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USB Printer Sharing
Name: SUPER TECH Date: October 2, 2006 at 13:25:30 Pacific OS: Win Server 2k3 CPU/Ram: P4 3Ghz 2GB Product: IBM
Comment:
Is there any way of sharing a USB printer without the use of a USB print server?
Example:
I have a usb printer connected to my PC. Can I share the printer, and have other PCs on my LAN connect and print to it? (As long as my PC is kept on.
I know this was not possible before. Just wondering if anything has changed or not. As far as I know, the only way to share a USB printer is by using a USB print server.
Name: Michael J (by mjdamato) Date: October 2, 2006 at 13:58:46 Pacific
Reply:
As dosser stated, not sure where you got that info from. The ability to share a USB printer has been around since USB printers were available.
Michael J
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Response Number 3
Name: seawatch Date: October 2, 2006 at 16:21:52 Pacific
Reply:
Actually the above are not quite true.
When HP printers and multifunction devices came out, some actually stated in the documentation they could not be shared over a network. This was aside from the multifunction part.
Not sure if other printers were the same but I did have this problem around 5 years ago with an HP & Win2K.
Larry
Today seems like a good day to chew through the restraints.
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Response Number 4
Name: SUPER TECH Date: October 3, 2006 at 05:48:21 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks for the replies everyone.
To add to what Seawatch said, many HP & MFPs could not be shared over a network. In the beginning there were NO Lexmark USB printers that could be shared. (This was confirmed with Lexmark).
The issue was that you could share the printer as normal, BUT you would not be able to see it, or connect to it from other PCs. (Like it wasn't there at all).
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