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More info?)
Thanks,
This is probably the best suggestion - especially when you look at the cost
of the dedicated Epson print servers.
Regards,
Stewart
"Rus" <rus@me.net> wrote in message news:7146d.121432$MQ5.42844@attbi_s52...
> As far as I know, there is no "generic" print server that will manage the
propietary code of all the "bi-directional" features. Unfortunately, you've
got to get an Epson server for an Epson printer. As you say, it may take
more than one server to cover all of your Epson models. Some of the Epson
servers are USB enabled.
>
> I ran into this trouble a little over a year ago when I bought a router
that contained a "built-in" print server. Yes, it would print through the
HP 6122 that I had at the time. However, at the workstation, I was not
alerted when the printer was done with a job, when the printer was out of
paper, when the printer was jammed, when the printer was out of ink, etc.
>
> There is a sort of alternative I can think of, however, that might be
cheaper than buying a bunch of dedicated print servers. Most of the newer
Epson driver sets are "network capable" through the "Status Monitor 2" or
"Status Monitor 3." (And ... I think I've noticed on my computer that when
I installed a newer Epson driver that utilized Status Monitor 3, that same
Status Monitor 3 now functions for my older drivers that used Status Monitor
2.)
>
> You'd simply attach the printers to a cheap computer. The "cheap"
computer could be an old P3 with barebones components. With the drivers
installed on that computer and the printers attached to that computer, the
computer could function as a "server" to all of the client computers on your
network.
>
> You could even install "WinVNC" to the server computer and all of the
client computers so that you could run the server computer from each of the
clients. Once up and running, you wouldn't even need a display monitor on
the server computer. Even a novice can master "WinVNC." It would be much
easier than installing a Linux or Windows server OS to the server computer,
I think.
>
> Maybe my posting will spark some other suggestions. I think I could put
together a P3-733 MHz computer for about $150 or less. Bet you could, too.
>
> //rus//
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> "Stewart" <svanetempest_NOSPAM@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:civ7eb$874$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to find which low cost print server adapters will work with
> > Epson printers in bi-directional mode. It looks like many of them cannot
> > pass back the info as regards cartridge capacity left etc - these are
all
> > greyed out in the epson monitor. Printing is OK though.
> >
> > Anyone have any experience with D-Link etc as to whether any of them
> > actually work? Specific Epson models are 1270, 950 and the new R300.
> >
> > Thanks for any replies.
> >
> > Stewart
> >
> >
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