Hi Severin,
I have not come across a printer/scanner unit that is
supported using Airport Express/Extreme, if anyone has had success, please do
share. If it were to work I would say it would only be printing and not
scanning that would work.
I have seen a couple of HP printer/scanner units with built in wifi work quite
well, no experience with Epson though.
On 30/11/2009, at 3:56 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:
I am helping my son set up a new LAN at home. Currently he has a desktop PC
with a USB printer and an HP (work) laptop with wireless connectivity. He has
a D-Link G604T wireless router/modem and which has 4 ethernet ports. He is
looking to add a MacBook and an iMac and to purchase a printer/scanner. He
will phase out the desktop PC except for occasional necessary Windows tasks
like eTax.
The D-Link does not have a USB printer port but I see that printer/scanner
units are available with Wifi connectivity (Epson TX550W for example). Would
the best way to go be to invest in Airport Express/Extreme and get a non-wifi
printer/scanner and use the printer facility to share among all units. This
would make the wifi bit of the D-Link redundant but would not require a
wireless enabled printer. Clearly the iMac and PC will be deskbound and can
connect to the printer by ethernet (or wireless for the iMac).
My own system is centred around an Airport Extreme and a DSL-504 router/modem
and I share a laser printer among three computers very happily, including a
wireless MacBook.
Are there issues with printer/scanner units on this sort of setup?
Words of wisdom will be welcomed.
Severin Crisp
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