If not, is there another way to hook up two usb printers to one ethernet?
2007-05-31 11:07:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
The way you describe will only create confusion.
There are ethernet print servers that have more than one USB port - made by several makers. This may do the job for you.
You can also use two separate ethernet - usb print servers if you wish (and it may be cheaper than buying a dual port print server).
2007-05-31 11:55:53 · answer #1 · answered by GTB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would work if and only if the printer was a network printer (it had a server built in). Since it's a USB printer, I can assure you it isn't a network printer and therefore you need to buy a print server for it. Unless you just want to hook it up to a PC and share it across the network, but the PC will have to be on every time you want to print to the printer. Which I'm assuming is what u wanna avoid.
2016-05-17 23:42:31 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless the printers have their own network card, you can't attach them directly to the network. The best way to do this would be to use a print server and attach this to the network, and then plug the printers into the print server. This can be done with a low spec computer, or I think you can buy small dedicated print server devices. Check Google.
2007-05-31 11:24:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋