Print server box or print server card in printer?

[Chris Wilkins]

I'm after a print for a network and what are the pros and cons in
getting an external print server such as one from D-Link or buying a
printer with a NIC card internally?

Are the performance,setting issue that make one method better than the
other?

Cost:-A internal card for a printer is about £150 extra (Kyocera Mita
fs-1010 for example). A D-link DP-300U is about £90.

Cheers...
Chris.....
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[Warren Block]

I'm after a print for a network and what are the pros and cons in
getting an external print server such as one from D-Link or buying a
printer with a NIC card internally?

Are the performance,setting issue that make one method better than the
other?

Internal print servers have the potential of going faster, although it's
doubtful many of them do.

They are far more convenient: no extra power supplies or signal cables,
no external box at all.