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D-Link DP-311U Wireless 802.11b USB Print Server
- Supports all major network operating systems and protocols
- Supports both infrastructure or ad-hoc wireless modes
- Easy configuration with a web browser or Windows-based configuration program
- Transmit to high-speed laser printers faster than a PC parallel port
- Extremely portable and inexpensive compared to a PC-based print server
Avg. Customer Review: 
 Set it up once and then forget about it!
OK, first of all, the documentation for this product is really poor. If you were to follow the instructions step-by-step I'm pretty sure you would never get it working properly since they leave a lot of stuff out. However, if you are somewhat techwise (were you able to install the wireless network by yourself?) you should be able to get it running. Once you get it going though you never have to touch it again.I've got 2 laptops (one Win XP and one Win 2000) connected to a Netgear wireless network that can now print to our new Epson Stylus C84 printer. The performance is great and its a convenience to be able to place your printer anywhere you want and not have to attach it to a computer. I was able to get it to use 128 bit WEP and MAC authentication on our network. Pros:
good performance
convenience
configurable web interface Cons:
horrible documenation
Only USB 1.x support (would have liked to have seen USB 2.0 support) All in all, though, I am very pleased with this product. If you have an all wireless network with only laptops this is a great product to consider.
 Easy Setup and Great Documentation
My entire wireless network is composed of Linksys products, so naturally when I wanted to get a wirless print server I looked to Linksys. I went out and bought the linksys WPS11. It is a parallel port wireless print server. Got it up and running ok, but printing was really slow. Sometimes 1-2 minutes between pages on text documents. So then I went out and bought the PPS1UW print server. This is Linksys' USB version. Couldn't even get this thing going at all with my printer, which I thought was odd since my printer worked fine with the WPS11 and they have you install the same print server drivers. After spending about 3 days troubleshooting, I went back to the store and found the DLink DP-311U. Got it home, plugged it in and had it talking to my Linksys WRT54G wireless router with 128 Bit WEP encryption in no time. This print server processes my print jobs at the same speed as when I had the printer plugged in directly to the pc. I was also impressed with the detail of documentation as opposed to the documentation of some other linksys products I had bought. I definetly recommend this product if you are looking for a way to place your printer at a distance from your computer. Great Product.
 sucks!!!
Stay away from DLINK if you expect ease of use or have mixed operating systems (XP and MAC)!!!
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