6/14 How can I hook up 3 computers to 2 printers so that any of the 3
computers can print to either of the 2 printers - NOT using a
network. One printer is USB or parallel, and the other is parallel
only. -jkwan
\_ Without a network? What do you plan to use? ESP?
\_ Use a multiplexer. --dim
\_ so I guess that's a box where you can plug in 3 parallel
cables from the PC side and 2 cables from the printer side?
\_ Yeah, and you turn a mechanical dial to connect a certain
computer to a certail printer.
computer to a certail printer. -- yuen
\_ No no, this makes a network. I must do this without a
\_ a parallel cable is a simple network. so is a crossbar switch.
\_ By "no network" do you mean no physical wires or no
logical network? If the former, how about IrDA
connection? -- yuen
what do you really mean?
\_ 2 printer ports on each computer. Run cables from all port A to
box A. Run cable from box A to printer A. Same thing for B.
This won't actually work, but its probably good enough for your
hw assignment.
\_ Can you use an automatic switcher on the parallel printer, and
a parallel-or-sereal-to-USB automatic switcher on the other?
Then choose which printer you want each time (what? you don't
have seven parallel cables?)
\_ Well eithe ruse a switch box ( theres lots of parallel port
switch boxes on the market, to basically do what you want to do).
Or you can take the old-fashioned low tech route of just having
to change the cables on the machiens whenever you want to switch
printers.
\_ Get external Ethernet -> Parallel devices and plug them into your
network.
\_ He said without a network.
\_ Or run Windows on each box, just hook up a printer to any one
box and then hook up each box to the other through a mini hub
and have each box share its printer with other machines (you
can do the same with any flavour of unix)
\_ He said without a network.
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