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

IOGear USB 2.0 1 Port GPSU21

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

$47.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.tigerdirect.com
(the 7550 will access them locally.) as i had installed the hp printer on one machine before networking it, the ink utility will appear only on that pc when i print from that machine.
from A Customer from ks, clickfrom.buy.com
i have only setup my win xp machines.
from A Customer from Phoenix, AZ, clickfrom.buy.com
no problem with printing wirelessly from either of our laptops, one running xp and one mac os 10.4.
from Ken from Dacula,GA, clickfrom.buy.com
we have a mixed network of vista business and xp home machines, so printer sharing from a pc really doesn't work well.
from Sleezer, www.newegg.com
i just installed a standard tcp/ip port on all the machines, used the canon driver and it works like a champ.

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

Keyspan US-4A

$110.00 Est. at Amazon

from A Customer from Annapolis, MD, clickfrom.buy.com
this little device works on all my computers (macintosh) and frankly, i was surprised.
from www.amazon.com
it was a little tweaky getting my mac to use the server.
from www.amazon.com
later, i remembered that xp sp2 patches had been installed on our machines just before i tried to use the keyspan server.
from www.amazon.com
the latest non-beta software update for mac seems to have some issues with saving preferences.
from www.amazon.com
if you're on a macintosh running ox 10.39 or higher you don't need this product for sharing with other machines on your network , the mac os shares usb printers and peripherals thru bonjour a piece

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Positives: Easy To Use, Easy To Set Up, Form Factor: External, Interface: Ethernet,USB

Trendware TEW-P1PG

$93.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i was very impressed with the ease of configuration on our wep protected,mac filtered wireless network.
from tthomas48, www.newegg.com
i have a linux machine and a vista machine, and they both pretty much just worked.
from eross, www.newegg.com
pros: i followed the instructions, and after adding the mac-address to my router and seeing which ip address it connected with, i was able to configure the ip address manually using firefox.
from www.amazon.com
wireless printing is much more convenient than print sharing since you don't have to turn on an extra machine to act as a server.

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

D-Link DP 301U DP-301U

$65.00 Est. at Amazon

from A Customer from Boca Raton, Florida, clickfrom.buy.com
unfortunately, the information states works with all operating systems, but it does not warn you that with a mac, you will have to do some serious internet searching for the software and driver
from A Customer from Philadelphia, PA, clickfrom.buy.com
this is a great, fast, inexpensive print server that integrated well and painlessly into my mixed wired and wireless mac-based home network.
from www.amazon.com
changed ip address to a local ip for my network and then hooked up server to the router and had no problem setting up with both windows xp and mac os x computers in my home network.
from www.amazon.com
this server works great with the powerbook g4 (mac).
from brucec87, www.pricegrabber.com
printer visible to both my mac and pc.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Remote Management Protocol: SNMP,Telnet, Remote Management Protoco: SNMP,Telnet, Form Factor: External

Trendware TE100-P21

$80.00 Est. at Amazon

from David from Milwaukee, WI, clickfrom.buy.com
you can use a web browser to look at the device, configure it and it even captures the mac address and ip of the devices that have printed to it!
from bvrev.compusa.com
they are used by an xp desktop, 2 xp laptops, and a vista 64bit machine.
from www.newegg.com
now we're stuck with ups.oh, regarding the print server, it sure beats *inksys products.other thoughts: i configured six machines on a lan to use one usb printer attached to this print server.
from www.newegg.com
i can now print to the 5110 from winxp and my macbook running mac os x (10.4).other thoughts: check that your printer is "network" capable before buying any print server.
from www.newegg.com
i have a home office with an hp laserjet 1100a and six networked machines, all of which can now easiy print to this laserjet as the default printer.

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

Linksys PSUS4

$75.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.tigerdirect.com
vista will print to it fine - i have two vista machines printing to it.
from A Customer from Whidbey Island, WA, clickfrom.buy.com
the only issue wasn't the fault of the server but of a user not allowing the new device access through their firewall (the mac was different causing the alert).
from Craig from Altoona, PA, www.circuitcity.com
i bought this print server and was able to easily hook everything up and printrom all 3 machines.
from www.tigerdirect.com
you cannot use this with vista machines.
from Rich from Kevil, NJ, clickfrom.buy.com
i had some minor issues getting my pc's and mac to work.

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

NetGear PS121

$69.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.pricegrabber.com
b.) next i went to my dhcp serer (which happens to be a dlink-524 wireless 802.11 access point in my case), and i requested the dhcp server to always give fixed ip address to the ps121 mac address.
from www.mwave.com
summary: i tested the device on a few of my printers, as long as your printer is on the list of the machines on netgear.com, it can be easily configured.
from www.thenerds.net
summary:i tested the device on a few of my printers, as long as your printer is on the list of the machines on netgear.com, it can be easily configured.
from www.overstock.com
it is too bad it does not work with a mac which was my original plan.
from www.mwave.com
allowed me to share my epson c62 all over my home network and did not have to worry about losing access to the printer when a machine was turned off.

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

Zonet ZPS2102

$69.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.newegg.com
comments: easy to set up with windows machines, the web interface is aliitle confusing but once you learn where everything is it goes smoothly.
from www.newegg.com
i'm using it on a network with windows xp pcs as well as with a mac (os x tiger).
from www.amazon.com
the answering machine suggested i send an e-mail to them or leave a number so they could call me.
from www.newegg.com
pros: (relatively) easy to setup and work with my xp machines with some understanding of tcp/ip.

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

NetGear PS101 PS101NA

$63.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
setting up the print server requires actually reading the manual, and subsequent driver installs on new machines require a few steps, but the product works great and is very convenient for home use.
from www.amazon.com
i have 2 macs and 2 pcs - this print server installed onto the network flawlessly in under 5 minutes.
from www.amazon.com
i have a netgear wireless router (802.11 b) and two windows 98 machines - a desktop and a laptop and both work fine with this print server.
from www.newegg.com
it took less thanan hour to install all the software on 3 machines and configurethe printserver.
from www.amazon.com
i am using it on a network which has machines running windows 98se, me and xp.

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

Linksys WIRELESS G

$78.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
through this device with full functionality.we can now put our printer anywhere in the house and not have the clutter on our desktop (or the extra cords running to the back of the machine).
from TrueBrit from Milpitas CA, www.circuitcity.com
i am already a big fan of linksys and the print server reinforced my opinion.absolutely a breeze to set up, even with 128 bit wep encryption and mac address security enabled on my router.downloaded
from hfjr from Fort Walt, www.circuitcity.com
set it up on an xp machine first to get it working, then work with your vista machines.
from www.bestbuy.com
what's great about it:?easy to install, worked the first time i installed it by the directions what's not so great:?wish it would work with mac os x and/or linux.
from Prig from Chicago, IL, www.circuitcity.com
product works great.have yet to try it with my mac.installation was a bit difficult because your printer and the print server both have to be at the router and have power.

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

Linksys Wireless-G WPS54GU2

$160.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i plugged up my brother 3800 fax machine and linksys also concluded it wasn't compatible, and suggested i return the print server and purchase another brand....wtf???
from www.amazon.com
because of my printer, a hp laserjet 1100, is not officially supported for mac, i used gimp print 4.2.6 (for osx).
from www.amazon.com
i've got this unit to finally print from both a winxp and mac os x machine, to a parallel port hp-6l and a usb port canon i850.
from www.newegg.com
but: it will not work with multifunction machines!!!
from www.amazon.com
i run both xp and win2000 pro on these machines.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Great Reliability, Remote Management Protocol: SNMP,HTTP, Remote Management Protoco: SNMP,HTTP

HP HP Wireless G

Hewlett Packard HP Wireless G Print Server Print Server

$123.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
worked as described and had no trouble getting a connection w/ the server after installing first on the xp machine.
from www.amazon.com
the wireless g print server works with both windows and mac operating systems, the printing upgrade kit only supports windows.
from www.amazon.com
i currently have a vista laptop (which connects wirelessly to the network), an (ancient) xp desktop (which connects with a cable), and a mac os 9 (which connects both ways) printing seamlessly to an
from www.amazon.com
to share a printer that's usb-connected to your mac with other windows computers on your network, select "share this printer" for the printer (as described in the "sharing your printer with windows
from www.amazon.com
but i find the documentation dreadful, and can't make this work with two machines.

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Positives: Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use, Compact

Canon& BU-20 Bluetooth& Adapter 013803055436

$62.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i purchased the bu-20 last week and am using it in my home network with a mac g4 laptop running os 10.4.11.
from www.amazon.com
it took 5 minutes to set this up on my mac.
from www.amazon.com
i have a mac with mac os x 10.5 (leopard) and it's been pretty much plug-and-play.
from www.amazon.com
however, wasn't sure how the macbook would work.
from www.amazon.com
we have a pc at home and my husband just got me a mac.

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Positives: Form Factor: External, Interface: Bluetooth, Platform: PC

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Print Servers

Best Print Servers for Mac

Buffalo Technology LPV3-U2

NetGear WGPS606 WGPS606NA

D-LINK DPR1260 Rangebooster G Multifunction

D-Link DP-300U DHDP300U

Canon 2553B002

IOGear Multi-Function USB GMFPSU01C

IOGear USB 2.0 1 Port GPSU21

Keyspan US-4A

Trendware TEW-P1PG

D-Link DP 301U DP-301U

Trendware TE100-P21

Linksys PSUS4

NetGear PS121

Zonet ZPS2102

NetGear PS101 PS101NA

Linksys WIRELESS G

Linksys Wireless-G WPS54GU2

HP HP Wireless G

Canon& BU-20 Bluetooth& Adapter 013803055436

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