Wired and Wireless Printer

[hutch71]

I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good laser printer for business use that could be directly connected to a non-domain pc via its NIC and could still be accessed wirelessly from the domain. I would prefer either a Brother or HP model printer. Thanks in advance.

 

[hang-the-9]

Budget and what type of use? High capacity? Duplex? Color? Pages per month usage? Need more details.

 

[hutch71]

It would be for a mid-sized business. It would be high capacity 40k+ pages per month and duplex. Color would be nice but is not critical. Budget would be $300-$700 with flexibility if needed. We would prefer Brother or Dell, and if we couldn't get one from either of them HP. The most important part is that it be compatible with a simultaneous wired and wireless connection. Thanks for your help.

 

[hang-the-9]

Dell and Brother are not nearly as good as HP for business printers. Without wireless you will have a lot more picks, why wireless AND wired? It will be on the same network either way. Having a printer connected to the network wireless does not mean that it's for wireless devices, it's just the network interface on the printer. You'll just be adding $50+ to the cost.

Color model http://www.staples.com/HP-Color-Laserjet-M451dw-Printer/product_421684 and for another $120 you can get another 250 page tray.

This is a B/W model, no wifi but heavier duty with a really large monthly print rating. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=859491&Q=&is=REG&A=details

 

[hutch71]

The idea behind having both wireless and wired is for us to have one computer hard connected to a non-domain network for personal printing and have company PCs wirelessly connected to the domain for corporate doc printing. Thanks again for taking the time to help me out.

 

[hang-the-9]

The idea behind having both wireless and wired is for us to have one computer hard connected to a non-domain network for personal printing and have company PCs wirelessly connected to the domain for corporate doc printing. Thanks again for taking the time to help me out.

You can hook up a computer to the same network and get the same IP range but not have it be part of the domain, so it's still isolated from corporate files due to security rights.

Then you can add the printer to that computer by using IP printing which is basically a local printer setup but using the IP of the printer instead of a USB cable. If you have not done that, you just go to add a printer, then select a local printer, and when it asks you for what port to use, create a new TCP/IP port and use the printer's IP address. Load the drivers and the PC prints to it, not connected to the domain. It is on the same network as the printer and the rest of the computers, but not on the domain.