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Friday, November 25, 2011

TRENDnet Wireless 1 Port Parallel Print Server TEW-P1PG

Best Buy TRENDnet Wireless 1 Port Parallel Print Server TEW-P1PG
Brand: TRENDnet
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Product Features
  • Product Type - PrintServer
  • Warranty - 3 Years Limited
  • Printer Interface - IEEE 1284 Male Centronics (DB-36)
  • LAN Port - 10/100Mbps Auto-Negotiation UTP/STP RJ-45 Port
Trendnet Wireless Parallel Print Server.
This unit worked great and install was pretty easy. I am using in my home wireless network of two PCs and one iMac i5. I configured the print server from my mac, I had to turn off my Mac's wifi and hook an ethernet cable to the print server. Once I did that I could connect to the config via the web browser. The first thing I did was to change the print servers IP address to a 192.168.1.x number as it comes with a default of 192.168.0.x which is not in my home network. I entered my wireless routers info including the passkey for the security, entered the name of my printer as the port name, saved it then power it off, disconnected the ethernet cable and powered the print server back on. I turned on my Macs wireless and was able to connect to the print server's config page via the web browser. Everything was good. Installing the printer was easy on the Mac just add printer, it found my printer automatically and select the generic postscript driver, and that was done. For the PC's you have to create a new port from the Add A Printer from the control panel, just follow the PDF instructions that is included on the CD and it worked just fine. Great item.

D-Link DPR-1260 RangeBooster G Multifunction Print Server

Best Buy D-Link DPR-1260 RangeBooster G Multifunction Print Server
Brand: D-Link
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Product Features
  • Wirelessly Share up to 4 Printers or Multifunction Printers on your Network
  • Print & Scan* When You Need to without Booting up a Host PC
  • Ideal for Small Offices, Home Offices, Schools, and Other Businesses
very nice for multifuntion printer.
Very happy with this. Easy to configure & worked right out of the box. I have 3 printers (1 with a scanner) connected to it. All are working great. Nice interface for configuration. My only knock is that it only supports HP & Epson scanner/printer combinations (I have a Brother), so to scan I must connect the Brother directly to my PC. DPR-1260 works from Vista and/or XP without any hitches. Very Happy with the value of this product.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

TRENDnet Wireless 3 Port Print Server TEW-P21G

Best Buy TRENDnet Wireless 3 Port Print Server TEW-P21G
Brand: TRENDnet
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Product Features
  • Hardware
  • Standards: Wired: IEEE 802.3 10Base-T, IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX ; Wireless IEEE 802.11g
  • Printer Interface: 1 x Parallel DB25 (Female) Port ; 2 x USB 2.0, 1.1 Compliant USB Type A Port
  • LAN Port: 10/100Mbps Auto-Negotiation UTP/STP RJ-45 Port
  • CPU/ SDRAM / Flash ROM: RDC R2880 100MHz / 8MByte / 2MByte
Good print server.
I have an office upstairs for my work with a wireless router there. I have two computers and two USB printers downstairs for personal use. The setup was a little tricky and required some assistance from TrendNet's technical support for my work computer which runs Windows 7 Professional 64 bit. The other two computers downstairs run Vista 32 bit and XP Pro respectively and I had no problems with the setup for them. The 64 bit Windows 7 required a different approach to setting up the two printers that was not included anywhere in the documentation that came with the print server or online at the TrendNet website. Once I got over that hump with the call to their tech support, I have not had any further issues. It works great. I would recommend this to anyone needing to print wirelessly.

TRENDnet 1-Port Print Server TE100-P1U

Best Buy TRENDnet 1-Port Print Server TE100-P1U
Brand: TRENDnet
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Product Features
  • Product Type PrintServer
  • Warranty 5 Years
  • Supports TCP/IP, NetBEUI and AppleTalk protocols
  • Easy Configuration through BiAdmin (Windows Application), Web-based management (HTTP)
Easy install for Windows 7.
I bought this Trendnet print server to replace a single port D-Link 301U. I am running Windows 7 and I used the install file for Vista/XP and it worked just fine. This product was much easier to install than the D-Link server. The instructions were clear and everything installed very easy. I just took the CD install disk to my other computers and repeated the process and I had two printers installed in no time. It is my first purchase of a Trendnet product and I was pleasantly surprised.