USB Print Servers work well, however, there is one major drawback. They are 
not bi-directional. This means that you will not be able to use any 
advanced printer driver features. You will have basic printing support. 
That is probably OK with a Laser, but with a Inkjet, and photo printing, it 
may be an issue. Disable bi-directional support on the printer you wish to 
use, that is currently connected to a PC, reboot, and you will get an idea 
of what it is like.

I have a Netgear USB print server that I use for my Laser, but I use an old 
Dell CP233MMX Latitude laptop running Windows 2000, as my Injet print 
server, my FTP server, and I store some stuff on it's updated 20GB drive. I 
have the battery removed, and run it off AC 24/7 with hard drive power 
down, and display power down enabled. It works great. The only reason I 
don't plug the laser into it is that I like to split up resources, so that 
if one thing goes down, everything doesn't go down.

Rode
The NOSPIN Group
http://www.freepctech.com/rode/

>>I am considering getting a USB print server for my daughter to use. She has
>>an HP 1020 LaserJet printer. Some reviews I have seen for products by
>>Hawkings and others indicate that sometimes they work well, and for others
>>they don't work reliably. Are there any recommendations from the list with
>>experiences to share? It would be good to have one that uses DHCP, if such
>>are available. Of course, cost is also a consideration.
>>Thank you.
>>Peter

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