Any luck with network attached printers?

[linuxguy at ici.net (linuxguy at ici.net)]

linuxguy at ici.net wrote:
>
> I'd like to know if anyone has had any luck with the cheap network
> attached spoolers (aka the small network attached black box with a
> parallel port).
> 

Just to follow up...  I purchased a Linksys EFSP42 (CompUSA $149, Buy.com $129)
which is a 4 port 100MB switch with 2 parallel ports.  It took me roughly
15 minutes to setup, and I was successfully printing from Linux with the
stock lpd service.

And, based on the advise of this congregation, I've also purchased a 
Espon Stylus 880 printer and attached it to my EFSP42.  It's printing
color like a champ (low-res).  I'll experiment with the gimp-print
module sometime during the Christmas holidays.

Thanks to everyone for their advise...

+++ christoph


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