UPDATE: well, this only worked once. The next time I rebooted, Vista couldn't find the printer again... What a drag. Looks like I won't be using the PSUS4 any longer...
Well, I had purchased a small Linksys printer server (the PSUS4 ver 1.1) awhile ago and it had worked on my old XP Home PC - although it actually didn't support the all-in-one Epson CX6000 completely. Nonetheless, installation had been painless and XP had readily recognized the network printer.
However, I recently bought a new PC that has Vista Home Premium installed on it. Now the fun begins. I plugged my old HP Deskjet 842C into the PC and Vista installed the drivers right away. Then I installed the print server and plugged the printer into it. I installed the Linksys software that came with the device and the setup utility could see both the device and printer. I gave the print server a static IP address rather than going with the default DHCP setting. However, Vista did not automatically detect a new network printer.
It's always a good plan to reboot a Windows PC when you mess with networking - so that's what I did next. After a reboot, Vista still couldn't "see" the networked printer. So, I did what everyone should do at this point... Search Google.
Here's a solution that worked for me.
1. Open the Control Panel in Vista. Under "Hardware and Sound", click on Printer.
2. Click on "Add a Printer."
3. Click on "Add a Local Printer".
4. Under "Use an existing port:", click on an entry that looks like this: "\\Lk38ce86\p1 (Client Side Rendering Provider)"
5. Click Next and choose your printer manufacturer and model - mine was HP DeskJet 840C/841C/842C/843C.
6. Click Next and Use the driver that's already installed - Remember, I directly attached the printer and installed drivers already.
7. Print the test page to convince yourself it's working and then click Close.
Good luck!
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