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From: Eric Bliss <eric@×××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Printer Sharing with Samba
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 18:06:19
Message-Id: 200603090956.22879.eric@creativecow.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Printer Sharing with Samba by Kris Kerwin
1 On Wednesday 08 March 2006 18:28, Kris Kerwin wrote:
2 > Currently, in order to share our printer, we simply unplug it from one
3 > another's computers. However, we would like to be able to share it
4 > over the network instead to make life easier for the both of us.
5 > However, there are a few problems that I'm foreseeing.
6 >
7
8 Back before in-home networks were practical, my dad had a little gray box that
9 had three cables going in the back end, and a switch on the front - "A/B". I
10 think that box was for the old parallel printer ports, but I'd imagine that
11 if you go down to Best Buy or another computer store they'd have something
12 similar for sharing a USB device between multiple machines.
13
14 It's possible you'd need to flip a switch when you want to print, but it would
15 still be easier that moving the cables, and it won't break any of your
16 college's rules regarding the network. Also, it won't require any additional
17 configuration headaches.
18
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20 Eric Bliss
21 systems design and integration,
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer Sharing with Samba Kris Kerwin <kkerwin@×××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer Sharing with Samba "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03@××××××××××.net>