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D-Link DPR-1260 RangeBooster G Multifunction Print Server | List Price: $119.99
Discount Price: $59.99
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Brand: D-Link
Binding: Electronics
Features: - Wirelessly Share up to 4 Printers or Multifunction Printers on your Network
- Print & Scan* When You Need to without Booting up a Host PC
- Ideal for Small Offices, Home Offices, Schools, and Other Businesses
What can I say, it works. [Posted on 2008-07-28]
I needed a wireless print server that I could print to from Windows XP Pro, Windows Vista Ulitimate x64 and Linux. I went through a couple of others before I got to this one. This one does everything I need it to do.
Great Product [Posted on 2008-07-31]
This is an awesome product for the price! It is easy to install & just as easy to use. I highly recommend this product - I love it!
Couldn't Get It to Go [Posted on 2008-08-02]
I got this print server because I had read on the Internet it would work with my Samsung printer. I did never find out, because on my two Windows computers (one XP and the other Vista) I was unable to complete the very first stage of the installation, namely connecting to the print server's configuration page. I sent an e-mail to D-Link's support, but did not get an answer within four days.
Thus, the print server was either incompatible with my Windows installations, or the instructions given were so bad that even I, an experienced computer user, could not figure them out (I tried a number of hours). Disappointed, I will have to bring this device back to the store.
Couldn't install this device [Posted on 2008-08-13]
Following instructions found around the web, the first thing I did was to update the firmware. For some reason this fried the device and I had to take it back to the store. The firmware did install correctly on the second device and I could access the device's set up screen, but when I tried to print to either of my two printers nothing happened. I tried this on my Vista and XP boxes. My brother is a professional IT person and after spending hours trying to get this thing to work we gave up. Actually I kept the device in hopes of getting it to work and experiencing the sheer joy of winning a sibling rivalry but having spent more time trying to get it to work the outcome isn't looking so good. There is a new firmware upgrade on DLink but the download link doesn't work. I wrote to tech support to tell them the link was broken and they wrote back that I should contact tech support. Probably best to avoid this product and this company.
Works fine with my two printers [Posted on 2008-08-19]
Had to buy a new printer and my existing Belkin print server didn't work with the new printer (HP). I bought the DLink DPR-1260 to replace the Belkin. I have two printers, the new HP D5460 color inkjet and a Brother HL-2040 laser. Connected them both to the print server, connected the print server to the router and did the print server install.
Installation was a little tricky because you might need to enable UPnP but the instructions on how to do this are clear and accurate (for WinXP). After that, the print server was visible to Windows and you use a browser to configure the print server. This was also clearly and accurately described in the quick setup guide. Both printers worked fine after the install.
The print server configuration must be run on each computer that will print through the server. This was really simple. There are no ports to configure, nor TCP/IP settings to mess with. It's pretty much a click-through operation. I was impressed with the clarity and simplicity, given the relatively complex function print servers perform.
My computers access the print server through the wireless router so I didn't use the wireless radio built into the server; I can't comment on the range or quality of the wireless aspect of this product. I also connected two printers (neither is a multifunction device) so I can't comment on the DPR-1260's multifunction support.
All in all, I'm very satisfied. I've been installing more and more D-Link gear for friends and family and moving away from Linksys. I continue to be impressed with the overall quality of D-Link products and their documentation.
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