If the router has a USB connector, you could plug the new printer into it and both computers could access it via Bonjour. If you plug the printer into your G4, it would have to be on and not in Sleep mode, and the printer would have to be on, for your wife to be able to print. You could have the display only sleep or even turn off the monitor, but the G4 wold have to be on and in Never Sleep mode.
--- On Tue, 12/16/08, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Will bonjour work? > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2008, 10:28 PM > Hello all; > > I have a question about installing a new printer that will > be used by > my G4 imac and my wife's Pismo. Right now I have a > Brother MFC-420cn > connected to my Buffalo Air Station wireless router via > ethernet > connection and it works for both computers flawlessly via > Bonjour. > However, I have picked up an Epson NX300 printer for free > (after > rebate, of course) while purchasing another item and I > would consider > retiring the Brother if two conditions can be met. The > first is ink > price (esp. colour) and I can research that myself. The > second has to > do with networking. While the Brother has both USB and > ethernet > interfaces, the Epson does not, only USB. That means I > would have to > plug it in my G4 and have my wife run through my > computer's access to > print, right? And if so, if my computer was in Sleep mode > or turned > off, would it affect the connection? Both machines are > running Tiger > 10.4.11, the Pismo is 400mhz; 1GB RAM; 30GB HDD while the > G4 is 1.25 > ghz; 2 GB RAM; 160 GB HDD. Any insight from my more learned > Mac > brethren would be appreciated. > > Thanks all, > Steve > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
