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Date:	Sun, 30 Jun 2002 20:41:49 PST7
From:	jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: electronic printer switches

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In , on 06/30/2002
at 04:43 PM, "Steven Levine" said:

>In <3D1EC7C9.3964@peterskye.com>, on 06/30/02
> at 12:57 AM, Peter Skye said:

>>I use *one* computer to print to *several* printers.

>For that you need something like the Linsys that sits under my desk.
>It's code switched and I've got desktop objects to do the switching.

>Steven

Steven,

Now you are talking!

What Linksys switch are you using? Or is it one of their kits? What did
it cost? I assume it is bidirectional and requires IEEE1284 cabling
between the pc and the switch and the switch and the printers.

How did you generate the desktop objects to switch from one printer to the
other? Will it also switch the choice of printer at the time of printing
or the default printer? Did you write the necessary software? Or was it
supplied by Linksys?

What if I wanted the ability to add a scanner in the future? Is that
possible with Linksys equipment and the software you are using?

You suggested to me (off this board) that a network was an alternate to (I
assume) your current setup. If my assumption is correct and I want the
ability to add a scanner in the future, is a network a more workable
solution? A cheaper solution? Is there software to switch as you can?

Lots of questions but you know how little I know about the nuts and bolts
of this sort of thing. Reading Rocky Rakijas's and the Linksys material
didn't add too much to my knowledge of hardware and software; the dummy
books from the local library haven't made it to my branch.

Jack

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