hello you need to frist go from the back of the computer to the scanner
then a cable from the scanner to the switch box i/o and the (a) would to
one printer and the b would be the other if you still having problems then
go in to the setup and change it to EPP ...hope this helps.....that should
fix the problem......







At 09:35 PM 4/21/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>        I need some help trying to figure out how to hook up 2 printers and
>a scanner on an A/B switch box.  We did what we thought was right,
>but we obviously goofed up something.
>        From the back of the computer we have a cable from the printer port
>to the A/B switch box I/O port.  A cable goes from 'A' port on
>switch box to scanner.  From scanner, a cable goes to the printer we
>want to be 'default' which is a Canon BJC 250.  A cable goes from
>the 'B' port on switch box to the other printer which is a Brother
>L1014 (not exactly sure about the model #).
>        First of all, are the cables in order as I have described them?
>Then, when printing a 'test' document and switching from one printer
>to another using the switch, do you also have to change the
>'default' printer in the Printer folder to whichever you want to use
>at that time?
>        We just kept getting inconsistent results with the way it is set-up
>right now; was able to print a scanned picture on the Canon, but not
>always able to print a text doc on the Brother after switching to
>'B'.  Coming back to the Canon would then only bring up a dialog box
>about the print cartridge; can't remember what it said, but seemed
>irrelevant because it just printed a few minutes ago.
>        Sorry for being so long winded, but tried to give as many details
>as possible.
>
>
>Any ideas please?
>Thanks.
>
>Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.
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