 - Product Type - PrintServer
- Connect your printer directly to the network, with no need to dedicate a PC to print server chores
- Also expands your network with a built-in 4-port 10/100 Ethernet switch
- Remotely administered through your web browser or the included utility
List Price: $82.87
Lowest Price: Too low to display 
Product Description: Share your USB printer and expand your network with one compact box!The Linksys PrintServer for USB with 4-Port Switch is a double upgrade for your network. First, it lets you connect a USB printer directly to your network, eliminating the need to dedicate a PC to print serving chores. Using a PrintServer frees up your "print share PC" so you don't have to leave it on all the time. It also removes the printing bottleneck, and sets your PC free to do more useful work.In addition, the PrintServer includes a 4-port 10/100 switch, so you can easily add more devices to your network. All four ports are auto speed negotiating, and have automatic MDI/MDI-X crossover detection, so you don't have to worry about the cable type. Each port independently negotiates the best speed and half- or full-duplex mode, for up to 200Mbps of bandwidth per port. Fast store-and-forward switching prevents damaged packets from being passed on into the network.A user-friendly Setup Wizard makes installation easy, the compact case fits anywhere, and the one megabyte print buffer size handles even large graphics-intensive print jobs. Let the Linksys PrintServer for USB with 4-Port Switch bring efficiency to your printing tasks and expand your network, in one cost-effective device. Customer Reviews: Rating: 
Date: 2008-05-15
Works well and great pricing
I had previously bought a Lynksys Wireless-G Printserver before buying this unit.
I am a regular computer user and typically most software downloads would post no problem. However, I couldn't install the Wireless-G. The IT guy at work called up tech support at Lynksys and was told that the software for Wireless-G is buggy.
Not for this one. This is a breeze in setting up.
Maybe this one is not as convenient as the wireless version but it serves me well and I am happy with it. Rating:
Date: 2008-04-24
Works Easy setup
The first step was to update the print driver on all computers in the network, since I had an older HP printer. Followed the instructions to connect the print server to the wireless (Linksys)router and it work great with the netscape and linksys router addapters. Each computer located and connected to the printer. The family loves having access to the printer from their computers, now to solve the out of paper issue. Rating:
Date: 2008-04-14
Good to go right out of the Box
Had a remote location with two machines with a shared printer. Worked just as expected right out of the box. Rating: 
Date: 2008-03-09
Don't Waste Your Money
I regret buying this product. The print server is remarkably unstable. It works for a while, but if you ever turn your printer off, it can take hours to fiddle with the print server to get it working again.
Technical support is weak at best and the documentation, both what is given to you in the box and what is available on the linksys site, is very poor.
I would recommend that instead of buying this unreliable device, tat you consider a network printer instead.
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Date: 2008-03-01
It works as advertised
After reading the reviews about problems with the print server setup, I was slightly skeptical about this product, but I thought I'd take a chance because of the brand and the price for what you get (4 port switch plus a wired print server in one box).
First of all, the device is smaller than I expected; about a third the size of my 4-port Netgear router. The ethernet switch piece worked almost immediately after plugging the unit in. In fact, I just plugged the PSUS4 into my router, which I left up and running, and plugged in one of my running PCs which was already communicating with the router. In about a minute, the router and PC started communicating through the Linksys PSUS4. Didn't even need to reboot anything and I could connect to the Internet.
One thing to note is that if you plug one port of this device into your router, that only leaves you three additional ethernet ports for other PCs, etc. plus the one USB port for the printer. This is slightly different than the 4 devices you can connect together with a typical 4-port router that also has a 5th port to connect to your modem gateway.
Next, I set up the print server part, setting up a Canon i860 inkjet. I followed the instructions exactly: make sure you install or have installed the PRINTER driver (that came with your printer) on the PC _FIRST_, then install the PRINT SERVER driver contained on the shipped CD and follow the instructions. The print server driver setup creates a new port (pointing to the print server) for your installed printer driver to use so that when you select the printer, the PC redirects the print stream to the print server rather than to a local USB port (parallel ports are not supported with this product).
Printing to the print server is seamless to the PC user--you just select the printer from the printer list like you normally would any other printer. In my case, I already had the printer driver installed on the pc, so the print server driver install just modified the printer driver configuration on the PC with the new port. The printer appeared and worked like it always did. Worked like a charm.
I hope this inspires confidence in those who are on the fence about being able to successfully set this product up.
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