Does this have a built in print server meaning more than one computer can connect to it at a time?
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This printer features an ethernet connection, meaning it can be networked and used by multiple computers. If you are using the USB connection, you would need to connect it to a print server for sharing. I recommend the networked option. The guide should include a walkthrough for setting it up.
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This printer features an ethernet connection, meaning it can be networked and used by multiple computers. If you are using the USB connection, you would need to connect it to a print server for sharing.I recommend the networked option. The guide should include a walkthrough for setting it up.
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You can buy a module that is a print interface that allows printing though an ethernet connection
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I have my Dell 2155cn connected to my router via ethernet (cat5). Once this unit has an IP address, it can be accessed as a network printer utilizing any of the printing protocols (LPD, SMP, IPP, Bonjour etc...) I can discover the printer on both Windows and Mac clients.
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I don't think it matters. I use mine in my small office (7 computers, 2 printers). One computer acts as a server in my local area network; they all "talk" to one another with no problems.
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There is no need for print server or port for basic printing. You just connect your printer on the network and all compatible computers will see it and be able to peint.RegardsM. L.
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If you are wireless, you can have multiple computers,tablets printing from the same computer as long as you have made the wireless connection
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It should. Basically it is a switch followed by a hub. Whatever connected to the hub is switched between 2 computers. However, sharing the printer through a network would be my personal choice.
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I wouldn't think so. But I didn't buy it to use as a print server. It's advertised as a media sharing device so you can plug in you external hard drives & if I remember correctly even USB flash drives and be able to access it on your LAN or the internet. You do have to use their software, which you download from their site once you setup your free account.
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The switch box has NOT always worked for with two computers attached to 1 printer... You can try it , but there may be signal loss if the USB cables are long.
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Yes. But this printer is junk. Second dell printer I bought and it is the last.
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I would expect you can if each computer has been linked with the printer via the router through wireless mode. If trying to hard-wire connect three different computers you need some type "splitter" box with connections to each computer and then to the computer. Me, I have two different printers (Epson wireless connected, and second older Epson haywire
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This printer has a network card so that it can be connected by wire to the internet through your router. Your computer can then communicate with it through your router.
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No, this is a device intended to share mass storage units, Most printers today either can be connected by Ethernet or WiFi (or both), or if you have to share an older printer that doesn't allow sharing, you can connect an old printer to a printer sharing device.
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It does for me but it really depends on the app you want to print from and the server you are connecting to. Server 2008R2 worked fine.
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No. Only one computer can connect to a USB hub at a time. This is not a network hub or network router.
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Sadly I haven't tried it yet but I believe it will : ) it's just a old printer parallel to make it accessible to the new computers
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Yes, it can. It's not part of the supported functions (you'll get a dire warning telling you not to log directly on to the server because you can mess it up), but it's actually easy to do. First, I would download the printer installation package to your computer, and then copy it into the "Shared Folders on Server" that should be on your desktop or somewhere in My Documents. Go to run, type in "MSTSC.exe" and hit "OK". This will allow you to log on remotely to the server. Then you can open the "Shared Folders" on the server itself, and run the printer installation software. Just allow the server to share the printer, and any computer on the network can print to it. It's worked like a charm for me.
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That would require a print server instead of a hub. Puts the printer on a network. Easy to do.