Check www.belkin.com for one of their IEEE 1284 compliant switch boxes. They are part number F1U123 or F1u125. Works great.
>I use a printer cable on each computer and which ever one I Want to use --I connect it to the printer. It takes less than 10 seconds to connect the computer to the printer.
>
>Used printer cables are cheap ($1 at goodwill stores) and there is no need to open the computer to set up a nic card and no configuration to mess with.
>
>Just connect and disconnect a cable. I sometimes use three computers in this way.
>
>Mike Michel
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> --- On Fri 10/17/03, zucman0 < [log in to unmask] > wrote:
> Subject: [PCBUILD] Connecting Printers
>
>I want to connect my two computers so they can use either of my two printers. Can someone give me an idea how to do this without using a router.
>
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