Average customer rating: 2.0
  • Waste of time & money
  • It's true - it's junk
  • Do not buy the HPS12U!
  • Junk!
  • An Attractive Doorstop
Hawking Technology HPS12U 2 USB and 1 Parallel Port Print Server

Manufacturer: Hawking Technology
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B0001I1I0M

Related Categories:

All Hawking Technology All Hawking Technology
Related | Hawking Technology | Brands | Electronics Features | Electronics
Print Servers Print Servers
Related | Wired Networks | Networking & Online Communication | Computer Add-Ons | Refurbished & Used | Special Features | Electronics Features | Electronics
Print Servers Print Servers
Related | Wired Networks | Networking & Online Communication | Computer Add-Ons | Computers & Add-Ons | Categories | Electronics
Print Servers Print Servers
Related | Wired | Networking | Computing | Products |

Product Description

With Internet Printing Protocol and by specifying the device's URL, printing jobs can carry through URL, through WAN and Internet. Giving users the flexibility to process any print job from any computer, while reducing file server load, enhancing network performance, as well as, printing performances. Hawking Technology's 2USB + 1Parallel Internet Print Server is designed for high performance with user-friendly standard. The Print Server features 10/100 Mbps auto-sensing port that allows greater compatibility with both 10 BaseT and 100 BaseTX networks.

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Waste of time & money.......2007-01-13

Simply does not work.

Time out regularly with my HP1100 laser printer. May print half of a page 3 or 4 times before it finally prints the whole thing. Often have to print documents page by page.

Does not work at all with my canon i560 - just won't see that it is there.

1 out of 5 stars It's true - it's junk.......2006-12-13

The installation software is useless. I can plug the unit straight into my PC or into a hub and the software still doesn't find the printer server. Call tech support wait a half a hour and finally get the thing up and running... (Tech support does seem VERY well versed in getting the thing up and running. I've called a lot, I know.) Within 2 days, the print server stopped working. It functioned intermittantly with a lot of fiddling for several months. Now it appears dead. Buy something else -- anyone have a recommendation?!?

1 out of 5 stars Do not buy the HPS12U!.......2006-03-22

I am returning my unit as defective.

Setup is outdated, and outdated units (version 1) are still being sold as new. FlashROM (v1.35) updates will not solve static IP instabilities, and failure to identify printers, regardless of the printer manufacturer - (Epson, HP, Samsung, etc) all failed at one point or another. Manual and on-line help are not that much help and the support online is not properly populated.

1 out of 5 stars Junk!.......2006-01-17

Avoid this product. The print server is incompatible with Canon printers ("except one" according to tech support). Hawking does not publish a list of compatible printers. You simply have to wrestle with things until you are frustrated enough to call tech support who will inform you that the printer is not compatible. The configuration software is buggy, documentation is poor, and product testing seems thin. As an indicator, there are misspellings in the utility software. One dialog was title "Warnning". Junk!

1 out of 5 stars An Attractive Doorstop.......2005-11-26

Does not work with my Canon i960, despite hours of configuration attempts. Following the instructions Tech Support emailed me three days after I reported the problem did not work. The Tech Support number provides access to a perpetual busy signal. Why won't Hawking Technologies simply publish the list of compatible printers?

Electronics:

  1. Sonicwall 01-SSC-5700 100Mbps Ethernet Firewall
  2. Netgear WGT634U 108 Mbps Wireless Media Router
  3. MILAN TECHNOLOGIES MIL-P3830US Print Server 3-PORT 10/100MBPS
  4. SIIG GIGALAN PCI PRO ( CN-GP1011 )
  5. Addonics ADPCICB2 PCI TO 2 CARDBUS/PCMCIA
  6. Iogear 8PORT KVM SWITCH:PS/2 AND USB1U ( GCS138KITUP )
  7. D-Link DFL-700 Network Security Firewall, up to 200 VPN Tunnels
  8. Lexmark 6092766 4245 Ribbon Shield (5 Per Box)
  9. Targus ACB10US USB Bluetooth Adapter - Class 2
  10. Fellowes(R) Office Suites Fully Adjustable Underdesk Keyboard Manager, 2H x 30 1/4W x 13 7/8D, Black/Silver

Electronics

Electronics