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printer connections network or usb ?
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24. April 2009 @ 11:47 |
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- Have a Dell 1320C laser Printer to hook up to my Desktop . Can be connected to By network connection or USB ! If I'm not going to run my computers as a Network is there any advantage to using the network connection for this printer other than saving a USB2 port for something else ? Thanx Y'all !!!!
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24. April 2009 @ 12:23 |
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Theoretically, using network will mean you won't have to mess around installing drivers and unnecessary software. Network is probably the better option.
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24. April 2009 @ 16:06 |
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????? Even if it's a network printer you will still need drivers.
There is no advantage to connecting it as a network printer. In fact running it as a network may have a couple of disadvantages.
1. You will need to have a hub, switch, router or Ethernet xover cable to connect the printer to the PC. If you don't already have these it's an added cost.
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ddp
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24. April 2009 @ 16:53 |
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dailun, drivers are used whether networked or direct connected.
BIGTOXY, if printer is going to be used by other pc's & don't want to leave your computer on then network that printer with the other pc's. can get a router that has a usb port in it for printer use as the d-link DI-704UP has it built in as i have it in my hands as i'm typing this. i presume the other router manufacturers have similar products.
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24. April 2009 @ 17:35 |
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Perhaps I'm wrong on that then. I was under the assumption that a purely networked printer needed nothing other than the network drivers and, obviously the network hardware required.
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24. April 2009 @ 19:16 |
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@ddp
"dailun, drivers are used whether networked or direct connected."
I believe that's what I implied. I know that you're probably more used to correctimg my misstatements but i actually got one right this time.
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25. April 2009 @ 05:08 |
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In many cases, the network drivers are far less efficient than the USB drivers...especialy with OEM brand printers such as HP, DELL, etc...
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25. April 2009 @ 15:29 |
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How so? I don't really see how a driver can be less or more efficient apart from bandwidth (a non issue even for 100 Megabit) or CPU usage (which in this day and age should be inconsequential)
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27. April 2009 @ 01:54 |
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In the office we have an HP printer (It is junk, but it was free). Using USB, it's print/scan utility uses less than 10MB memory, and never excedes 5% cpu usage even when printing and scanning at the same time (and it is shared over the network using windows). However, when using it over a LAN the memory usage goes over 60MB and CPU load sits at around 10% at idle and over 20% when scanning.
I have never writen a printer driver, so I don't know why this is...I just know that it is.
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27. April 2009 @ 05:39 |
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Not sure really, as any networked printer I've used has its own dedicated memory and the data is fed slowly to that.
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