Would it work to connect a USB printer to a LAN and print from any computer connected to that LAN?
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Short answer: No. Long answer: You need some sort of print server to connect a non-networked printer to a LAN, be it another computer using printer sharing, a specialized device meant for the purpose, or a low-power hobby device that requires a bit of technical know-how such as a Pi, and the latter two options are not guaranteed to work with all printers. That said, you could use this device as a network adapter for a computer lacking one and plug the printer into that computer as well.
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yes you can do that. Just set it up with the usb to your desktop the normal way. Then change the settings on the printer control panel and turn on wifi. Do a wifi search on your laptop and you should find a name like "setting" for the printer. I've done it so it should work. You can also use it to print photos or documents from your smart phone with the Brother app.
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This unit should work with any printer that has a USB connection. Each computer thinks it is is the only one connected to the printer. I would suggest pressing the desired switch for computer A or B before starting the print job because the computer has to know it has communication before it will send the print job. On occastion mine fails so I just cancel the print job, operate the switch back and forth to "re-establish" communication and I am good to go.
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I believe it's only going to work with USB. If u need a network printer it should be ms310dn.
944540
That would require a print server instead of a hub. Puts the printer on a network. Easy to do.
1132115
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 tricks the computer in thinking that it is still USB connected. I takes a minute or so, to auto-connect to the printer when printing. I uses an IP address to talk to the Print Server I assigned 50 to mine. I have a HP all-in-one and it works great.
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Not unless both the printer and the computer are devices in a local network.
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I do not know. I have both Mac and Windows computers able to print to it. My guess you should be able to as an IP printer (Print to the IP of the print server in windows like I do for my Mac)
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No - not at all. This is a USB + additional power adapter. Do not attempt to use this to connect 2 computers to one printer.
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just using the print function should work just fine' providing your printer is in the network sharing
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If you had the printer drivers previously installed, I'd say Yes. If the driver isn't loaded, you'd still have to load up the driver. Worked that way on my client's machine running Win 7.
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Should work on any USB printer. Does not need to be a networked printer but you do have to have the driver installed.
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Yes, but extremely easy to do. Your computer or mobile device will "look" for the printer if you are in its range or you can e-mail your printer if you are out of range. Of course, you can connect the printer via wires to your computer if you wish. Works great!
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Yes but it will only use one connection method at a time. As long as the printer is on the network it shouldn't matter.
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Yes it works in order to do that., is very easy because it does not need configuration, only needs to select what PC is going to use the printer at this time.
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It should work, if both the printer and the devices are connected to the hotspot device.