On Dec 1, 2010, at 6:52 PM, JoeTaxpayer <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have an HP OfficeJet.
> It's pluged into my G4 MDD. I turned on print sharing and all the
> computers in the house can see it.
> So I'll ask - what does a print server do different or more than my
> set up?

A print server doesn't require the host computer to be on all the time. It also 
let's you pit the printer wherever an Ethernet cable (max length around 100 
meters, IIRC)  will reach.

-- 
Bruce 

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