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The Icon Bar: General: 2 printers on the same computer?
 
  2 printers on the same computer?
  (13:19 5/5/2001)
  Steve (15:02 5/5/2001)
    guy (09:11 8/5/2001)
 
alpha Message #686, posted at 13:19, 5/5/2001
Unregistered user My Dad's about to get a new laser printer for his A7000+, but he wants to keep the existing colour inkjet as well (HP 670c I think). Is there a way to have both printers connected to the computer at the same time so that you can pick which one to use when printing something?
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Steve Message #687, posted at 15:02, 5/5/2001, in reply to message #686
Unregistered user Probably the easiest way would be to buy a switch-box. I'm not sure how much they are - probably between 10 and 20 ukp.
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guy Message #688, posted at 09:11, 8/5/2001, in reply to message #687
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Probably the easiest way would be to buy a switch-box. I'm not sure how much they are - probably between 10 and 20 ukp.

I'll second that.

Think about the connectors you want. F'r instance, if they're all printer-end type, you will need two expensive printer-printer cables. All PC-end type means only one cheap PC-PC cable.
Make sure you get male/female right too. It will also depend on whether you might ever want to use the box the other way round, to share a single printer between two computers - this is difficult if your box has 1 printer-type in and 2 PC-type out. I went for all 3 the same as on the back of a PC and haven't looked back.
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The Icon Bar: General: 2 printers on the same computer?