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Epson Photo Stylus printers connected to print server on router
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I am trying to decide between the Epson Stylus Photo 960 and the Epson Stylus Photo 2200 printers. I was also considering the Epson Stylus Photo 1280, but I don't like the fact that it does not have the separate color cartridges. I like the fact the the Epson Stylus Photo 2200 does large format printing, but I don't know if I want to cough up the extra bucks. From what I have read, the Epson Stylus Photo 960 is a better choice if I also want to use it for text printing too. I have a Siemens 2624 wireless router with a built in print server. My old HP 660CSE performs fine connected to the router. It also performed fine with my old SMC router with built in print server. Here's my question. Will either one of these printers work with my router's print server, and if so, are there any gotchas? Thanks! |
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"Dan" wrote in message news:13WLb.15839$I06.101572@attbi_s01... Hi All- I am trying to decide between the Epson Stylus Photo 960 and the Epson Stylus Photo 2200 printers. I was also considering the Epson Stylus Photo 1280, but I don't like the fact that it does not have the separate color cartridges. I like the fact the the Epson Stylus Photo 2200 does large format printing, but I don't know if I want to cough up the extra bucks. From what I have read, the Epson Stylus Photo 960 is a better choice if I also want to use it for text printing too. I have a Siemens 2624 wireless router with a built in print server. My old HP 660CSE performs fine connected to the router. It also performed fine with my old SMC router with built in print server. Here's my question. Will either one of these printers work with my router's print server, and if so, are there any gotchas? Thanks! They should both work fine. The Print server mearly acts as a media converter from the network to parallel or USB dependant on which one you have. The drivers still reside on the PCs which use the printer |
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"Dan" wrote in message news:13WLb.15839$I06.101572@attbi_s01... Hi All- I am trying to decide between the Epson Stylus Photo 960 and the Epson Stylus Photo 2200 printers. I was also considering the Epson Stylus Photo 1280, but I don't like the fact that it does not have the separate color cartridges. I like the fact the the Epson Stylus Photo 2200 does large format printing, but I don't know if I want to cough up the extra bucks. From what I have read, the Epson Stylus Photo 960 is a better choice if I also want to use it for text printing too. I have a Siemens 2624 wireless router with a built in print server. My old HP 660CSE performs fine connected to the router. It also performed fine with my old SMC router with built in print server. Here's my question. Will either one of these printers work with my router's print server, and if so, are there any gotchas? Thanks! I have an Epson CX6400 connected this way, no problems. |
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"Dan" typed:
From what I have read, the Epson Stylus Photo 960 is a better choice if I also want to use it for text printing too. A better choice for text printing, I see. But is it a more economical choice than, say, a dot matrix printer for the same purpose -- that of printing huge numbers of text? I'm sorry for snipping the rest of your post which also had your actual question in it, but I don't have an answer for your question. -- Ayaz Ahmed Khan Yours Forever in, | Webmaster, Cyberspace. | http://adic.netfirms.com/fastce/home.html |
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Ayaz Ahmed Khan wrote in message news:pan.2004.01.10.11.35.05.183977.1622@myrealbo x.com...
"Dan" typed: From what I have read, the Epson Stylus Photo 960 is a better choice if I also want to use it for text printing too. A better choice for text printing, I see. But is it a more economical choice than, say, a dot matrix printer for the same purpose -- that of printing huge numbers of text? I'm sorry for snipping the rest of your post which also had your actual question in it, but I don't have an answer for your question. Regarding the Epson Photo Stylus printers through a print server, I have found that the printer works just fine, but the printer diagnostics utility, called Status Monitor 3, that comes with the Epson printer doesn't work. I have an Epson Stylus Photo 820 and the Status Monitor can no longer detect ink levels when connected through the print server. Cheers Pat |
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"Chester" wrote in message m... Ayaz Ahmed Khan wrote in message news:pan.2004.01.10.11.35.05.183977.1622@myrealbo x.com... "Dan" typed: From what I have read, the Epson Stylus Photo 960 is a better choice if I also want to use it for text printing too. A better choice for text printing, I see. But is it a more economical choice than, say, a dot matrix printer for the same purpose -- that of printing huge numbers of text? I'm sorry for snipping the rest of your post which also had your actual question in it, but I don't have an answer for your question. Regarding the Epson Photo Stylus printers through a print server, I have found that the printer works just fine, but the printer diagnostics utility, called Status Monitor 3, that comes with the Epson printer doesn't work. I have an Epson Stylus Photo 820 and the Status Monitor can no longer detect ink levels when connected through the print server. Cheers Pat Unless you have a bi-directional printer port on there, or a USB printer port on the print server. |
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"Paul Landregan" wrote in message ... "Chester" wrote in message m... Ayaz Ahmed Khan wrote in message news:pan.2004.01.10.11.35.05.183977.1622@myrealbo x.com... "Dan" typed: From what I have read, the Epson Stylus Photo 960 is a better choice if I also want to use it for text printing too. A better choice for text printing, I see. But is it a more economical choice than, say, a dot matrix printer for the same purpose -- that of printing huge numbers of text? I'm sorry for snipping the rest of your post which also had your actual question in it, but I don't have an answer for your question. Regarding the Epson Photo Stylus printers through a print server, I have found that the printer works just fine, but the printer diagnostics utility, called Status Monitor 3, that comes with the Epson printer doesn't work. I have an Epson Stylus Photo 820 and the Status Monitor can no longer detect ink levels when connected through the print server. Cheers Pat Unless you have a bi-directional printer port on there, or a USB printer port on the print server. I ordered the Epson Stylus Photo 960 and it should arrive in a few days. My router does not support bi-directional printing, but the printer would be close enough to one of the computers to plug in the USB cable. Would it be possible to have the printer plugged into the router for sharing purposes, but to plug it into one of the computers to monitor ink levels? Thanks! |
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"Dan" wrote in news:W%JMb.39622$xy6.104903@attbi_s02:
"Paul Landregan" wrote in message ... "Chester" wrote in message m... Ayaz Ahmed Khan wrote in message news:pan.2004.01.10.11.35.05.183977.1622@myrealbo x.com... "Dan" typed: From what I have read, the Epson Stylus Photo 960 is a better choice if I also want to use it for text printing too. A better choice for text printing, I see. But is it a more economical choice than, say, a dot matrix printer for the same purpose -- that of printing huge numbers of text? I'm sorry for snipping the rest of your post which also had your actual question in it, but I don't have an answer for your question. Regarding the Epson Photo Stylus printers through a print server, I have found that the printer works just fine, but the printer diagnostics utility, called Status Monitor 3, that comes with the Epson printer doesn't work. I have an Epson Stylus Photo 820 and the Status Monitor can no longer detect ink levels when connected through the print server. Cheers Pat Unless you have a bi-directional printer port on there, or a USB printer port on the print server. I ordered the Epson Stylus Photo 960 and it should arrive in a few days. My router does not support bi-directional printing, but the printer would be close enough to one of the computers to plug in the USB cable. Would it be possible to have the printer plugged into the router for sharing purposes, but to plug it into one of the computers to monitor ink levels? Thanks! What is it with the Epson printers? I have a C80 and I was told by Epson Tech Support that the driver that monitors the ink levels only works on XP. I had Win2k at the time. I am using XP now and that crap still doesn't work. Duane |
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"Duane Arnold" typed:
"Dan" wrote in news:W%JMb.39622$xy6.104903@attbi_s02: "Paul Landregan" wrote in message ... "Chester" wrote in message m... Ayaz Ahmed Khan wrote in message news:pan.2004.01.10.11.35.05.183977.1622@myrealbo x.com... "Dan" typed: From what I have read, the Epson Stylus Photo 960 is a better choice if I also want to use it for text printing too. A better choice for text printing, I see. But is it a more economical choice than, say, a dot matrix printer for the same purpose -- that of printing huge numbers of text? I'm sorry for snipping the rest of your post which also had your actual question in it, but I don't have an answer for your question. Regarding the Epson Photo Stylus printers through a print server, I have found that the printer works just fine, but the printer diagnostics utility, called Status Monitor 3, that comes with the Epson printer doesn't work. I have an Epson Stylus Photo 820 and the Status Monitor can no longer detect ink levels when connected through the print server. Cheers Pat Unless you have a bi-directional printer port on there, or a USB printer port on the print server. I ordered the Epson Stylus Photo 960 and it should arrive in a few days. My router does not support bi-directional printing, but the printer would be close enough to one of the computers to plug in the USB cable. Would it be possible to have the printer plugged into the router for sharing purposes, but to plug it into one of the computers to monitor ink levels? Thanks! What is it with the Epson printers? I have a C80 and I was told by Epson Tech Support that the driver that monitors the ink levels only works on XP. I had Win2k at the time. I am using XP now and that crap still doesn't work. I don't know. But the status monitor for my, now dead, ESC 480 was very unreliable on both Windows 98 and XP -- XP couldn't find a native driver for my printer, so I had to install the one that came with it. -- Ayaz Ahmed Khan Yours Forever in, | Webmaster, Cyberspace. | http://adic.netfirms.com/fastce/home.html |
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"Dan" wrote in message news:W%JMb.39622$xy6.104903@attbi_s02... "Paul Landregan" wrote in message ... "Chester" wrote in message m... Ayaz Ahmed Khan wrote in message news:pan.2004.01.10.11.35.05.183977.1622@myrealbo x.com... "Dan" typed: From what I have read, the Epson Stylus Photo 960 is a better choice if I also want to use it for text printing too. A better choice for text printing, I see. But is it a more economical choice than, say, a dot matrix printer for the same purpose -- that of printing huge numbers of text? I'm sorry for snipping the rest of your post which also had your actual question in it, but I don't have an answer for your question. Regarding the Epson Photo Stylus printers through a print server, I have found that the printer works just fine, but the printer diagnostics utility, called Status Monitor 3, that comes with the Epson printer doesn't work. I have an Epson Stylus Photo 820 and the Status Monitor can no longer detect ink levels when connected through the print server. Cheers Pat Unless you have a bi-directional printer port on there, or a USB printer port on the print server. I ordered the Epson Stylus Photo 960 and it should arrive in a few days. My router does not support bi-directional printing, but the printer would be close enough to one of the computers to plug in the USB cable. Would it be possible to have the printer plugged into the router for sharing purposes, but to plug it into one of the computers to monitor ink levels? Thanks! Yes you can use both the USB conection and parallel, but not at exactly the same time. They can both be connected and used but dont print to both at the same time, else the printer will crash. |
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