The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 15/12/16 17:44, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Thu, 15 Dec 2016 09:50:40 -0000, T i m wrote:

On Thu, 15 Dec 2016 00:14:38 -0000, "James Wilkinson Sword"
wrote:

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You can buy an ethernet to USB convertor (i.e. a little box that
pretends to be a computer and shares a USB printer etc on the
network). I've used several and they're almost as easy as a proper
network printer.

Yes, I've been using stand-alone 'print servers' [1] (and fitting
JetDirect cards in HPLJ's etc) since the days of thin Ethernet but
haven't used one of late or ever used a UTP USB one (that I can
remember, just to parallel).

I'm also never sure if they fully support all printers ('if it's not
on the list it may not work' etc) so if I bought something like the
TP-LINK TL-PS110U at ~£23 I'd be less sure of success than if I bought
the genuine Dymo Print Server at around 90 quid!

That's why I think I'd be inclined to give TP-Link CS a call and see
what they think the chances are and if less than positive, try the RPi
solution.

Cheers, T i m

[1] What were the printing options on a Netware server? You could have
it as a direct print server itself (printer plugged into the server
directly) or redirect the queue out to a remote networked printer
(possibly hanging off a workstation or hardware print server).
'RPrinter' was it?

The standalone print-servers I used just worked, on anything. Parallel
and USB. As long as you had the driver for the printer on the computer,
it passed everything through.

HP direct type stuff is a straight port thing. Cant remember which
port(s) tho.

ISTR you add a TCP/IP printing port.