Wireless Printing Via USB?

[TheDan666]

This may sound like a dumb question but here goes. Is is possible to make have a networked printer connected to a wireless network via a USB wireless adapater? Or do I have to go down the whole print server road?

I'm going to be getting a Netgear wireless AP with a 4 port hub for making a wireless network for 2 laptops. The laptops will be connected with normal PCMCIA cards. Now I know I could just plug a printer into one of the hub ports through a regular ethernet connection and use it that way. The problem is that where the access point is we might not have a lot of space to put a printer and/or it may look crappy sitting on our entertainment center in the living room.

So I was wondering I could get a printer with a USB interface and plug in a USB network connector into the printer and put the printer anywhere I wanted in my condo. It seems like this should work, right? Also, if this is possible will the USB wireless interface also have a MAC address I can use for MAC filtering with my router? If so, how could I discover the MAC address of the device if it was connected to the printer?

I was checking out printers, and this one for example comes with a USB 2.0 interface:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00008IOQH/qid=1066754421/br=1-3/ref=br_lf_e_3//002-5410365-5460003?v=glance&s=electronics&n=172646

Thanks,
The Dan

[JackMDS]

USB to Ethernet Adaptor needs a Computer on the USB side. You can not plug an adaptor into a USB Client (like printer) and make it Ethernet.

However this product meant for you.

D- Link DP-311U is a wireless print server with one USB port. (http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=38)

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[TheDan666]

Thanks so much! That is exactly what I was looking for. I was seeing wireless bridges and USB print servers but they were all separate products. This thing is the whole deal all in one.

Thanks again for the great tip,
The Dan