Comments on: How to set up a print server: a general guide for home and small office networks

By: CHANTELLE

CHANTELLE — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:46:37 +0000

Ok so I’ve followed all the steps ok, got to the last one where all the printer brand names are listed…and mines not there!noooo! I have an Advent AWp10.any idea if advent are known through another name?

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:26:42 +0000

FYI When creating screenshots if you press alt + print screen it only takes a shot of the active window or dialog box.

Reply from Peter: Thanks for the tip!

By: John M

John M — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:17:51 +0000

Hi Peter, very frustrated perhaps you would be kind enough to help:

Desktop with printer attached, connected via wireless dongle to router.

Trying to print via wireless from laptop PC and Apple.

unable,

Thanks, John

Reply from Peter: Unfortunately, I don’t have a tried and true formula for that situation. It probably starts with the desktop marking that printer as “shared” and then the other computers adding that printer, specifying some sort of network as the connection protocol.

By: robert sungura

robert sungura — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:47:06 +0000

johny u r great….it did work and for sure u put a smile on my face

By: Michael Glass

Michael Glass — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:10:44 +0000

You were so helpful in this, I have been fighting how to do this for about a week, and a freind pointed me to here…Keep Up The Good Work

By: David

David — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:03:53 +0000

Ok here is one for you.

I have a and ADSL modem which connects to my router. also connected to router is an airport express wireless (Mac) wireless router.

I have a Kyocera printer that is networked (cat 5 cable) and is also plugged in to the router.

I can go straight to the router with a laptop (via cat 5 cable) and print. If i go via the wifi option it can ping the printer, but it never prints. Is there a secret to getting a Mac print wirelessly to ‘generic’ net work?

Reply from Peter: I don’t have any experience with AirPorts so I cannot comment on the nuances there. Sounds like your wireless network is a sub-network of your main wired router’s network, so there might be some forwarding rules needed (the exact details of which I am unsure).

By: Shawn

Shawn — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:51:54 +0000

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!! You solved my problem I’ve been having for months now. I just bought a network enabled HP Officejet 8500, and I was going to return it because I wanted to upgrade to the wifi enabled version ($80 more). But I knew there was a way to print wirelessly with it if I used a router. I have a $20 Netgear router that I was able to set this up with. I don’t even need the wifi on the printer. What I was missing was the concept of the printer being the print server. I thought I had to set up my network in Ad-Hoc, but it works with infrastructure as well! Anyway, I just printed from my wifes XP laptop wirelessly and can’t wait to see the look on her face when she gets home. Thanx so much.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:01:18 +0000

Thanks for the information on the print server. I have a laser printer that I have an extra drawer on it. Do you have any suggestions as to how to set up each drawer as an individual address to print to? Running XP Pro.

By: rohit

rohit — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:42:50 +0000

hi peter, i recently bought a new computer and i was hoping to set up a print server because whenevrr i have to print from my other computer i have to transfer the data from the new computer to my other computer with the printer via usb flash drive. so im kinda tired of that so i kinda wondering how i can use the first method "# Leave one computer running at all times, with the printer hooked up to the computer. Here the computer that is directly attached to the printer is the print server." because i dont have a router with a built-in print server or a printer with network capabilities thx in advance Reply from Peter: Check out this article if you're using Windows.

By: Liam

Liam — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:44:23 +0000

Hi Peter,

Thanks for this. It was really useful. Was stuck with the exact problem for several days. Now the entire house is finally networked properly.