Re: Hooking Up Two Printers

Jerry Okamura wrote:

"Rumpelstiltskin" <PleaseDoNotReplyByEmail@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:j5t2t1thqc83t4k21j17m3ec95jmqep66v@xxxxxxxxxx

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 18:05:48 GMT, "Jerry Okamura"
<okamuraj005@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


"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
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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....



 I've only half a dozen or so times sent a fax in my life, and I no
longer have somebody in the office to help me out by doing it
for me while I stand around looking stupid and making
flattering comments.  I get out of doing a lot of stuff I don't want
to do by using that technique.


It is kind of embarrasing to say, but for the life of me, I cannot figure out how to send Faxes.... My children have tried to help with no success. If I ever get my Fax ability again, I think the next time they come out here to visit, I am going to ask one of them to write me a set of instructions. It seems that is something I need more and more as I get older.... 


Let's call it a "Fogie Check List".

--
BILL P.
Just Dog
  &
 ME
.

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