I have two machines on a KVM (keyboard / video / mouse switcher),
which switched USB as well. If I start a print from one machine, when
is it safe to move the KVM to the other without interfering with the
print job? Must I wait until the print just start, until it finishes,
or can I already move the switch a few seconds after hitting print?
I use KDE 3.x and it uses CUPS internally, connecting to an HP printer. Thanks.
I have two machines on a KVM (keyboard / video / mouse switcher),
which switched USB as well. If I start a print from one machine, when
is it safe to move the KVM to the other without interfering with the
print job? Must I wait until the print just start, until it finishes,
or can I already move the switch a few seconds after hitting print?
I use KDE 3.x and it uses CUPS internally, connecting to an HP
printer. Thanks.
connect your printer directly to one host and do the printing from the
other host over network.
bye,
Michael.
09-26-2008, 06:03 PM
Ron Johnson
Swapping the KVM with a print running.
On 09/26/08 11:37, Michael Mohn wrote:
Am 26.09.2008 um 17:59 schrieb Dotan Cohen:
I have two machines on a KVM (keyboard / video / mouse switcher),
which switched USB as well. If I start a print from one machine, when
is it safe to move the KVM to the other without interfering with the
print job? Must I wait until the print just start, until it finishes,
or can I already move the switch a few seconds after hitting print?
I use KDE 3.x and it uses CUPS internally, connecting to an HP
printer. Thanks.
connect your printer directly to one host and do the printing from the
other host over network.
Or connect your printer directly to the network. Little purpose-
built print servers don't cost much at all.
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Jefferson LA USA
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09-26-2008, 06:22 PM
"Dotan Cohen"
Swapping the KVM with a print running.
2008/9/26 Michael Mohn <mailinglists@uberleet.de>:
> connect your printer directly to one host and do the printing from the other
> host over network.
>
Thanks, Michael, but that would mean that I need the host computer on
all the time, which it isn't. And the other machine is a laptop, which
is not always present.
2008/9/26 Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>:
> Or connect your printer directly to the network. Little purpose-
> built print servers don't cost much at all.
>
Locally, they cannot be had for under USD$100:
http://zap.co.il/search.aspx?keyword=print%20server
On ebay the only people willing to ship outside the US are the ones
selling for $$$ and they want $$$ for shipping as well:
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?satitle=usb print server
Froogle was not much help either:
http://www.google.com/products?q=usb+print+server&btnG=Search+Products
It would actually save me about $20 to buy a wireless router and
connect that way! Otherwise I do like the idea.
If anyone has one lying around I'd gladly pay $20-$30 for someone to
ship me one. I think that under 2.2 kg packages can be sent from the
US to Israel for $13 (I don't remember where that figure comes from).
Or connect your printer directly to the network. Little purpose-
built print servers don't cost much at all.
Locally, they cannot be had for under USD$100:
http://zap.co.il/search.aspx?keyword=print%20server
IOGEAR GPSU21
NETGEAR PS121
Amazon has these for well under $100. Shipping to .il is beyond my
knowledge, though.
On ebay the only people willing to ship outside the US are the ones
selling for $$$ and they want $$$ for shipping as well:
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?satitle=usb print server
Froogle was not much help either:
http://www.google.com/products?q=usb+print+server&btnG=Search+Products
It would actually save me about $20 to buy a wireless router and
connect that way! Otherwise I do like the idea.
If anyone has one lying around I'd gladly pay $20-$30 for someone to
ship me one. I think that under 2.2 kg packages can be sent from the
US to Israel for $13 (I don't remember where that figure comes from).
--
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Jefferson LA USA
"Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no
hook beneath it." -- Thomas Jefferson
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10-04-2008, 10:33 AM
Paul Johnson
Swapping the KVM with a print running.
On Fri, 2008-09-26 at 21:38 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 2008/9/26 Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>:
> > Or connect your printer directly to the network. Little purpose-
> > built print servers don't cost much at all.
> >
>
> Locally, they cannot be had for under USD$100:
> http://zap.co.il/search.aspx?keyword=print%20server
Have you considered a printer with one already built in? We got a
Brother laser printer with wireless and ethernet onboard for $80 at Best
Buy...
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10-06-2008, 09:08 AM
"Dotan Cohen"
Swapping the KVM with a print running.
2008/10/4 Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>:
> Have you considered a printer with one already built in? We got a
> Brother laser printer with wireless and ethernet onboard for $80 at Best
> Buy...
>
My next printer will definetly be a network printer, no doubt about it.
Swapping the KVM with a print running.
