What is a net work printer? How does it differ from other printers?

Question

What does it costs if it come's under a brand name of hewlett & Paccard

Answer 1

The difference between a regular printer and a network printer is a network printer comes with its network interface (print server).

Some people confuse a "shared printer" with a "network printer". A shared printer is a local printer that is also "shared" with the rest of the people on the network. The problem is... If that PC the printer is connected to goes down, gets turned off... then that printer is no longer available.

A network printer can be born as a network printer (HP certainly makes many models, most with N suffix to denote the "network" status), or it can be a regular printer with enhancements afterward. Many HP Laserjets have what is known as a JetDirect slot. If so, buy a JetDirect card, plug it into the printer by opening the back, tighten the screws, and voila, your Laserjet is now a network Laserjet (obviously, you'll need a network and do some setup!)

For those who don't have a JetDirect slot or don't have HP printers, they do sell small network boxes (smaller than routers, usually, about size of a pack of cigarettes) known as network print servers, that knows to take up an address on the network, wait for traffic addressed to it, interpret it as printer stuff, and feed it to the printer. Many even have printer buffer built-in and accepts all sorts of network protocols, as well as a bunch of management features like separator pages, extra blank page before and after, separate bins for separate depts, and so on and so forth. However, the setup and extra features are dependent on the setup and management software.

So to summarize, a network printer is a printer that can participate on a network without being attached to a computer. In general, expect a network printer to cost $75 to $150 more than an equivalent non-network model. Usually you need a "workgroup" laser if you have a network, capable of printing 12-20 ppm, perhaps faster. I'd say $250-$400 would be a good price range depending on what you are looking for in the printer and your planned printing capacity.

Answer 2

A printer available for use by workstations on a network. A network printer either has its own built-in network interface card, or it's connected to a device such as a jet direct box. The main difference is that it's not connected to a pc with a usb/parallel cable. As far as cost, they vary with the options you get with them anyware from a couple hundred bucks to thousands.

Answer 3

I think what you are asking here is what makes a regular printer and what makes a network printer...
Regular: Sits next to your computer and you print on it...directly hooked to the back of your tower..
Network: A printer that's down the hall from your office that everyone in the office complex uses to print out their papers.
Understand now?

Answer 4

A network printer is a printer that is connected to a wired or wireless network group and can be simultanously print from users in the global group of the network.

Answer 5

Normally a printer is attached by a cable to one computer and only that computer can print to it. A network printer is simply any normal computer that has been set up to allow other computers to print to it.

This is done by going into the settings on the computer the printer is attached to and turning on the "Printer Sharing" option. Once turned on, any other computer that is networked with the original computer is able to print to that printer. That is why it is called a "network" printer - anyone on the network can use it.

As any printer can be set up as a "network" printer, you do not have to buy anything special to do network printing.

Answer 6

A network printer is nothing more than a regular printer that has the capability to be connected to a wired or wireless network.

Your best bet would be to search on http://www.newegg.com for printers that can be networked.

Answer 7

any printer can be a network printer if the printer is on the network ....