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Network printing
Network printing
Posted Jan 12, 2007 14:32 UTC (Fri) by rwmj (subscriber, #5474)Parent article: Hardware that Just Works
I find it funny/strange that people are still connecting printers to computers
over USB ports. Given that (a) all these printers have processors, and (b) an
ethernet port costs well under $1 (wifi is also getting cheap), I don't
understand why all printers don't just connect to the network. In any
case I recently got a Lexmark C522N (has ethernet & USB), and this
completely "just works" ... and I don't have to have my desktop switched
on all the time to use it either.
Rich.
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Network printing
Posted Jan 12, 2007 23:40 UTC (Fri) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]
Because networked printers bring much higher margins than USB-connected ones and no manufacturer really wants this to change. It'll equalize, it'll just take a few more years.