Can I use it to connect 2 computers to one printer/scanner? (data needs to flow both ways)
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Presumably your printer/scanner has a USB portal.In which case I'm quite sure it's doable but I wouldn't know exactly how. But many folks could know.
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I dont think that will work. It will serve you better to just connect the printer to one computer and setup a network for printer so that multiple computers on your network can print from it.
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Sorry but this will not connect two computers to one printer. It is used to connect a hard drive etc that needs extra power provided by a second USB port. Connects one device to your computer, and pulls power from two USB ports on that computer..
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You can do this with the capture software on a Mac (I have never used it with Windows, but assume it functions similarly). Simultanioisly scan of multiple documents is definitely not a hardware based function on this scanner.
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I have only ever seen PS2 interface used for LOW speed data comm's INTO a device , while it is a bi-directional interface, I have never heard of it being used for a scanner or printer.So would probably answer No ...
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I don't know about 2 computers. It does work well for transferring data to a printer, which is what I brought it for. There can be different issues to be considered for computer to computer connections.
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Yes. I am sharing a printer with two separate computers, one running Win7 and one running XP.
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Neither. it simply makes printers usable on a network by tricking your PC or Mac into thinking that the device is attached to a usb port. Not an elegant solution, lacks meaningful support from the manufacturer, and unfortunately the software is a bit buggy. We basically stopped using the printer until I find time to implement some other solution.
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As long as printer is hooked up to the network router it should give you option of scanning to any PC on network
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No. Echoing what the previous reviewer stated, this was something I used to connect my printer to a computer. My guess is that you are looking for an Ethernet cable to connect the computers, especially if you had just purchased a new Apple and were transferring your old data to the new computer, but I would verify this information with Apple first.
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Yes you can. At my office we are all networked together, so we can all use each others printers.
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Yes. Most computers come with multiple ports. You may have to sync them to one port by using a piggy back method of connection.
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Hi Roger! It would depend on the size of both of those items together. The table measures 48w X 24d X 30h, so if both the scanner and printer together were less than 48X24, it should work.AisteBisonOffice
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Not sure... I bought it to install one printer by two PCs and seems as it would work as you first turn on your PCs, but once you press one of the switches, it will completely disconnect the device from the other PC, and it would need to be rebooted to make it work. As for me, it was a waste of my money
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It will support up to 4 devices, but you'd need a USB hub since there's only one USB port on the server. I know you can access multiple data storage devices, and it will do 3 USB drives + 1 printer. But I haven't tried connecting and individually accessing more than one printer. BTW: mine works fine from our Windows 8.1 computer as well as our others that are all running Windows 7.
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The switch box has NOT always worked for with two computers attached to 1 printer... You can try it , but there may be signal loss if the USB cables are long.
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I don't think so. Mine only has a USB connector. I'm not sure I understand your intent though. You can use the keyboard and the scanner at the same time.
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There are two buttons. Press one and computer #1 is connected. Press the second one and the other computer is connected. LED lights let you quickly tell which one is pressed from about 8 feet away. It has worked very well for us. So well that I'm thinking of getting a second setup to connect our scanner to both computers.