Gentlefolk,
The (planned) setup:
DSL line
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RJ-12
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router
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RJ-45
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AirPort Express
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USB
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laser printerThe AirPort Express (AX) acts as a bridge between the wireless LAN and DSL for Internet connectivity. This part is fine.
The problem is the printer at the end of the chain.
It needs to be a laser printer (monochrome is fine, indeed preferable, given cost is a factor) and it needs to be accessible to wireless clients running both Mac OS X 10.3.7 and Windows XP SP2.
This is for an academic household (one undergraduate, one tutor) so a reasonable duty cycle is more important than fancy features. Then again this is for an academic household so there's not mountains of money to throw around.
The HP LaserJet 1015 looks fine so far as duty cycle goes (7,000 ppm) but no-one at HP can (or will) say whether it will work with the AX. They say it supports wireless printing using one of HP's wireless print servers but I already have the AirPort Express and don't fancy spending money un-necessarily.
So, I have two related questions:
1. Does anyone know if the LaserJet 1015 does or does not work as a cross-platform printer when plugged into an AX's USB port?
(BTW, I have first-hand reports of the 1012 working on both OS X and XP via Rendezvous/zero.conf. This entails installing the Rendezvous for Windows beta from Apple. I don't mind doing this or something similar on the Windows side. Unfortunately, the 1012 isn't available in Australia.)
2. Does anyone know of any other laser printers (Brother, Lexmark et al) that have similar duty cycles, similar price tags and will work in the same situation?
NB, I've checked iFelix's unofficial Airport Extreme and Airport Express Printer Compatibility List -- <http://efelix.co.uk/tech/1013.html> -- and it's helpful, but is a little light on info regarding whether or not particular printers work across platforms when plugged into an AirPort Extreme or Express.
TIA.
Regards,
Brian Forte. -- Brian Forte, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Writer, editor, scripter, dangerous mind.
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