Dual Printer Problem

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Ira Aug 2, 3:45 pm show options

From: "Ira" <TheIm...@yahoo.com> - Find messages by this author
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:45:55 -0700
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Subject: Dual Printer Problem
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I have two HP 7310 Printers; one for Home and the other for my office.
I use a Sony Laptop. I bought identical printers so that when I plug my

laptop in either place, I would not have to select a new default
printer each time.


For some reason, even though the printers are identical, Windows thinks

they are two different printers and creates two entries in my printers
setup. The second one gets named with the (copy 2) extension.


Is there a way to get windows to think they are the same printer or use

some utility that can self-detect which printer is online?