Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Deal of the Day #4 - 8/5/09

Hello All,

Newegg is selling a Samsung Laser Printer for $44.00, with free shipping.

Use code EMCLWLR32 (Exp. 8/10).

Find this deal here.

By itself this is a great deal on a decent printer. If you really want to increase your awesomeness and the usefulness of the printer, you need to add this too it. A network print server. This allows you to hook the printer into your network and print to it from any computer at anytime. This is great for laptops, which we use almost exclusively at our house, then you do not have to move files around, or hook up the printer to the laptop, or anything. It is really great.

I personally use this print server, and it works well for me. It is easy to set-up and works all of the time. It is a bit old now though, so I am sure something better has come along. If I were buying today I would get this one, as it has parallel and usb, and you can hook up a couple of printers to it, ie the laser and a color, or whatever.

The two last things about using a printer server are you can move the printer virtually anywhere you want - in other words you can hide it - the wife loves this. Lastly, you do not need to leave a computer on all of the time for printer sharing. You will save the cost of the print server in a few months worth of use, compared to the costs for keeping a computer on and running 24/7.

Later,

John



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