There’s no need to connect your printer to a PC, you can connect it directly to your wireless network using a USB wireless print server, made by Linksys, D-link, and other companies. Plug one of these paperback - sized units into your printer’s USB port, configure it using a web browser, and you’ll be able to print to it even when your PCs are turned off. At press time prices were at just over $100, but expect them to drop.
If your printer lacks a USB port, you’re not out of luck. Some models, such as Linksys Wireless-G PrintServer for USB (WPS54GU2) and D-Link DP G321 Multi-Port Print Server include a parallel port connection so that any printer, not just those with USB ports, can connect to a wireless network.
Cast off your USB and parallel printer cables and go completely wireless with the D-Link wireless print server, just plug it into a printer, and everyone on your network can start printing wirelessly.
