Printer Cable Splicing

I am not sure that this is the most practical thing to do. I would recommend instead a switch box. There are manual switches and smart switches available. Good luck.

Answer 1 will work, however, I'd probobly just network the two together with NetBEUI and setup print sharing.

Mark

Both the previous posters have viable solutions to this. DO NOT do you you suggest. You will blow out the printer port on either the printer or the computers.

A spliced cable is not designed for this, and windows will not know what to do when you send a print job from both computers simultaneously. I suspect that one or more of the ports will burn out some capacitors.

It will simply damage one of the paralles port of one of your machines, thus having one port damaged, the other port will not print. Nothing will happens to the printer.
Consider this.
1.- Buy a printer share for 40$ or less and do not losse your time.

Hope it helps!!

Use either an electornic manual switch box or an automatic switch box, don't try to make your own. You will Void the warrenties of any and all devices you try to connect. So instead of saving you cash you will end up spending more time and money to fix the mess!

I agree with the A-B Switchbox method. I have used them, and they work just fine. Go on down to Circuit City or Best Buy and pick one up.
Don't go chopping up cables!!!

Upppsss, You don't even try to do that. That's is completly not good at all.
What you can do is just
1.- Buy a Printer Switch (very cheap solution)
2.- Install a second LPT port into your computer and install EACH PRINTER ON EACH LPT PORT'.
3.-Install one of the printers on someone else's computer and share it. You can just use NetBEUI and share printers.
But I strongly repeat, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CRAM THE PRINTERS CABLES.

If you need further asistence please e-mail me back.

@lbertoalberto@pancarib.com

cable surgery is never advisable.
i just searched the internet and this is the quickest selection i found http://www.eontech.com/cables.html
if you go down to Accessories there is a automatic (meaning you don't have to flip a switch manually)printer sharer switch for less than $50
good luck!

NOOOOOOOOOO!
This might look neat in the movies when
they save the world by whacking wire and
tying a couple together. But your computer
and printers will have a coronary.

If you have a spare slot add a lpt port
card. Their cheap and you can have the
printers ready to go. Just select and print.

Choice #2
Buy a 2 port switch box. Just remember
to put the switch on the right printer.
NOTE: for the price of a good switchbox
you can install the card.

Good Luck Lee

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