router/printserver/printer recommendations

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 10:27:56AM -0500, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> I'm not sure why this something to 'watch out for'. In the model I
> bought (OJ 7130) that's what I got; the printer had parallel and USB
> ports, and the JetDirect fit (exactly) into the parallel port. The
> module was powered by the parallel port so it didn't have its own power
> brick, and it fit nicely in the recess area for the port; it might as
> well be built-in.

Could it be configured from the printer's control panel (they may have
tied it in with custom pins on the parallel port)?

> If it works as advertised, what's the difference ? I take this as
> _extra_ flexibility, because the numbers of  printers shipped with a
> parallel port these days is shrinking.

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