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May 3, 2008 at 12:44 PM
act68135

2 printers with 1 USB Cable?

by act68135 . Updated 18 years, 2 months ago

Because of my office setup I don’t want to move out my equipment and furniture to get to PC connections and cables (I am partially disabled so it’s a pain in the butt to have to wait on help).

I do have one USB cable connected to the PC (Dell Dimension DIM3000/Windows XP) and then I operate both of my printers from it (one is Brother HL-5050 Laser Printer and the other is a Dell 964 Photo Inkjet). To do this, I just plug in the printer I need to use leaving the other unconnected. Then when I need to use the unconnected one I just switch the USB cable to the printer I need to use.

My Question: Is there an adapter to hook on to the end of the USB cable (the one that goes into the printer) that would then plug into both printers and the computer be able to see both are connected?

Thanks, in advance, for your help.

Mary Jane

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