Customer Reviews for StarTech.com® PM1115U2 Black Ethernet to USB 2.0 Network LPR Print Server for Mac/PC
Item # : IM11Z9888
Model # : PM1115U2
Black Ethernet to USB 2.0 network LPR print server makes it easy to share a USB printer with users on your network.
- Network LPR print server is ideal solution for home or small office networks
- Dimensions: 1"H x 2"W x 2.2"D
Price is $70.37
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17 reviews
Most helpful positive review
Posted Nov 20, 2024
Need to network old USB label printers? Get this!
Bought two of these from Amazon. I've been a techie for years and knew how to find the IP and connect to the GUI, but some of the steps for creating a print queue on the PC was new to me. I would normally USB printers on CUPS, but these two label printers would not cooperate. I followed the provided instructions for a pc running Windows 10. I'm on Windows 11, some of ou...
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Posted May 17, 2024
NO, does not work with Windows 10
Printer ONLY prints gibberish ALL of the time - even after printy driver was reinstalled 6 times! BS
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Posted Nov 20, 2024
Need to network old USB label printers? Get this!
Bought two of these from Amazon. I've been a techie for years and knew how to find the IP and connect to the GUI, but some of the steps for creating a print queue on the PC was new to me. I would normally USB printers on CUPS, but these two label printers would not cooperate. I followed the provided instructions for a pc running Windows 10. I'm on Windows 11, some of ou...
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Eddd
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Posted Oct 10, 2024
OK for a while...
Installation was quick and easy (with the "wizard"). Unfortunately, the device is no longer functional since the release of Windows 24H2. The PC reports the printer is present, but print jobs appear to get lost in the queue. Old tech is old tech...
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Thank you for taking the time to leave a review for our PM1115U2. We are sorry to hear that you experienced difficulty with our print server as this is not expected behavior for our PM1115U2. Our Technical Advisors will be reaching out to you shortly.
Lukas, October 14, 2024
AngryMan
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Posted May 17, 2024
NO, does not work with Windows 10
Printer ONLY prints gibberish ALL of the time - even after printy driver was reinstalled 6 times! BS
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Thank you for taking the time to leave a review for our PM1115U2. We are sorry to hear that you experienced difficulty with PM1115U2 as this is not expected behavior for our print server. Our Technical Advisors will be reaching out to you shortly.
, May 22, 2024
hart276
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Posted Feb 4, 2023
It works, but...
I had to tinker with this a little bit to get it to work because I am using Windows 10 and I believe the drivers on the cd included are for earlier versions of Windows. This caused me to have to go to this website to download the print server software. My complaint with this product is that the router I use does not acknowledge that it loaned out the dhcp address that...
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Posted Feb 24, 2022
Network LPR Print Server
I bought it and am using it to share a label printer at a company.
The settings are a bit loose, but I've been using it for 5 months without any problems, I like it.
The settings are a bit loose, but I've been using it for 5 months without any problems, I like it.
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Markf
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Posted Jan 16, 2022
Works fine
Set up a small number of users to an old Brother printer on this and had no issues, Miles better than using one of the PCs as a print server.
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Mike48
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Posted Sep 29, 2021
Print Server Installation - Great Product
This is my second purchase of the Network LPR Print Server. We've been using the first on our home network for several years without any problems. When I installed the second one on the network I kept getting an error message "Error loading print server driver." After researching the StarTech.com website and several failed attempts to correct the error myself, I called ...
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Tim9
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Posted Aug 25, 2021
No Default Gateway Option
I cannot believe I'm saying this in 2021. You can only specify the IP and Subnet, the device does not support in anyway a Default Gateway. So if you are planning to use this across multiple networks or like in my case over a VPN. It will NOT work. I confirmed this was not fixed in the latest firmware either. This product should not be purchased by anyone since it d...
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StevenS
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Posted Aug 6, 2021
Finally got it to work reliably!!
After about a year of on and off tinkering I *finally* believe I've found a way to keep this unit from spontaneously disconnecting. Summary: 1. Update the firmware via the USB server program included with the firmware download. 2. Configure the print server with a static IP followed by restarting the printer server. 3. Follow the manufacturer's instructions regarding se...
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MarcoR
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Posted Jan 18, 2020
I am struggling to get this product to work. My Mac computers find the print server, however the material I sent to print do not print at all
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Response from Staples :
Hello Marco,
We understand your disappointment with our PM1115U2 and recognize that this is not the performance expected from our print server. We see that we're currently working with you to find out what's causing the issues you're experiencing and help fix them. If you have any questions in the mean-time, please do not hesitate to contact us at www.startech.com/support. Our Technical Advisors are available 24 hours a day, 5 days a week to provide assistance.
Matt, January 31, 2020
Roy D
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Posted Aug 31, 2019
Dead on Arrival
I received this product today from Amazon. The power was defective, so I don't know how it works. It would not power up.
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Response from Staples :
Hello Roy,
We're sorry to hear that the PM1115U2 you received isn't powering on. The PM1115U2 has a 2-year warranty with lifetime technical support and we want to make this right. Please contact us for a replacement at www.startech.com/support. Our Technical Advisors are available 24 hours a day, 5 days a week to provide support.
Matt, September 9, 2019
EdNo
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Posted May 1, 2018
Constantly Drops off LAN
I bought this product to enable the office to share a USB Dymo label printer. I constantly have to reboot it for it to work even though I have bind MAC-IP on the router. Please update the firmware so this stop causing us issues. Thank you
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Response from Staples :
Thank you for your feedback on PM1115U2. We're very sorry for the issues you've come across with it.
Please reach out to our Technical Advisors for troubleshooting at 1-800-265-1844 or at www.startech.com/chat and we can help provide a solution. We're available 24 hours a day, 5 days a week, to provide support.
Sam, May 7, 2018
Kristy
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Posted Mar 22, 2018
Mostly useless
I have found the same problems with the device. Stays online for anywhere from 30 seconds to 10 minutes, and then all network connections stop working. Light still flashes, but has to be rebooted. The device is supposed to make printing easy to use... Having to explain to them that "before you can print you have to restart this device every time" is really unacceptable....
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blaze
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Posted Sep 15, 2017
Not a bad product.
If you want to get this device to work without dropping add a reserved address for it in your router or print server
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Response from Staples :
Thanks for your feedback regarding monitoring on our PM1115U2. Hopefully the unit is performing reliably on your network now, but we would be happy to discuss this further if needed. Please feel free to reach out to us by chat, phone, or email using our support page: https://www.startech.com/support We have Technical Support Advisors available 24 hours, 5 days a week
Malcolm, September 15, 2017
StevenMBC
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Posted Jun 19, 2017
Same Problem as Jacky dropping off the network
Bought this and set it up, it works for a few and then drops off of the network .. cannot ping it nor can I browse the server ... tried to set it to a static address and with dhcp and the same thing happens. Only solution is to disconnect the power and reconnect it. I had the same thing happen with two different adapters. had to remove them from the network and ...
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Jacky
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Posted Apr 8, 2017
Printer server keeping disconnect
Move into new office, and the printer server keeping disconnect, can not ping it, has to power cycle the printer server, and after 5-10 minutes, it lost connection again, has to power cycle the box again
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Response from Staples :
Hi Jacky,
Thanks for letting us know about this.
You mentioned moving to a new office. It is possible that with the office change, the server is looking for the IP address it was associated with at the previous location.
Have you tried removing the printer from your system and manually setting the server up again?
We have some helpful FAQs that may be of some assistance to you. They can be found here: https://www.startech.com/Networking-IO/Print/usb-print-server~PM1115U2#dnlds
I have also sent your information to our Technical Advisors to get in touch with you via email to provide additional assistance.
Thank you.
Barry, April 10, 2017