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Date:	Sun, 30 Jun 2002 21:14:06 PST7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: electronic printer switches

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on 06/30/02
at 08:41 PM, jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net said:

>What Linksys switch are you using? Or is it one of their kits? What did

It's an old 2-port, bi-directional (model # PAS8221), long out of
production.

>between the pc and the switch and the switch and the printers.

Only between the bi-directional printers.

>printing or the default printer? Did you write the necessary software?
>Or was it supplied by Linksys?

Both. Linksys provide a TSR. I extracted the code to build a one-shot.

>What if I wanted the ability to add a scanner in the future? Is that

If you are thinking about a parallel port scanner, forget it. There are
no OS/2 applications that support these. Other than that, a scanner could
be switched, just like any other parallel port device.

>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

Rigth. Several SCOUG members are using printer servers of one sort or
another hung off their LAN's.

>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.

Unfortunately, this in not really dummy book material. Just ask questions
here.

Steven

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