Dymo vs. other print servers
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@notverypunny said in Dymo vs. other print servers:
So just to throw another option into the mix:
https://www.virtualhere.com/Basically a usb over IP... one of the guys at work was playing around with it, seemed to work OK, should be sufficient for label printing and would eliminate the concerns surrounding 3rd party print servers and driver updates.
In theory they are good. But in practice i've never got something like this to work 100%
I've only never tried using one of these https://www.startech.com/uk/Networking-IO/Print/usb-print-server~PM1115U2Printer kept going offline for no reason.
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@hobbit666 said in Dymo vs. other print servers:
@notverypunny said in Dymo vs. other print servers:
So just to throw another option into the mix:
https://www.virtualhere.com/Basically a usb over IP... one of the guys at work was playing around with it, seemed to work OK, should be sufficient for label printing and would eliminate the concerns surrounding 3rd party print servers and driver updates.
In theory they are good. But in practice i've never got something like this to work 100%
I've only never tried using one of these https://www.startech.com/uk/Networking-IO/Print/usb-print-server~PM1115U2Printer kept going offline for no reason.
I have a Digi USBAnywhere 2 that I've been using for 2+ years to provide access to a USB dongle/key for software unlock with Mitel software on a VM. It's worked beautifully this entire time.
Makes me wonder if the StarTech one was just faulty?
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@scottalanmiller said in Dymo vs. other print servers:
@notverypunny said in Dymo vs. other print servers:
So just to throw another option into the mix:
https://www.virtualhere.com/Basically a usb over IP... one of the guys at work was playing around with it, seemed to work OK, should be sufficient for label printing and would eliminate the concerns surrounding 3rd party print servers and driver updates.
USB doesn't natively allow for sharing. How would that be handled in this scenario? Does it "just work"? I've not tried this in that kind of scenario so have no idea how it would react.
Honestly don't know. I would hope for there to be a virtual plug / unplug function that could be auto-magically invoked... either out of the box or via scripting / timeout
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@notverypunny said in Dymo vs. other print servers:
@scottalanmiller said in Dymo vs. other print servers:
@notverypunny said in Dymo vs. other print servers:
So just to throw another option into the mix:
https://www.virtualhere.com/Basically a usb over IP... one of the guys at work was playing around with it, seemed to work OK, should be sufficient for label printing and would eliminate the concerns surrounding 3rd party print servers and driver updates.
USB doesn't natively allow for sharing. How would that be handled in this scenario? Does it "just work"? I've not tried this in that kind of scenario so have no idea how it would react.
Honestly don't know. I would hope for there to be a virtual plug / unplug function that could be auto-magically invoked... either out of the box or via scripting / timeout
I'm still using Windows Print servers - as such, my label printers have the Dymo USB to ethernet print servers on them, and those are connected to the Windows Print server. I could do direct IP printing to the Dymos, I just haven't migrated to that yet. As I get rid of Windows Servers, that will likely happen, I do need to ensure I don't run into queue issues though, those most modern machines can handle a little queuing inside themselves.
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@notverypunny said in Dymo vs. other print servers:
@scottalanmiller said in Dymo vs. other print servers:
@notverypunny said in Dymo vs. other print servers:
So just to throw another option into the mix:
https://www.virtualhere.com/Basically a usb over IP... one of the guys at work was playing around with it, seemed to work OK, should be sufficient for label printing and would eliminate the concerns surrounding 3rd party print servers and driver updates.
USB doesn't natively allow for sharing. How would that be handled in this scenario? Does it "just work"? I've not tried this in that kind of scenario so have no idea how it would react.
Honestly don't know. I would hope for there to be a virtual plug / unplug function that could be auto-magically invoked... either out of the box or via scripting / timeout
That sounds like problems abrewing. Imagine if you did this with a physical printer - constantly plugging and unplugging to every machine that thought that it was locally attached. The system would not react well and wouldn't have it there when you go to print, you'd have to tell it you wanted it plugged in first.
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@scottalanmiller said in Dymo vs. other print servers:
@notverypunny said in Dymo vs. other print servers:
@scottalanmiller said in Dymo vs. other print servers:
@notverypunny said in Dymo vs. other print servers:
So just to throw another option into the mix:
https://www.virtualhere.com/Basically a usb over IP... one of the guys at work was playing around with it, seemed to work OK, should be sufficient for label printing and would eliminate the concerns surrounding 3rd party print servers and driver updates.
USB doesn't natively allow for sharing. How would that be handled in this scenario? Does it "just work"? I've not tried this in that kind of scenario so have no idea how it would react.
Honestly don't know. I would hope for there to be a virtual plug / unplug function that could be auto-magically invoked... either out of the box or via scripting / timeout
That sounds like problems abrewing. Imagine if you did this with a physical printer - constantly plugging and unplugging to every machine that thought that it was locally attached. The system would not react well and wouldn't have it there when you go to print, you'd have to tell it you wanted it plugged in first.
Agreed - why do it that way? why not just map an IP to the print server - I'm assuming the RP would make a printer server just like Dymo print server does?
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@Dashrender said in Dymo vs. other print servers:
@scottalanmiller said in Dymo vs. other print servers:
@notverypunny said in Dymo vs. other print servers:
@scottalanmiller said in Dymo vs. other print servers:
@notverypunny said in Dymo vs. other print servers:
So just to throw another option into the mix:
https://www.virtualhere.com/Basically a usb over IP... one of the guys at work was playing around with it, seemed to work OK, should be sufficient for label printing and would eliminate the concerns surrounding 3rd party print servers and driver updates.
USB doesn't natively allow for sharing. How would that be handled in this scenario? Does it "just work"? I've not tried this in that kind of scenario so have no idea how it would react.
Honestly don't know. I would hope for there to be a virtual plug / unplug function that could be auto-magically invoked... either out of the box or via scripting / timeout
That sounds like problems abrewing. Imagine if you did this with a physical printer - constantly plugging and unplugging to every machine that thought that it was locally attached. The system would not react well and wouldn't have it there when you go to print, you'd have to tell it you wanted it plugged in first.
Agreed - why do it that way? why not just map an IP to the print server - I'm assuming the RP would make a printer server just like Dymo print server does?
In theory.
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@ccwtech said in Dymo vs. other print servers:
Is there any particular advantage or reason to use their print server over just another vendors print server?
What did you end up doing? I need to make a Dymo a networked printer and I have learned the Dymo printer server does not handle multiple subnets. I don't know why, just a common complaint.
I would like to toss any old usb printer server at it and have it work.
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@jasgot Just found a post saying they fixed it. I'm going to order one and try it.
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@jasgot said in Dymo vs. other print servers:
@ccwtech said in Dymo vs. other print servers:
Is there any particular advantage or reason to use their print server over just another vendors print server?
What did you end up doing? I need to make a Dymo a networked printer and I have learned the Dymo printer server does not handle multiple subnets. I don't know why, just a common complaint.
I would like to toss any old usb printer server at it and have it work.
I've been using Dymo print servers across subnets for 3+ years, no issues that I'm aware of.
