Printer pool

[Milenko]

Does anyone know of any hardware solutions to setup a printer pool with two printers? Something like an external HP jetdirect device, but that looks like only one printer to the network. I looked over HPs website, but didn't see anything.

I'm currently using a Windows 2000 machine to do the print pool, and it seems to work well. The problem is that people keep messing with the machine (turning it off, etc) and I'm tired of having to go over there all the time just to have to turn it on. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="frown.gif" />

[RejectionMan]

check out linksys.com, under print servers

[Poseidon]

I have a <a href="http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=46&grid=14" target="_blank">Linksys EPSX3</a> 3-Port Print Server.
I don't believe it will do what you are looking for.
All three printers have to be setup, identified, and installed separately. Another downfall I have seen, despite what it claims, it can only process one job at a time, the other jobs are stored on a local que on the user’s workstation.

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Note: To perform a full range of functions, most multi-function devices, also referred to as 'all-in-one devices', require a direct connection to your computer’s Printer Port. Some multi-function devices may work on a printserver, however, due to industry standards, they will perform printer functions only.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">

[Milenko]

None of the Linksys models do exactly what I'm looking for either

I guess what I'll have to do it get a multi-port print server to hook the printers to and then setup a print pool on a remote win2k server and have the clients print to the win2k server instead of directly to the hardware print server.