It's usually possible to set up a networked printer to work with Linux, which is especially useful in offices where workstations or servers use that popular operating system. You'll generally need to ...

One of the things I have learned here is to keep everything set for DHCP on my home network. This is for simplicity and reliability while eliminating the need to muck around with static ips. But I ...

Connecting a laser printer to your office network makes the printer available to employees or colleagues who use the same network, allowing them to print documents, presentations and photos from a ...

When you take into account its purchase price and all of the consumables it requires–toner or ink, paper, imaging drums, and more–you may find that a printer is one of the most expensive pieces of IT ...

An integral part of any business, regardless of its size is printing. In a business environment, where many employees need access to printers, the need for a printing network is obvious. This allows ...

Assuming a "shared" printer is attached to a PC, then the reason to go wit a network printer is that when the host PC (the one the printer is attached to) is turned off the network printer (which ...

Michael Bizzaco has been writing about and working with consumer tech for well over a decade. With a background in home theater sales, installation and repair, Michael's hands-on reviews, how-to ...

The D-Link DP-301U is a little gizmo that lets you share a USB printer on your home or office network. That means no longer leaving a PC running 24-7 just to share its printer. Rick Broida Senior ...

Most people think of a printer as a simple, dumb device because you hit print, the paper comes out, and you're done. But printers sold today, especially the all-in-one kind that scan, copy, and fax, ...

If there’s one task that’s almost guaranteed to have you pulling your hair out at some point, it’s printing. It doesn’t matter what you’re printing or where you’re printing from, some way, somehow ...

If you often work at different locations–say, the office and your home office–you don’t have to manually switch the default printer every time you go from one place to the other. Windows has a ...