router/printserver/printer recommendations
John Van Ostrand
john-Da48MpWaEp0CzWx7n4ubxQ at public.gmane.org
Tue Feb 6 20:11:19 UTC 2007
On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 14:30 -0500, Matt Price wrote:
> so my crappy wireless router/printserver (smc barricade 2804wbrp-g)
> seems to have definitively died. I am therefore looking for a new
> router and a new printserver. this time, though, I want something
> that'll last more than 14 months. can anyone make a recommendation,
> especially for a printserver? That's where I would expect
> incompatibilities to show up. I would also consider upgrading to a
> networkable, duplexing printer that has a decent linux driver -- the
> brother hl-1440, my current printer, has a bug which wastes a fair
> amount of paper.
You can't go wrong with a Jet Direct. There a little pricey (~$200) but
of all the Jet Directs I've installed I've only had one or two fail.
I've used other, cheaper print servers and have always been
disappointed.
--
John Van Ostrand Net Direct Inc.
CTO, co-CEO 564 Weber St. N. Unit 12
Waterloo, ON N2L 5C6
john-Da48MpWaEp0CzWx7n4ubxQ at public.gmane.org ph: 518-883-1172 x5102
Linux Solutions / IBM Hardware fx: 519-883-8533
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