Grandma's Ubuntu computer gets a modem

The modem showed up the day before yesterday.  I cracked open the box yesterday and got it running in short order.  I purchased a Hawking PCI Modem, model HM92P.  Unlike the mentions it gets on the web, it doesn't come with Linux drivers.  Bummer!  I was running short on time so I bopped over to http://Linuxant.com and purchased their modem driver.  I suspect that I could have gotten the modem working without it, but I was running short on time and patience.  I'm $20 in the hole, but the modem and computer works great.

Grandma is currently a NetZero subscriber for her Windows ME machine that we're retiring.  NetZero doesn't offer a Linux dial-up option so I signed Grandma up for http://copper.net.  Only $9.95 per month.  Easy setup too.  Modem stuff is done.

I transferred over the Thunderbird email directories and got that working under Ubuntu.  Trivial since I've done this many times.  Grandma's almost ready to go live ... except ...

... except ... that I was awoken last night with a thought.  Grandma's old printer, which I don't have here, feeds from a parallel port.   Her new computer doesn't have a parallel port.  Only USB ports.  Dag nabbit!  No good deed goes unpunished.

So now, I have a decision to make: (1) new printer or (2) print server.  I'm not sure which will be cheaper and with less hassles?