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2 Printers, 1 PC
I just got a new USB printer. Can I hook it up to my PC while my old
Parallel printer is hooked up? Will the PC recognize both? IS THIS A DUMB QUESTION?!?! Thanks- Rob in NJ |
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Rob in NJ wrote:
I just got a new USB printer. Can I hook it up to my PC while my old Parallel printer is hooked up? Will the PC recognize both? IS THIS A DUMB QUESTION?!?! Thanks- Rob in NJ I have two printers connected via USB. Can't see why you couldn't have one USB and one parellel printer connected. The drivers are separate after all. -- -- Ben Thomas - Software Engineer - Melbourne, Australia My Digital World: Kodak DX6490, Canon i9950, Pioneer A05; Hitachi 37" HD plasma display, DGTEC 2000A, Denon 2800, H/K AVR4500, Whatmough Encore; Sony Ericsson K700i, Palm Tungsten T. Disclaimer: Opinions, conclusions, and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of my employer shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. |
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This will work just fine. I use the same setup. HP5p laser parallel and
canon i960 usb2. "Rob in NJ" wrote in message oups.com... I just got a new USB printer. Can I hook it up to my PC while my old Parallel printer is hooked up? Will the PC recognize both? IS THIS A DUMB QUESTION?!?! Thanks- Rob in NJ |
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You can hook up 2 printers to one PC. It does not make any difference
if they are hooked up USB or Parallel. Each printer is given a device name. When you tell an application to print a dialog box is presented asking you to choose a printer. You may set one printer as the default. Rob in NJ wrote: I just got a new USB printer. Can I hook it up to my PC while my old Parallel printer is hooked up? Will the PC recognize both? IS THIS A DUMB QUESTION?!?! Thanks- Rob in NJ |
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"Rob in NJ" You're digging it round, when it
aughta Be SQUARE I just got a new USB printer. Can I hook it up to my PC while my old Parallel printer is hooked up? Will the PC recognize both? IS THIS A DUMB QUESTION?!?! YES, NO... You're welcome :-) ---- As we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns --the ones we don't know we don't know." D. Rumsfeld |
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Ben Thomas ) writes: Rob in NJ wrote: I just got a new USB printer. Can I hook it up to my PC while my old Parallel printer is hooked up? Will the PC recognize both? IS THIS A DUMB QUESTION?!?! Thanks- Rob in NJ I have two printers connected via USB. Can't see why you couldn't have one USB and one parellel printer connected. The drivers are separate after all. I have three printers hooked up, two USB and one parallel. It's overkill, since two are lasers, but I don't have space for the parallel laser where my backup computer currently sits, so I figured I might as well use up the toner cart rather than just taking it out of service. Brendan -- |
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