| The Wireless USB Printer Server is a useful little | | | | crashes, slowdowns and interruptions that occur |
| device which enables you to connect a USB | | | | on the typical office computer when under heavy |
| inkjet, deskjet or laserjet printer to an existing | | | | usage, not to mention the fact that whatever |
| wired or wireless network (not both at the same | | | | work that is currently being done on that |
| time) simply by connecting it's USB port to the | | | | computer would have to be interrupted whenever |
| USB port of your printer. A typical wireless USB | | | | there is a printing problem that needs sorting out, |
| print server has a USB port (which is connected | | | | the alternative at the time would have been to |
| to the printers USB port via a USB cable), an | | | | buy an expensive network enabled printer. |
| optional RJ45 network port (for wired | | | | There are various makes and models of Wireless |
| connectivity to a Network Router) and an inbuilt | | | | USB printer servers, some are dedicated Printer |
| wireless receiver to receive signals from the | | | | Servers having either a single USB or multiple USB |
| wireless router on the network. | | | | ports (to enable more than one USB printer to be |
| Before the introduction of the Wireless Printer | | | | added to the network), some models are a |
| Server the general way a USB printer could be | | | | combination of Router and Printer Server, giving |
| made available to network users was by | | | | you both wireless network connectivity and |
| connecting it to a specific computer and sharing it | | | | wireless printing connectivity functionality all in one. |
| through the computers operating system so that | | | | The top Wireless Printer Server manufacturers |
| network users could send print jobs to it, this | | | | are: Netgear, Belkin, Hewlett Packard (HP), |
| meant that not only would that computer have to | | | | Hawking, Linksys, TRENDnet and D-Link to name |
| be on to enable printing but it also had to use it's | | | | a few. Generally a Wireless USB print server will |
| resources to mange print jobs sent to the printer, | | | | be slower at printing large files than a dedicated |
| this would be manageable to some extent in a | | | | wired network printer, but the speed is still |
| home environment but in an office the problem | | | | adequate for all but large volumes of images and |
| would be accentuated once you start experiencing | | | | the convenience more than makes up for it. |