Re: print sharing with 3 computers and 2 printers

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From: Steve Winograd [MVP] (winograd_at_pobox.com)
Date: 07/15/04 

Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 18:21:55 -0600

In article <12AEEFF3-1E01-41FD-A186-3ACA3128E997@microsoft.com>,
phar77 <phar77@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>kind of a general question here as i'm looking for a concensus. i have 3 computers (all win xp) and 2 usb printers in an office. all are networked via a wired router. printer 1 is connected to comp 1, printer 2 to comp 2 and comp 3 has no printer. when all machines are on, one can choose from any printer via the network. sometimes all machines/people are not present, so you might not be able to access a printer. what would be the best way for ALL machines to access any printer, anytime regardless of who is connected. thanks in advance for any help.

Disconnect the printers from the computers, and connect them to print
servers. A print server is a box with a network connection and a
printer connection.

If your printers only have USB inputs (no parallel inputs), be sure to
get a print server that has a USB connection, too.

Check the print server documentation to see if it will work with your
printer. Some "Windows only" printers rely on a computer for part of
their print processing and won't work on a printer server. 

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