From: Ralph Shumaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Not through the USB. Through ethernet. Real printers are attached via
ethernet IMHO. Anything else is a for-home-use-only toy.
OK. So forget USB? Or do these printers have both USB *and* catV (at the
same time) hooked up between the printer and the PC?
Ignore this, this is just Tracy's biases floating in. If you're not sharing
the printer with multiple computers, then USB is just fine. For home
networks, USB is just fine. Ethernet is really a small buisness need (large
buisnesses need industrial type printers, not all in ones).
But yes, some of the more expensive all in ones do have built in ethernet
and/or wireless.
There seem to be two types of all-in-ones, those with fax built-in, and
those without. It must be assumed (I think) that those without need for
the PC to have a fax/modem if you want faxing capability (or not). (I seem
to be getting more and more mixed up as this goes on.)
No. Those all in ones without a fax modem built in can't fax. At all. If
you need fax, you need to buy one with a built in fax modem. The ones
without fax modems are meant for people who don't need a fax machine at all.
Basic functions of all-in-one-with-fax attached to PC:
1) Printer: PC sends a print job to it via USB or catV or what?
2) Copier: Feed document through and out spits a copy. (no PC necessary)
3) Scanner: Feed document through and image gets to PC who-knows-how.
4) Incoming Fax to hard copy: Phone rings, all-in-one-with-fax answers,
receives image and prints.
5) Incoming Fax to PC file: Phone rings, all-in-one-with-fax answers,
receives image and image gets to PC who-knows-how.
6) Outgoing Fax from hard copy: Feed document, dial number, scans, calls,
image sent.
7) Outgoing Fax from PC file: Who-knows-how file comes from PC, dials, and
sends.
8) Did I miss anything?
The other big feature of all in ones are photo card slots- they let you
take a card from a digital camera, plug it in, and print images directly off
the card. If you print a lot of photos and don't touch them up in
photoshop, thats a nice feature. If not, its useless to you.
Gabe
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