Can you piggy back from one reader to the next or do all have to be separately hooked up to a computer or Hub?
1857633
NO - It only has one port - it needs to plugged into a hub. Not like the older USB & Firewire Pro readers that I loved that stacked so well!!!
1857634
You just have to hook up the whole reader to your computer and you can insert up to four memory cards in all four readers and save them all at the same time in one folder. This saves a lot of time instead of uploading individual ones to your desktop.
1857635
I am uncertain about piggy backing. Each one has a standard USB device side connection and comes with a cable. I suspect that they could be daisy chained or piggy backed but I don't know for certain. The hub is a backbone that each slides into. I would check if I was at the location where I have the hub but I am not.
1857636
The hub has one USB. The readers hook into the hub and the hub plugs into the computer. It works great. Saved me so much time.
1857637
If you have the hub, only the hub will be pluged into your computer. Then your card reader just slides into one of the hub ports. You can also use the card reader alone with no hub when on the go with the included USB cord.
1009538
In short, no. USB as a protocol supports far more devices through a single port than you can physically put on this hub. And, because of how the data is packaged and transmitted, it all moves at the same speed, regardless of the number of sources. For example, I have 3 devices (a wireless mouse, a printer and an external HardDrive) running through mine, and they all perform perfectly.
2108108
No multi-reader, has one USB 2.0 on right side, 2 USB 3.0 on left side. Has HDMI on left side.
2001724
You only can use one port at a time and do one thing at a time. Mine won't work at all but it wasn't designed to multi task.
1815471
You can't daisy chain these drives since they only have one usb port. Both must be connected to your computer at the same time in order to transfer data from one another
1115077
No, this is impossible with a USB Hub. The functionality you want can be achieved with a KVM Switch (just search on Amazon), or if you want to try it with Software, try checking out http://synergy-project.org/
1536179
Not possible with any hub I know of. You need a chain or belt-driven drive train to use a multi-speed hub.
716942
You can share books between the two pens. You would just have to download them for both pens.
981814
No it's not possible paring more than one at the same time, you should discconect the current device if you want to connect a different device.
1252788
This will be up to the reader built in or added via USB to your machine. If you give more details you may get more help here. Generally speaking this should work unless the reader is extremely old.
498298
You could use two like that but it would not be daisy chaining. There would be no connection from the first drive to the second, but the computer would see both.
1284265
Yes, it is done inside of your computer's Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac). They will each come up as a separate device.
337075
you could photocopy the one on the flatbed, then feed the copy into the feeder with the other document, then, at the scan prompt, save them as a pdf doc. They will all be saved together in an extended pdf
473271
Yes, that is the idea, and like the other answers say, you can probably get away with only using one. However, if you aren't using a USB hub, you should just play it safe and use both; I've had a hard drive with the same sort of setup that usually worked with just one cable, but it was right on the edge, and I had it cut out a couple times. If you are using a hub, it doesn't matter if you use both or not, they're generally capable of providing all available current up to 2.1 Amps through any single port.
184931
Yes. You can switch back and forth, depending on how you want each separate job to print.
1108223
no since it is pluged into the computer during use. you can use it with more than one computer but seperatly. it works great but only on one computer at a time.
1713981
yes, but but external drives suck up too much power for most hubs, like this one. Mouse, keyboard work fine, so try to connect external drives directly to computer.