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Can someone help me understand the different options for setting up a networked printer. I know you can simply shared the printer, and then you can get some kind of print router to give the printer is own IP. What are the pros and cons, and are there any other ways to network it? What are the OS requirements for these setups?<br />
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The more information the better, I'm trying to decide between the two, and I have never done either.<br />
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Thanks!
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Can someone help me understand the different options for setting up a networked printer. I know you can simply shared the printer, and then you can get some kind of print router to give the printer is own IP. What are the pros and cons, and are there any other ways to network it? What are the OS requirements for these setups?

The more information the better, I'm trying to decide between the two, and I have never done either.

Thanks!

Network Printer: Shared vs Routed

A printer is a peripheral which makes a persistent human readable representation of graphics or text on paper or similar physical media. Traditional printers are being used more for special purposes, like printing photographs or artwork, and are no longer a must-have peripheral; 3D printing has become an area of intense interest, allowing the creation of physical objects. An image scanner is a device that optically scans images, printed text, handwriting, or an object, and converts it to a digital image. Hand-held scanners, where the device is moved by hand, have evolved from text scanning "wands" to 3D scanners used for industrial design, reverse engineering, test and measurement, orthotics, gaming and other applications.