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Need to hook up a printer to the network

Jun 14, 2005 12:51PM PDT

Hey all, I need some help here...let me just list all the components I have:

1. Dell Dimension 4700 (p4 2.4 ghz)
2. P3, 733 System (Yeah, it's old)
3. HP LaserJet 3030 All-In-One
4. Belkin Wireless G2 Router
5. Laptop w/Belkin Wireless G2 card

Currently I have the printer hooked up to my dell computer, and i'm just sharing off of that to the other two machines.

What I want to do is hook the printer up to the network, so that the dell doesn't have to be on if you want to print. I have the belkin wireless g2 router, if I need to buy anything else, let me know...

thanks

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You have a choice...
Jun 14, 2005 1:17PM PDT

1) You can have an all-in-one multifunction printer etc. device connected to the Dell. It will continue to do all the things you have come to expect from it.

or,

2) You can have a dumb printer on a network print server (wired or wireless, from any of the reputable network equipment brands).

You can't have both. Multifunction printers don't multi- any more when put on a network.

dw

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Hmmm
Jun 17, 2005 11:16AM PDT

Well what does that mean? Just scan?

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You still have the same choice...
Jun 17, 2005 12:44PM PDT

So let's try that again.

1) You can have an all-in-one multifunction printer etc. device connected to the Dell. It will continue to print, scan, copy, and fax. For all of this, you need do nothing. Whatever limits you feel you have, such as the Dell needing to be turned on, will continue to be as before also. Obviously, this is because the scenario is no change from before.

or,

2) You can have the equivalent of a dumb printer on a network print server (wired or wireless, from any of the reputable network equipment brands). You will no longer be able to scan or fax. Whether it copies is uncertain. But you will be able to send ordinary print jobs to it from the other computers without the Dell needing to be running.

You can't have it all. Multifunction printers don't multi- any more when put on a network.

dw