Ed:
I have the HP820Cse  model (two way communications) that I share with my
daughter's computer system by way of a mechanical switchbox with no problems.
On one computer, my cable to the switch box passes through an external tape
backup drive.  Hope this helps.

Ed Thomasson wrote:

> Can someone tell me for sure whether or not HP 694C printer can work with a
> switch box? I have heard that because of the two-way communication required
> with the computer that a switch box doesn't work. Anyone had experience,
> good or bad?
> thanks
> ed
>
> At 03:03 PM 6/2/98 -0700, you wrote:
> >I have read most of the other posts on this thread and they say the
> >sometimes there is a problem with networking the printer on a windows 95