USB host-based printer obcasne tezave -> priklop na mrezo s tiskalniskim streznikom (ali router?)

Kupili smo HP Laserjett 3600 barvni tiskalnik. Prikljucen je na Windows 2003 server preko USB porta, od koder ga sheramo se vecim uporabnikom v mrezi (security je nastvaljen tak oda je printanje nekaterim onemogoceno)). Vsake toliko casa povzroca tezave pri printanju - pomaga le reboot serverja, kar pa je zelo nevsecno. Ko sem spraseval in gledal po HP support forumu, je bil odgovor da gre za "host-based" printer in da kot tak slabo dela v "share" nacinu.
Tezave bi se dalo resiti z uporabo tiskalnsikega streznika in bi tako printer prokljucili na mrezo (tako bi dobili mrezni tiskalnik). HPjev je drag kot zafran (zdaj nam je zal ker takoj nismo kupili mrezne verzije printerja). Obstajajo cenejesi ranga 40€, potem pa so tukaj se routerji z USB porti. Ker pa ze delamo v smeri, bi radi tako dodali se skaner v mrezo.
Zanimajo me izkusnje uporabnikov, predvsem nasveti na kaj moramo paziti pri nakupu tiskalniskega streznika oziroma ruterja v ta namen.

Tudi nasvet o modelu (tiskalniskega streznika ali routerja) so dobrodosli.

Problem ni v zmrzovanju serverja, temvec v tem da kar naenkrat nihce ne more vec printat. V "event viewerju" je tale napaka:

The document Microsoft Word - Dokument3 owned by USER3 failed to print on printer HP Color LaserJet 3600. Data type: NT EMF 1.008. Size of the spool file in bytes: 296924. Number of bytes printed: 0. Total number of pages in the document: 1. Number of pages printed: 0. Client machine: \\xxx.xxx.xx.xx. Win32 error code returned by the print processor: 259. No more data is available.

Napaka se pojavlja sporadicno.

Ko sem spraseval v HP support forumu, mi je nekdo napisal tole:

Host based printers are just not applicable to a shared printer setup, whether on a server or workstation, and your symptoms have been reported by many others.

Unfortunately, a HP doesn't disclose host based drawbacks during the selection process, and a lot of network admins or the purchasing decision makers get sucked in by the low price.

The only way to successfully use one on a network is to install the software on each workstation, and have the users print directly to the printer via TCP/IP. Which brings up a problem if you have the base 3600 (as opposed to the 3600n or 3600dn, which have built-in networking), it won't have a built-in jetdirect (network card) to enable TCP/IP printing through the network). I assume in that model series it would be an "embedded" jetdirect as opposed to an "internal" jetdirect, which can be just plugged in to a slot on the back of the printer, but I'm not sure (embedded jet directs are hard wired in to the formatter board, expensive to upgrade, if it can be upgraded, and probably not worth it). You can, however, buy an external jetdirect for it.

Na podlagi tega smo se zaceli ozirati po resitvi z zunajim tiskalniskim streznikom.

Gonilniki so zadnji (preverjeno na support strani in z HP update checkom): 61.63.461.41

Drug USB port zaenkrat nisem probaval (sicer ja na drugem portu prikljucen UPS preko COM v USB konverterja).
Ko si ze omenil konflikte.... Kar mi edino priden na misel je ta, da morda nekaj ni v redu z USB porti, ker tudi UPS od casa do casa zgubi povezavo s PCjem (to zahteva ponovno nalaganje in nekaj posegov v registry da zopet pricne delovati). A obstajaj kak nacin, da preverim ce USB porti delajo pravilno in da ne gre za HW okvaro?