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Date:	Sun, 20 Jan 2002 13:16:34 PST7
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Cross-connecting several printers and computers

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Peter Skye wrote:
>
>
> Ray Davison wrote:
> >
> > Peter, you are paying too much.
>
> I didn't buy one. :)
>
> > I did not pay that much for a Linksys
> > four-to-one bidirectional that will connect four
> > computers to one printer, or as I am using it,
> > connect one computer to four printers.
>
> Ray, that's good to know, thanks. My problem is backwards; I have six
> printers and I only print from one computer.

Please reread. That is what I am using the Linksys for.

> (I need a cheap printer server!)

There does not seem to be any such thing. What is missing is the cheap
printer nic. Little addon boxes for printer only networks seem to cost
about fifty dollars per printer.

> > Electronic two computer to one printer boxes start at about ten bucks.
>
> Hmm. "Electronic" meaning they have power, or just that they have the
> connectors? I don't know if these things need diode steering on any of
> the lines -- maybe 1N914A's?
>
In the "old days", dot matrix, all we needed was a manual switch box.
And then came the HP laser, inkjet and others. The signals get lost
trying to navigate the switch contacts, hence we need solid state
switches. Most are powered off the printer cable.

I am not aware of box with more than four ports. I once hooked a manual
switch, with two dot matrix printers, to one port and got five printers
connected.

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