Guest Joseph Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 A friend asked me to look into buying a network printer to be used in a small network of PCs (and maybe a Mac) where there is no central server. The most complicated printer setup I've done is a USB printer connected to a single PC and shared with two others. My question is, if a network printer is connected to a router, is there logic in the printer to make it look busy to other PCs if it's printing a job? Also, what happens if 3 PCs have 3 jobs each to print. What order to the jobs print at? TIA
Guest Terry R. Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 Re: Network Printer On 8/30/2007 11:12 AM On a whim, Joseph pounded out on the keyboard > A friend asked me to look into buying a network printer to > be used in a small network of PCs (and maybe a Mac) where > there is no central server. The most complicated printer > setup I've done is a USB printer connected to a single PC > and shared with two others. > > My question is, if a network printer is connected to > a router, is there logic in the printer to make it look > busy to other PCs if it's printing a job? Also, what > happens if 3 PCs have 3 jobs each to print. What order > to the jobs print at? > > TIA Hi Joseph, Most network printers have buffers, some larger than others, so if a print job is printing, it will wait until that job is finished. OS's have print spooling. Usually it's first come first served, unless you change the priority of each workstation. -- Terry R. ***Reply Note*** Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
Guest Joseph Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 Re: Network Printer Terry R. wrote: > On 8/30/2007 11:12 AM On a whim, Joseph pounded out on the keyboard > >> A friend asked me to look into buying a network printer to >> be used in a small network of PCs (and maybe a Mac) where >> there is no central server. The most complicated printer >> setup I've done is a USB printer connected to a single PC >> and shared with two others. >> >> My question is, if a network printer is connected to >> a router, is there logic in the printer to make it look >> busy to other PCs if it's printing a job? Also, what >> happens if 3 PCs have 3 jobs each to print. What order >> to the jobs print at? >> >> TIA > > Hi Joseph, > > Most network printers have buffers, some larger than others, so if a > print job is printing, it will wait until that job is finished. OS's > have print spooling. Usually it's first come first served, unless you > change the priority of each workstation. So I was looking at the HP P3005n printer and it has an EIO port, which apparently you can install an optional JetDirect device (e.g. HP 620n) which they indicate as a print spooler. What would this 620n do for me if I bought one?
Guest Terry R. Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 Re: Network Printer On 8/30/2007 2:39 PM On a whim, Joseph pounded out on the keyboard > Terry R. wrote: >> On 8/30/2007 11:12 AM On a whim, Joseph pounded out on the keyboard >> >>> A friend asked me to look into buying a network printer to >>> be used in a small network of PCs (and maybe a Mac) where >>> there is no central server. The most complicated printer >>> setup I've done is a USB printer connected to a single PC >>> and shared with two others. >>> >>> My question is, if a network printer is connected to >>> a router, is there logic in the printer to make it look >>> busy to other PCs if it's printing a job? Also, what >>> happens if 3 PCs have 3 jobs each to print. What order >>> to the jobs print at? >>> >>> TIA >> Hi Joseph, >> >> Most network printers have buffers, some larger than others, so if a >> print job is printing, it will wait until that job is finished. OS's >> have print spooling. Usually it's first come first served, unless you >> change the priority of each workstation. > > So I was looking at the HP P3005n printer and it has an > EIO port, which apparently you can install an optional JetDirect > device (e.g. HP 620n) which they indicate as a print spooler. > What would this 620n do for me if I bought one? Well, aside from being able to assign the printer an IP and not sharing it on a workstation that could be turned off, not a lot. You have an additional buffer, but I don't see that as being that big of a deal. I guess you have to decide against the cost of the JD and whether it's important to have a printer not attached to a workstation. -- Terry R. ***Reply Note*** Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
Guest HeyBub Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 Re: Network Printer Joseph wrote: > Terry R. wrote: >> On 8/30/2007 11:12 AM On a whim, Joseph pounded out on the keyboard >> >>> A friend asked me to look into buying a network printer to >>> be used in a small network of PCs (and maybe a Mac) where >>> there is no central server. The most complicated printer >>> setup I've done is a USB printer connected to a single PC >>> and shared with two others. >>> >>> My question is, if a network printer is connected to >>> a router, is there logic in the printer to make it look >>> busy to other PCs if it's printing a job? Also, what >>> happens if 3 PCs have 3 jobs each to print. What order >>> to the jobs print at? >>> >>> TIA >> >> Hi Joseph, >> >> Most network printers have buffers, some larger than others, so if a >> print job is printing, it will wait until that job is finished. OS's >> have print spooling. Usually it's first come first served, unless >> you change the priority of each workstation. > > So I was looking at the HP P3005n printer and it has an > EIO port, which apparently you can install an optional JetDirect > device (e.g. HP 620n) which they indicate as a print spooler. > What would this 620n do for me if I bought one? Probably nothing. Try setting up the printer without a print server and see what happens. Print spooling is built into Windows - there is no need for an additional print buffer.
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