Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Picking out a printer. Questions.

[Dale]

Manuel McLure wrote:
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> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 7:54 AM Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com
> <mailto:rdalek1967@×××××.com>> wrote:
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>     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. 
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> 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.
> --
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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

:-)  :-)