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Can I plug usb printer into router?
Name: mjz55 Date: May 18, 2007 at 09:42:40 Pacific OS: xp pro CPU/Ram: pentium 4 Product: homemade
Comment:
My router has a usb port. Can I plug in my printer so the other computers on my router can print from the printer?
Name: XpUser Date: May 18, 2007 at 09:46:58 Pacific
Reply:
No unless your printer is network-enabled & it has its own IP address.
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Response Number 2
Name: wanderer Date: May 18, 2007 at 11:03:22 Pacific
Reply:
That is a wan port on the router for usb internet modems. You can only use it for that. Get a network print server [little box] with usb printer ports and then connect it to the lan and you will be able to print to it from any station.
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Response Number 3
Name: Santa Date: May 19, 2007 at 01:43:53 Pacific
Reply:
Actually some routers were sold with a standard usb port and these were configured for hard/flash drives:
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