[Ken_F2]

I just put together a network with a Linksys WRT55AG wireless router, plus the appropriate cards for my PCs, and an Airport Extreme PCI card for my Mac.

I would like to use a separate wireless print server, but I need one that will work with both Macs and PCs. So what wireless printer server can I buy that will work to share a HP Deskjet and/or Canon i950 over 802.11b/g?

[Ken_F2]

Ok, the HP JetDirect 380x apparently supports wireless printer sharing with a Mac, as it supports Appletalk. Unfortunately, it costs well over $200.

Anyone know of another wireless printer sharing device that supports Appletalk?

[wallinbl]

A low tech solution is to connect the printer to one of the computers and share it in the OS.

[aaanorton]

Glad you asked this question... It finally got me motivated to set up my D-Link DP-313. I had hoped that this unit would allow wireless printing to both my HP LaserJet 6MP and my Brother MFC 9700. Unfortunately, the Brother is not compatable. This has nothing to do with the DP-313. Brother MFC printers (at least this one) require a USB or ethernet connection to THEIR optional NIC ($200+) when printing from a Mac. No other fancy stuff allowed.
Anyway, this disappointed me greatly, so I left the thing to collect dust. I can now tell you, though, that it does work admirably with my 6MP. Very fast. Maybe I'm imagining it, but it seems to print faster now than when connected via ethernet to an AsanteTalk. It takes some fiddling and D-Link's tech support didn't help much (I actually figured it out myself on hold waiting for a level 2 tech there). But once set up, it seems great. It has 3 parallel ports and handles AppleTalk with no problem. In Print Center, under AppleTalk, you see all three ports and you just select the one you want to add. Very cool. The only difficult thing is configuring it. They have a PC app for this, but it is also browser configurable, though D-Link may tell you otherwise. You have to set your computer and LAN to its subnet which is 192.168.0.x and connect to its IP (192.168.0.1). You also have to disable any WEP and MAC address filtering you have and go to channel 6 with an SSID of "default". Whew... once you log on to it you can change all of that so that you can go back to your preferred subnet and stuff. I've got all my security back on now, but I'd advise you to re-add that stuff one item at a time. There are also 2 DIP switches on the back. One is for selecting connection to a single computer or a LAN. The other selects the default SSID or one you manually input. That got me for a while. You have to change it from the default position to to manual position after you put the custom SSID in the config page.
The best thin about this is I got it off eBay for like 60 bucks. Really a steal for what you get, especially if you can/need to hook 2 or 3 printers up to it.

[aaanorton]

A follow-up...
The DP-313 is definitely faster than my AsanteTalk (which I've used, loved and reccomended for years). Word documents are printing almost immediately now, and you really gotta be quick if you want to see the print job in Print Center. A 200 KB full color JPEG from Preview printed in less than 1/2 the time (20 secs vs. 45 secs). Needless to say, I'm very pleased with this unit.