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Sir, you are correct. I would only add that the printer driver for your
printer has to support network printing. Take for example, the new HP
Laserjet 3100. They're great machines except for one critical flaw - they
don't support network printing. While many do, don't assume your printer
supports network printing. Check it out with the manufacturer before
investing.
-----Original Message-----
From: Allan Kaminsky [SMTP:allank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 1998 4:51 PM
To: Timothy Morge
Cc: Peter Gibson; omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: 2 Computer Network
A printer connected to a parallel port on one machine can be given the
'Share' attribute which will allow the other machine to print to it. The
network will handle it all.
BTW, the network protocol to use for all of this is NetBEUI. It's fast and
easy to set up.
Allan
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At 01:44 PM 5/14/98 -0500, Timothy Morge wrote:
>
>Allan:
>
>If you connected two computers in this style, can you also add a printer
hooked
>up in some fashion that both machines can print to? And what would you add
to
>make the printer work?
>
>Tim Morge
>
>Allan Kaminsky wrote:
>>
>> Get an Ethernet card for each computer (the 10/100 cards are about $49
>> each). If you only want to hook up the 2 machines, you don't need a hub.
>> Get a cable of the appropriate length "with a twist" (or a regular cable
>> and a twist adapter). Set up networking on each machine with the
>> capabilities built into Win95 (or NT).
>>
>> It's not only cheap, it's fast.
>>
>> Allan
>> _________________________
>>
>> At 11:26 AM 5/14/98 -0700, Peter Gibson wrote:
>> >
>> >Sorry for a message which has nothing to do with either Omega or
trading but
>> >here goes.
>> >
>> >I want to set up a simple network between two computers at home - want
to
>> >able to share files between the two computers, do back-ups to my Zip
drive
>> >from either computer and print from either computer. I want something
that
>> >is simple and cheap. Any suggestions?
>> >
>> >
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