One USB printer - sevral computers?

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Hi!

I have an HP Officejet 4111 All-in-one with a USB hookup.

Is it possible for three computers in our office to be hooked up to it
somehow?

Thanks!

Carmen

Archived from groups: comp.periphs.printers (More info?)

"ken" <ken@ken.ken> wrote in message
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> Carmen Gauvin-O'Donnell wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I have an HP Officejet 4111 All-in-one with a USB hookup.
> >
> > Is it possible for three computers in our office to be hooked up to it
> > somehow?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Carmen
>
> Assuming the computers are networked, you can just share it on the
> computer it is connected to and then have the other computers connect to
> it through the computer that is sharing it.
>
> or
>
> Also assuming you have a network, you can get a USB printer server. The
> printer server connects to the network and then all the computer connect
> to the printer through the printer server. Last time I checked a USB
> printer server cost about $70.


or as a last resort you can get a mechanical switch like device that you
have to change/check before you can use the printer. Not very satisfactory
really but better (just) than unplugging each time