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Subject  :  Automiatic printer switchbox
Author  :  Henrik
Date  :  06 Jul, 2003 on 18:40
I hav e two printers a HP 6L and a Epson stylus color 660, I would like to connect to one machine and I have therefore bought Antec AF-142 printer switch to share the printers. But I have not found at driver too the switchbox. How do I find the driver and how do i get this setup to work.


Henrik


Subject  :  Re:As far I know ...
Author  :  icebear
Date  :  07 Jul, 2003 on 13:21
... and as far I experienced:

There are 2 types of switch boxes but both need to be swiched manually and
no drivers are needed !!

Myself does have an automatic switch box from various systems to ONE printer ...
... also without any drivers needed !!!


Subject  :  Re:Automiatic printer switchbox
Author  :  warpcafe warpcafe@yahoo.de
Date  :  07 Jul, 2003 on 21:58

Henrik (Jul 06, 2003 19:40):
I hav e two printers a HP 6L and a Epson stylus color 660, I would like to connect to one machine and I have therefore bought Antec AF-142 printer switch to share the printers. But I have not found at driver too the switchbox. How do I find the driver and how do i get this setup to work.
Henrik

Henrik,

such switchboxes usually use some kind of control sequence to switch to the output port selected AFAIK. Did you read the manual - is there anything mentioned about how to select the output port?

Cheers
Thomas


Subject  :  Re:As far I know ...
Author  :  warpcafe warpcafe@yahoo.de
Date  :  07 Jul, 2003 on 22:03

sam (Jul 07, 2003 14:21):
... and as far I experienced:

There are 2 types of switch boxes but both need to be swiched manually and
no drivers are needed !!

Myself does have an automatic switch box from various systems to ONE printer ...
... also without any drivers needed !!!


Sam,

you're right. But in your case, this is n-way to 1 output. That's easy for the box to determine: It snoops the ports and as soon as there is data it simply does "first come, first serve" and after data was processed, it gets back to snooping the ports.
In Henriks case, there is a 1-to-n-port type of connection. If there is no mechanical "switch", then the box is controlled via special code sequences (like escape sequences for printers). I think he might find information about it in the manual of the box... hopefully.

Thomas


Subject  :  Re:Automiatic printer switchbox
Author  :  warpcafe warpcafe@yahoo.de
Date  :  07 Jul, 2003 on 22:25
Henrik,

I searched the web and found some information about that switch.
Well, you live and you learn:
It really needs a driver when operating in 1pc-to-2printer mode!

The information I found is available here:
http://www.aten-usa.com/products/product.php?Item=AF142

it says:
"The AF-142, when operating in 1 to 2 mode, uses the AS Ware driver to select which printer of the attached to the Auto Switch will print the print job. You can only be printing to one printer at a time unless both printers are identical and you wish to rapidly produce many copies of the same document."

The driver download page (available from the above site) is:
http://www.aten-usa.com/support/drivers.php?Item_ID=34

But hold it! This drivers is only for DOS/WIN of course... chances seem quite bad to get an OS/2 driver for it...

Greetings (anyway)
Thomas


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