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On Wednesday 08 March 2006 18:28, Kris Kerwin wrote: |
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> Currently, in order to share our printer, we simply unplug it from one |
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> another's computers. However, we would like to be able to share it |
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> over the network instead to make life easier for the both of us. |
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> However, there are a few problems that I'm foreseeing. |
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Back before in-home networks were practical, my dad had a little gray box that |
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had three cables going in the back end, and a switch on the front - "A/B". I |
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think that box was for the old parallel printer ports, but I'd imagine that |
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if you go down to Best Buy or another computer store they'd have something |
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similar for sharing a USB device between multiple machines. |
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It's possible you'd need to flip a switch when you want to print, but it would |
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still be easier that moving the cables, and it won't break any of your |
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college's rules regarding the network. Also, it won't require any additional |
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configuration headaches. |
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