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| Thread ID: 95039 | 2008-11-22 03:36:00 | Share Your Printer With Your Lappie!! | Burnzee (6950) | Press F1 |
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| 721922 | 2008-11-22 03:36:00 | Hi Ever wanted to share your desktop connected printer with your laptop? Sure you can network them but this involves extra expense and many hassles. Good luck if you can get them to play nicely. Even then the Laptop is still tied down. And sure, you can e-mail the document to the receiver and have them print it out, provided of course, security is not a problem and they have the same application, (not to mention - the version), you have. Yes, you can fax the document if quality is not an issue and there is a fax machine both ends. Here's a better solution - PRINTERSHARE (www.printeranywhere.com). There is a version for Windows, Linux or Macs too. Basically how it works is, you install the free download on both computers. One is the Owner, who has the printer and the other person is the User. The User prints the document from within the normal application but selects Printershare virtual printer. This encrypts the document and sends it to the PrinterShare server which in turn relays it to the Owner's printer. No hassles with security, viruses, spyware or crapware. Does the business. Remember, the Owner and the User can be in the same room or thousands of miles away. There are a couple of minor problems however. The freeware version prints a cover sheet with PRINTERSHARE Logo on it but this is not a biggie just throw this page away. It does not interfere with your document. Second problem is due to New Zealand's slow broadband speed, it can take a few minutes for your document to be printed. That aside, PRINTERSHARE is an excellent idea and has proved its worth many times already. Give it a go, wot yah got to lose? BURNZEE |
Burnzee (6950) | ||
| 721923 | 2008-11-22 03:43:00 | Great find mate, good for end users will recommend to friends:D | Blam (54) | ||
| 721924 | 2008-11-22 04:04:00 | I just have a Linksys PSUS4 switch with print server so don't have both comps on to print | gary67 (56) | ||
| 721925 | 2008-11-22 04:17:00 | My router has an inbuillt one. Works ok | Blam (54) | ||
| 721926 | 2008-11-22 04:28:00 | I find it rather funny that they say there is a Linux version, and then release something only Ubuntu/Debian users can use. A Linux version to me would actually be one that supports all Linux distros (all they had to do was release the src) Its probably an idiot-proof version of samba anyway with some nice little gui added |
Myth (110) | ||
| 721927 | 2008-11-22 05:54:00 | My wife can print from her laptop in the lounge via the wireless connection through the D-Link DSL-G604T router on my desk to either of my printers :) - all without a coversheet and Logo :D So what is the big deal with Printershare? |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 721928 | 2008-11-22 05:58:00 | Its works anywhere, i.e I can print to my home printer from America, or China, or Antarctica. Its idiot-proof GUI is for end users that can't configure anything. Except their microwave |
Blam (54) | ||
| 721929 | 2008-11-22 07:04:00 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My wife can print from her laptop in the lounge via the wireless connection through the D-Link DSL-G604T router on my desk to either of my printers - all without a coversheet and Logo So what is the big deal with Printershare? Today 05:28 PM Its works anywhere, i.e I can print to my home printer from America, or China, or Antarctica. Its idiot-proof GUI is for end users that can't configure anything. Except their microwave Today 06:54 PM Remember with PRINTERSHARE you are not just tied to one printer. You can print to your Company's, Mate's, Mum's etc printer. Imagine you are somewhere in the world where there is internet connection and you require some documents in printed form, (say a contract), that needs to be signed by your Boss. Or your Mum wants a printed photo of you and your kids on the Great Wall of China. Not a problem with PRINTERSHARE. Ok, not scenario's most people would have but the big plus is the cost - FREE. Last time I checked, printer switches and wireless routers were a bit more expensive than that. Even after the expense you still don't have the all of the advantages of PRINTERSHARE. BURNZEE |
Burnzee (6950) | ||
| 721930 | 2008-11-22 08:03:00 | Sounds cool :) | Zippity (58) | ||
| 721931 | 2008-11-23 05:13:00 | Hey Burnzee - your post is sounding a bit like advertising :lol: :p But just tried it out, and yep it works good . It will actually come in handy for my wifes work - she works for a Real Estate company - one of the Big ones, and this will be handy for several agents that want to print to her work printer or vise versa, from anywhere in the country . Her work tried to set up remote printing Via their server - but when the IT guy tried to teach some of them how to log into a server and print -- :eek: :groan: Ain't gonna happen . |
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