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Printing Rant! Why is this so hard?
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this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2023
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Glad you could get it working over USB. In case you're still pursuing a network solution: What's your network topology and can your wife print over Windows?
She is currently rocking a very expensive-per-page Xerox color laser printer in her office, but next time we have to buy toner for that beast . . . She does not need color. The network is a single SOHO switch-based gigabit ethernet connected to the AT&T uverse router. Printing would not have to traverse any router. Now if the printers have to phone home, they will have to deal with carrier grade NAT, or use IPV6.
You can get adapters to send USB over standard Ethernet cabling. So you could use your existing wiring but get more reliable USB printing.
Hmm strange - If one were to do that is the cable still available for ethernet at the same time? (as in a USB <> Ethernet bridge)
There are USB over IP solutions that utilize standard networking protocols, but I was thinking of just a USB extender kind of thing. Like this: https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Ethernet-Extender-Adapter/dp/B08HHFZY5H?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A1AMUYYA3CT6HJ
Edit: If I wasn't clear, this device needs exclusive usage of the cable. It cannot be simultaneously used for networking.
Mine has only to go to the other side of my office, no need for the item you propose. But it would be useful for someone who wanted to interact with a printer much further away.