Is there a setting like this on any Mac notebook?

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 2:33 AM, Kyle Parish <[email protected]> wrote:
> On My HP PC laptop I can leave the computer on and shut it, but the
> computer will still run the same with the display shut off.  Is there
> a setting on any new mac notebook?
>
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 7:15 PM, Mike Baker <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >>
>>
>

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