Thanks to dropping prices and wide-ranging abilities, printers are consuming office space at a blinding rate. No longer is it enough to have an inkjet printer to handle all the printing duties because low-cost laser and multifunction printers are now too tempting for many users to pass up. But where to put them all and how to handle their complex configuration often leaves many questions unanswered.

D-Link has an answer to these questions in the form of its DPR-1260 RangeBooster G Multifunction Print Server. This wireless device lets you share up to four printers or multifunction devices, which means you can place your printers wherever you like and not worry about running cables to connect your computers to them. Better yet, you no longer need to run a host PC in order to print from other networked PCs.

The DPR-1260 came with impressed with the server’s ability to make our life with printers far simpler. For the initial configuration, we connected the server to local wireless router using an Ethernet cable, plugged in the external power supply, and connected our multifunction printer to one of four USB ports on the device’s rear panel. From here, we easily configured the server using D-Link’s setup wizard.

After the installation, not only could we print wirelessly, but we also used a Web-based interface to scan documents and photos directly to our computer. If you have multiple printers or a printer that’s remotely located in your home or office, the DPR-1260 provides an instant remedy for those printerrelated headaches.