Sharing a printer
Charles Martin
chasm at mac.com
Fri Jan 23 23:03:02 PST 2004
> From: Ken Poppers <kpoppers at comcast.net>
>
> I'm usually pretty on top of these things and the other replies to my
> issue make sense, but Chas I just don't understand what you mean. I'm
> not networked and there is only one hub ---> computer connector. How
> can I connect the hub to both computers?
Mea Culpa, brain fart -- I was thinking of a router or switch (ethernet
devices that would work with a networked printer) but saying a hub.
Sorry.
The poster who said earlier that you could connect two computers to one
printer by taking advantage of the fact that most printers have a USB
and a alternate port got it right. That's the quick-n-dirty way to do
it.
_Chas_
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