[Solved] Networking options for sharing in a small office

Thanks for your response.
I'll check with our printer supplier, but as it is a leased machine, I don't know if they will be willing or ablebto do that.
I've had a couple of other suggestions - one was to use a NAS box, connect by network to the tenants, connected by USB to our machine & use a script to forward any files that are dropped on it to the printer server. Unfortunately, from what I've read you can't connect NAS boxes by usb & network at the same time in this way.
The 2nd (& most likely the way we will go) is basically what "hang-the-9" suggested, but was to setup a cheap interface pc with 2 network cards that can access both networks.

I'm also still investigating the managed switch option, but I don't want to go and purchase one if it won't do what we want.

I always belive that sometimes the simplest solution is the best.

It would be cheaper for them buy them their own damn printer instead of buying and configuring a managed switch. If your only networking experience is with "simple unsecured networks" then you would have to pay somebody to configure your switch and reconfig the server if/when you got stuck.

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