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Author Topic: Sharing a Printer, Part II  (Read 3592 times)

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Bisbee

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Sharing a Printer, Part II
« on: March 30, 2004, 02:11:00 PM »
I want to share one printer with two pc's.  I can hook one up to the usb port and the other to the parallel, which is a definite improvement over having to move the printer cable every time I want to print, but if I have both pc's running at once - which is the reason i have two, so I can multitask - the printer will only recognize one of them.  I basically have to remove the connection to the "live" pc and restart the printer to get it to recognize the "dead" pc.  Any workaround for this, or am i doomed to one pc at a time?

Doomsday_J

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Re: Sharing a Printer, Part II
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2004, 03:48:25 PM »
Do you have your PC networked? You should be able to set up a home network were both of your PC's will recognize the Printer. Check out the link below to learn about Home Networking.

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000469.htm