Adding a Wireless Printer Server
One of the coolest new wireless devices to hit the market is
the wireless print server (Figure A.13).
These devices are inexpensive (often less than $80) and provide a nice way to
save time and space. Most home or small-office LANs connect one or more printers
to a PC, then share that PC. It might be a PC that someone uses for work
everyday, or a computer that is set aside for printing jobs only. Either of
those situations can benefit from a wireless printer server. Here's why:
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You can place your printer server (and your printers) anywhere
in your wireless LAN's range.
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You can free up a computer that you were using as a printer
server.
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You can send multiple print jobs to the printer server, and it
can handle the printing simultaneously.
Adding a printer server can be a great way to share a printer,
without having to leave one of your computers on to do it.
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