Can you hook up a printer to both a print server and a computer? How would you do so?
December 11th, 2009 Posted by: admin
I am trying to take one printer, and hook it up to both a wireless print server and also a computer. You may ask, why not just use the print server to communicate between this particular computer and the printer. The reason is because this printer is an all in one, so my print server doesn’t support all those functions. I simply want the print function to work through the print server, and the all in one features to work with one computer.
Thanks!!!
By: Future Stenter
Tags: Printer Server, Reason, Wireless Print Server
December 14th, 2009 at 08:41
I know of no way to connect the printer to both simultaneously. As an alternative you may just want to connect the All-In-One printer to your computer, and share it from there with the rest of the computers in your network. Setting up a shared printer isn’t that bad. Just follow the supplied link for suggestions. Of course this means that you have to leave the computer on all the time so others can use the printer whenever they want, but there’s going to be a trade off one way or another.
December 15th, 2009 at 06:00
Why not? One is connected using ethernet and the other using parallel port (to your computer).
December 16th, 2009 at 13:13
There are some printers available with more than one port and all the ports can be used simultaneously. By using these printers you can install the same printer with different computers through different port.
January 20th, 2010 at 00:36
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