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Do you mean go from PC A to PC B (via USB) to USB printer on PC B? It may work, but it might not. Still may not even if you network via Ethernet. Many consumer-grade printers nowadays have drivers that basically fail if they can't talk directly to the device - they don't work at all or are spotty over network connections. My wife used to use my printer (her PC -> Ethernet -> My PC -> Printer) but it simply wasn't reliable. And the PCs are on different floors of the house. To regain WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor) I bought her a separate printer. While the quality has gone down in recent years, I still buy HP printers as the ink generally doesn't dry out if the printer doesn't see much use. My past experience with Canon & Epson printers led me to stop buying them as the ink cartridges would dry out or I'd be subject to excessive cleaning cycles (which waste ink). I actually bought entry OfficeJets so we now have 2 color copier/scanners + 1 FAX machine in the same footprint as the printer. Print quality is surprisingly good for the price. John A. Jones, CISSP Americas Information Security Officer Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. V: +1-630-455-2787 F: +1-312-601-1782 john.jones@xxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 8:06 AM To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users Subject: Re: [PCTECH] connecting two laptops to USB - easy question Or you can network via USB. On 8/22/06, Jones, John (US) <John.Jones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Trouble. You probably need a USB switch to make it work right: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?DEPA=0&type=&Description =u sb+switch&Submit=ENE&Ntk=all&N=0&minPrice=&maxPrice=&Go.x=0&Go.y=0 John A. Jones, CISSP Americas Information Security Officer Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. V: +1-630-455-2787 F: +1-312-601-1782 john.jones@xxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Villa Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 6:50 AM To: pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCTECH] connecting two laptops to USB - easy question Easy (maybe dumb question) Just bought a $79 inkjet for the upstairs. I do not use USB much. I am thinking of connecting two PC's to a USB hub for printing convenience. Does USB honor all sorts of connections like this or am I asking for trouble? Normally I would use a solid print server but...thought I would ask. -- Mark Villa Summerville, SC -- This is the PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users (PcTech) mailing
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