HP Photosmart 1315 and USB Print Sharing

[zwheeloc]

I just bought an HP Photosmart 1315 printer and installed the software and found out that it disables the USB Print Sharing in OS 9.x. Is there a way to share this printer over USB? I know that OS X does not offer any USB Print Sharing as of yet. I have one machine that is OS 9.2 and my other machines are OS X. Is there a way to share this printer over my network?
Zeff Wheelock

[zwheeloc]

Has anyone have any suggestions on sharing the HP 1315 through USB?

[Cheryl]

First, all HP drivers disable the USB print sharing. At least the HP 1215 does on my OS 9.2

I do believe that you need to put the printer on a router or Hub that uses ethernet. Then you can share the printer.

[cschroed]

I have a HP 1215 and I'm using USB Printer sharing on 9.2.2 Mac. It works fine, although HP tells you you lose some options doing it. All you have to do is install the 1215 software on the Macs that wish to use it. It is a tad tricky setting it up, but it is worth the trouble. To share the printer through a hub or switch you will need to buy a HP Print Server ($150 and up).

[zwheeloc]

Originally posted by cschroed
I have a HP 1215 and I'm using USB Printer sharing on 9.2.2 Mac. It works fine, although HP tells you you lose some options doing it. All you have to do is install the 1215 software on the Macs that wish to use it. It is a tad tricky setting it up, but it is worth the trouble. To share the printer through a hub or switch you will need to buy a HP Print Server ($150 and up).

As I remember, probably incorrectly, I thought I remember that the USB Print Sharing disapeared. I will check again. I will wait for 10.2 for the Print Sharing again as I have only one machine with 9.2.2 and 2 machines with 10.1

Zeff Wheelock

[zwheeloc]

Sorry to revive this thread, but if I got a USB to Ethernet adapter and plugged the HP 1315 into the ethernet hub, will I be able to use that printer on all Macs?
Zeff Wheelock

[cschroed]

HP sells USB print servers now. You would plug your printer into the print server via USB and the use an ethernet cable to plug the print server into a hub or switch.

[zwheeloc]

But what about a USB --> Ethernet adapter rather than a print server? Can't I let the Mac handle the print requests? I saw a NetGear's FA101 10/100 Mbps USB Ethernet Adapter from MacConnection for around $25 dollars. Plug the adapter into the USB port and run an Ethernet cable to the ethernet hub. Would that work?