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Can I put a USB printer in the USB port of my router and get network printing? I don't want to use WiFi printing nor want to keep one PC on the network on at al
by 2Gkashmiri 3y ago
Can I put a USB printer in the USB port of my router and get network printing? I don't want to use WiFi printing nor want to keep one PC on the network on at all times which HAS to print one page before others on network can print using it.
This Is windows network BTW
- bilekas 3y agoWouldn't this come down to the printer manufacturers? They would need an internal NAT driver via USB.. windows could then pick it up as a networked printer. But windows won't go try detect your printer plugged into the router.. If I understood your question correctly.
- 2Gkashmiri 3y agoYeah
- mike_d 3y agoIt would depend entirely on the software running on your router.
- theblazehen 3y agoWould most likely just be CUPS?
- TMWNN 3y ago> Can I put a USB printer in the USB port of my router and get network printing? Probably, if the router's firmware supports the feature. Usually you'll be able to use AppSocket/JetDirect <https://www.cups.org/doc/network.html https://www.cups.org/doc/network.html>, so the printer's address would be `socket://router/`. Printing through the router is not guaranteed to work, though. I have one 4x6 USB label printer that does not work correctly this way with my Asus router, while other USB printers do. That same printer does print correctly when using a Raspberry Pi running CUPS.