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Lexmark x8350 on DUO V2
Hello, Anybody has any experience connecting a Lexmark X8350 USB printer to Duo V2? Just got my ReadyNAS and can't see my printer at all. Tried on all three USB ports, rebooted my NAS, started...
The ARM based (Duo V2/NV+ V2) NAS units do not support printers via the USB port.
With all the increasing and different add on features that have been added to printers over the years they had increasing problems trying to keep up with supporting all the features and I think finally gave up on the x-86 and did not include that feature on the new ARM based units. Even on units that will work with the sparc and x-86 units most AIOs only work as straight printers.
You have basically two options 1) connect it to a PC and let the PC host the printer over the network or 2) purchase a network print server (they are getting hard to find though for the same reason the NAS units were having problems). Lexmark offers the N4000e for ethernet 10/100Base T but wants $130 for it. They show two other print server (even more expensive) that are grayed out so apparently are no longer in stock.
At one time adding the ethernet port to a printer was fairly expensive, but today with the proliferation of home networks, it is very common to find either an ethernet port or a wireless connection even on the least expensive printers. Not a reason to replace a working printer until you have too, I would go with option 2, I ran a printer off my PC and shared across the network for many years and when it died, I replaced it with a printer with an ethernet port and plugged it directly into my router.
With all the increasing and different add on features that have been added to printers over the years they had increasing problems trying to keep up with supporting all the features and I think finally gave up on the x-86 and did not include that feature on the new ARM based units. Even on units that will work with the sparc and x-86 units most AIOs only work as straight printers.
You have basically two options 1) connect it to a PC and let the PC host the printer over the network or 2) purchase a network print server (they are getting hard to find though for the same reason the NAS units were having problems). Lexmark offers the N4000e for ethernet 10/100Base T but wants $130 for it. They show two other print server (even more expensive) that are grayed out so apparently are no longer in stock.
At one time adding the ethernet port to a printer was fairly expensive, but today with the proliferation of home networks, it is very common to find either an ethernet port or a wireless connection even on the least expensive printers. Not a reason to replace a working printer until you have too, I would go with option 2, I ran a printer off my PC and shared across the network for many years and when it died, I replaced it with a printer with an ethernet port and plugged it directly into my router.
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