Re: 1PC, 2Printers PCL-necessary

If you are able to open your computer, have an open slot, and know how to
install a parallel port card, they are available for $20 or less. You then
configure the printers to lpt1 and lpt2 and configure the programs from
which you want to print to one or the other. No switching necessary. On
the other hand, if you can't do it yourself or don't have a spare slot, the
switch box is a decent alternative. I used switch boxes for several years
before asking the firm that built my computers to include a second parallel
connection. It is much easier now with newer computers and printers that
come with USB connection capability.

"Don Phillipson" <d.phillipson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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<gromit12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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. . . Following the advice of the
Best Buy guy, I bought an old-style parallel cord too (he told me PCL
doesn't work with USB(?)). Anyway, everything seems to work OK.

My wife now needs to hook up a second printer to the same machine to
print from the same DOS application, set up as LPT1 for label printing
and LPT2 for paper printing.

The cheapest solution is to instal both parallel printers through a Data
Switch (e.g. Belkin F-18024-E). They should be installed separately
(as you want to do anyway, for different default settings.) You have to
remember to flip the Data Switch occasionally, but they cost only $20
i.e. less than adding another LPT card to the PC.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)




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