Joseph L. Casale wrote: > My home network doesn't have any wireless access points (to slow) and > I was iSCSI booting my wkst for a while:) Now I need to setup a printer > so I was going to get an HP Photosmart C4580. > > The HPLIP page shows no network support:( I _was_ going to use a USB > wireless nic I have and setup an ad-hoc to print to this thing. > > Anyone know anything that might make this work? > get an ethernet printer, sheesh. I have a Brother MFC7345N (Costco version of the 7340 with an ethernet interface) on my home LAN, is a B&W Laser, color scanner, copier, fax, both flatbed and sheet feed scanning/faxing/copying. does copy and fax without any host software involvement (too many cheap all-in-ones rely on a software utilities to do the copy/fax functionality). has 100baseT ethernet. Supports LPR/LPD protocols so Linux should be able to print to it just fine. Says the scanner supports Linux SANE protocol (I know nothing about this, never tried that part). We originally bought this $200 printer strictly to use as a fax machine, and after setting it up and playing with it, shut off our HP LJ1300 printer and use it for all our home printing. I would not use a inkjet as a primary home printer, the supplies are too costly, and if they are used sporadically, you waste 2/3rds of the ink unclogging them. also inkjets require extra smooth extra heavy paper or they look like crap, while a laser can print on any old cheap copier paper. I have a techwriter wife and two school kids, so we do a LOT of printing at my place.