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On 7 Sep 99, at 13:04, Roberto Safora wrote:
> Do this kind oh devices increases the distance the printer can be attached
> from it?
Yes. [Your OS must allow you to install a "network printer" for this to
work....]
Typical runs for parallel port connections are, I think I recall, no more
than about 25 feet, and serial connections are limited to about 125 feet
(unless you insert modems or repeaters). UTP network segments can span 100
meters -- more than 300 feet -- and some other network cable technologies can
exceed that (and repeaters can increase this distance too).
The *point* of a print server is to share a resource -- the printer -- with
a bunch of users, but it does also have the effect that you desire.
David G
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