Hello.

My workplace is getting a network attached storage. I've
read over the specs, so I'm starting to become familiar
with the basic file transfer and adding passwords and so
on.

My question is this: we also own a network printer, which
is currently plugged into an old desktop. I can find it
through Bonjour (on my mac), but from Windows we have
to go through a workgroup. The computer crashes a lot,
and also many people use it for all sorts of things, so we'd
like a better solution.

Is there a possible way to run the network printer off the
new NAS that we will be getting? Is that a kind of thing
we can do? We are considering an Intel SS4000-E or a
LaCie 2big Network.

As you can probably tell, I'm pretty ignorant about
anything to do with it, so any help in general will be
appreciated!
Thanks in advance for any help!

My suggestion is, buy a print server for the printer that's network capable. Basically, it's a little box with a parallel or USB connection for the printer and a network jack to plug the unit into the network. You attach it to the network, configure it with IP information so it's accessible on the network, attach the printer and make it available to all clients.

I love nas's. Use IP address instead of names.

As above not good in place of a print server but often you see ltp access for routers and such. A print server or even your old computer may still be the best choice.

Most nas's also support a http file access, ftp, and unix access such as nfs.

I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you peanut.