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Netgear 10/100 Print Server with 2 Parallel Ports One convenient device allows you to share one printer with a host of computers. Netgear's PS110 print server is fast and easy to use. |  |
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Print Servers
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| Product Reviews from Amazon.com (Rating System 1 to 5) |
| Review | Rating | Last Updated | Best print server available
I have tried numerous other print servers including HP JetDirect and the Linksys network print servers. My experience with NetGear has been the best. | 5 | Today | Great Product! No Problems!
I purchased this product about 1 month ago and abused the heck out of it. Print from detailed photo's to charts and displays to photosmart 1218 and a hp color lazer print. I don't have any back logs or transfer problems. Great product and highly recommended! | 5 | Today | Highly frustrating little blue box.
Let me get this off my chest first: I like Netgear products a lot. I also see that other reviewers seem to like this printserver, so take their experiences into consideration as well. I have experienced many irritating problems with this printserver since buying it. Printing complex PDF files to my laser printer is a lost cause- three or four pages will print and then I'll get an error. After this happens the print server locks up and needs a reboot (often my computer also needs a reboot to print again- I think there might be a problem with their printer driver as well). I've called tech support and tried replacement units to no avail. I am inspired to write this review because of a problem I'm currently having- I just tried printing a simple document from WordPad and the printer driver insists there is another job waiting on the printer (there isn't). My overall recommendation is to buy Netgear products but avoid this printserver. | 1 | Today | Does not work with multi-function printers
I purchased this printer server early this year, and returned it after found out that the server does not support multi-function printers (such as printer/copier.) Other than that the server works fine and the installation is easy and staightforward as well. I am wondering if Netgear has found a way to fix the problem (limitation.) | 3 | Today | Very good, but still has some minor problems.
I bought a new Canon i850 and wanted to use a printserver for it. I originally bought the expensive Linksys PPSX1v2 print server but the performance was slow, no bi-directional support, and no linux support. I returned it and bought the Netgear PS110. What a big difference! Its great! Great performance and I can print with my linux box too! I found two problems. 1) Doesn't support the bi-directional functionality of the Canon i850. 2) When I first received the PS110, it was set to DHCP disabled. So nothing could connect to it. I found out that in order to MANUALLY set the IP, you have to connect the printserver directly to your NIC with a crossover cable, then set the ip using the "IPSetup" tool. | 4 | Today | 64K print buffer is inadequate for DOS capture printing
I have used the PS110 for SCO UNIX systems with netcat for several clients with complete satisfaction. Netcat makes a connection to port 4010 or 4020 and sends data without errors. However, I have just recently (Dec 2002) placed a PS110 with a client in a Win98 network to print from FoxPro 2.6 for DOS and had to remove it as its 64K print buffer is too small for the FoxPro reports to be printed without error. NetGear's web site has a technical document indicating that the proper procedure is to capture the desired LPT port and direct it to the print server as \\PSDXXXXX\P1 for parallel port1 or \\PSDXXXXX\P2 for paralle port 2. (PSDXXXXX is the hostname that shows up when you browse network neighborhood) The PS110 that I delivered to the client had BIOS version 6024, while the Netgear web site listed 6017 as the latest available BIOS that can be downloaded. The problem with buffer overflow on the PS110 using the Windows capture setting appears to be a problem with Windows 98 and the timeout Win98 appears to allow for captured print jobs to completely spool to the target host computer. If you use capture and send to a shared printer on another Win98 system, the file is spooled to the host win98 system in under a second. Sending the same file to the PS110 takes over 20 seconds and results in an error message indicating problems writing to the printer, and the remaining lines from the print job are lost or garbled. Testing using nc.exe (from Hobbit) to send from a DOS window under Win98 to port 4010 is sucessful and takes several minutes to print my 7-page test file. Netgear second level technical support admitted the problem and could provide no solution as the 64k print buffer cannot be increased. | 3 | Today | Good for Small Office
I bought this print server for my office so I could send print jobs from either of our networked workstations to either of our printers without having to worry about whether a particular workstation was on (or working!). Both machines are running NT4.0. I found the setup to be fairly straightforward -- just follow the direction in the booklet. To the other machines, the server basically looks like another computer with two attached printers which are shared. After the install, each workstation must run the installation program to configure the machine to use the print server. Each printer has a name which can be selected as the printer or default printer from a standard Windows print dialog. We have used the server for a month with no problems. Now I plan to get one for my house so I can print to printers from my laptop over a wireless LAN without leaving other machines on all the time. Apparently some of the reviewers did not check the manual on the CD to answer their problems, as I found full instructions to configure for Unix/Linux computers. Also, when the server has been set up, there is a web browser based administration utility. I didn't give the box 5 stars because there doesn't seem to be any way to remove a printer once it has been installed, other than to reset the box. If I could add another feature, I would include the capability to print using a USB connection from the print server to the printer. | 4 | Today | It does what it is, a two-port print server
It does what it is, a two-port print server. So far there is no print server has two-way communication. It uses the concept, "redirect", each computer needs to install the printer driver then redirect to the port. If the two-way communication is important to you, you need use a dedicated computer as print server. Only a dedicated computer is capable to know who sent the printing job and who should receive the message from printer (such as "out of paper", "ink low", etc). I bought this to avoid a dedicated computer being always on. About the setup, for sure it is not plug and play; however it is not that hard. First, you have to have NetBUEI protocol at the "Administrative" computer (it is not installed by default; but can be added on easily), then run its setup (FirstGear) with Administrative ability to configure the PS110, then you can assign the IP address for it. I'd like to use a fixed IP and not using the DHCP. For the other computer, ( a Mac or PC), you can just use TCP/IP protocol. For PC, run its setup as client computer (only need "Add Printer Wizard"), it will find and add two ports for the system, then just install your printer driver on the port. Once the PS110 is set, it remembers its setting. You may turn it off if you want. The netgear also provides firmware update at its web site. I am very happy with this print sever. If this print server provided web-based setup ( by just using browser with a specific IP), I would give it a five-star evaluation. If it also came with a build-in Ethernet switches/hub ( it is not), I would give it a six star. | 4 | Today | Beware - incorrect Amazon.com documentation
Beware: The Amazon.com documentations is wrong as it states that this is a print server and has an integrated network hub. However, it is NOT a hub so do not buy it if you need a integrated hub/print server as I did. If you look at the Netgear website, it correctly states that this product can connect to a hub... | 1 | Today | Couldn't ask for Better
This server is simple to setup and get running. I works well with both my Linux and Windows systems, and can be setup by either. The best part about this print server is that it allows me to place my printer where it is convient for me, instead of right next to the computer (Which is inconvient). (LPT cables have a limit on the cable length.) I can print files from either my laptop or desk top system regardless of operating system. I would recommend this server to anyone who needs cross platform printing capability. I wonder what I ever did without it. Keep up the good work Netgear !!. | 5 | Today |
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