You are correct. A special "straight-through" cable to the switchbox, and
regular Mac printer cables from the box to each printer. That is what has
always worked in my experience.
Note that many switchboxes made for Macs INCLUDED this special cable, which
unfortunately was often not marked as a special cable, which caused a great
deal of confusion from the outset. :-(
Rob
>>Macintosh printer cables are not wired "straight-through", but are in fact
>>crossover cables. Hence, if used through a switchbox, the feed cable and
>>any of the output cables together would negate the crossover. I also had
>>to find a straight-through cable to use my switchbox with two printers.
>>
>>Of course, this assumes that the switchbox is wired in a "straight-through"
>>configuration, and in my experience, most are.
>
>So that would mean aquiring one "straight through" cable and attaching it
>to the printer (if the box is set up to allow several computers and one
>printer); the rest should be regular printer cables. Right?
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