At 17:10 -0500 on 24/02/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Oops! I typed the wrong word. I meant "If I connect a printer to each >computer, can I share the printers? Or do I need to connect each printer to >the hub?"
That depends a lot on the printer. If they're Apple-branded inkjets, you can use Printer Share and make them available on the network. If they're Epson inkjets, you can use EpsonShare to do the same. If they're PostScript laser printers (or even PS-capable inkjets, in all likelihood) you don't need anything except for possibly LocalTalk Bridge, but you're limited to one such bridge device on the network, so all printers of this type will have to be on a single LocalTalk segment, or... If they're just about anything else other than dot-matrix, you can get a print server off eBay (like the HP JetDirect EX) that will connect up to three printers to a single Ethernet port. The JetDirect EX series is almost universal for laser printers and HP-branded inkjets, IIRC. Other stuff may or may not work well; there are also more modern print servers that will work with almost any single USB or parallel printer on the market. Dot-matrix printers are almost universally *not* sharable. The Apple-branded ones with the LocalTalk card in them act just like any other LocalTalk device, though. -- the pickle FAQ <http://macfaq.org/index.shtml> _________________________________________________________________ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
