Re: Hooking Up Two Printers


"Jeffrey Beaver" <justuschickens@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Jerry Okamura" <okamuraj005@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Rubaiyat of Omar Bradley" <cowartmisc1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>news:1137705789.658828.247420@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Yes, there are several ways, depending on your PC's ports and the
>>> printers' connections.
>>>
>>> You PC probably has a parallel port, aka LPT1 - that is good for one
>>> printer. Some older PCs have another parallel port LPT2.
>>>
>>> Your PC probably has at least one serial port - that is good for
>>> another printer, but some printers don't have a serial connection.
>>>
>>> Your PC probably has at least one USB port - that is good for several
>>> more printers, but some printers don't have a USB connection. If you
>>> only have one USB port available, you can connect a USB hub to it, to
>>> provide more connections.
>>>
>>> You can add expansion cards to your PC to provide more ports of all
>>> types.
>>
>>Well, my kids just bought me this computer, so it is only a year old....
>>>
>>> You can connect your LPT1 to a "switch box" and connect 2 printers to
>>> that.
>>
>>That sounds like what I would like to do, i.e. buy a switch box. What
>>kind
>>of switch box should I get?
>>
> Jerry, if your computer is only a year old, it's virtually guaranteed
> to have one, and probably 3 - 4, USB ports. Almost all newer printers
> either have a parallel and a USB port, or most are just USB. If you
> have an available USB port, and a printer that can use USB, you are in
> business. The parallel switches can be expensive, particularly the
> auto switching models, and will eventually be of little value since
> parallel ports are going the way of the Model T. If you go that route
> I guarantee that now and then you will send the wrong control codes to
> your printer which at best will produce bizarre results.
>
> In my case I have given up on ink jets and switched to a low end
> laser. I can print digital photos cheaper at Walgreens or COSTCO, and
> I no longer have to deal with the curse of clogged print heads. It was
> a blessed relief to get rid of my Canon. (-8
>
I too hardly every use an inkjet, because I found that I rarely need the
functions that an inkjet provides, and besides those darn thinks get plugged
up too easily, then they do not work at all. But the reason I want to hook
up my ink jet, is because I want to have the ability to send and receive
Faxes, and the ability to scan.... I do not need the printing feature of
the inkjet in either case....


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