Manuel McLure wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 7:54 AM Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com > <mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I ended up ordering that Lexmark C2325dw printer. Given the price of > the printer itself and the fact that folks on here said it should > work, > and openprinting says it too, I think that is the best printer for > what > I need. It may get a workout the first few months tho. > > > I'm pretty sure it will work great for you. If you have more that one > computer, you definitely want to look into connecting it via ethernet > instead of USB - that way you can share the printer between any of the > computers that are on the network (Linux, Windows, Mac, even mobile > devices if you have WiFi) very easily. You could also set up a print > server using CUPS (I did that many many years ago before I got a > networked printer) but that's a lot more hassle and requires that the > computer running the print server be running before you start the print. > -- > Manuel A. McLure WW1FA <man...@mclure.org <mailto:man...@mclure.org>> > <http://www.mclure.org> > ...for in Ulthar, according to an ancient and significant law, > no man may kill a cat. -- H.P. Lovecraft
On the question of ethernet. I'm almost certain the printer comes with that port. I have a router, wired one with no wireless, that I put between my DSL modem and my puter. I did that for those occasions I am working on a friends puter and need internet. Do I plug the printer into the router or do I have to connect it to the puter itself? I think I read somewhere ages ago, on this list most likely, that you plug it into the router. That way all puters hooked to the router can access it. I could be wrong tho. I don't recall ever doing that and it was a long time ago that I read about it as well. My router is a older blue Linksys. I have a wireless one as a standby in my closet but don't care much for wireless stuff, to easy to snoop on. I'm not sure if I ever plugged it in for testing now that I think about it. May do that here in a few. I do think it will give me much better service than what I been using. Unless it blows up right after the warranty expires, I can't see this not paying off hugely, not to mention the more dependable ink and such on top of that. It took me about a decade or so but I'm finally doing this right, for the long term. ;-) Dale :-) :-)
