Hmm... In theory if you connect a printer directly to the router like that it will be assigned its own IP on the network, I'm not sure if there would have to be some sort of IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) layer used here to facilitate sharing between computers with different Operating Systems.  The fact that there is no ethernet outlet on ...

Is it supposed to work like that?? I've got a mini print server attached by ethernet cable to the router, with the printer attached to that by the USB one. It looks like this , though it is actually by Sweex (cheapo - works fine)   edit - on revisiting my link, realised its the parallel version. Here is the Netgear USB version (still ...