How to attach two computers to one printer? -

Is there any way to hook up two computers to the same printer? And I don t mean by using a network, I mean physically connecting them. Is there any kind of splitter or anything else that can do this?

It is called printer switch (switch because many computer connected but only one computer can switch and print). Google for quot;printer switchquot;. hope it help..... PS:- you didn t give more info about printer like whether it has usb or parallel connection...so I could not provide more specific answer. Search for quot;printer switchquot; on internet

yes you can use USB hub, or network hub

No, you d have to use a network. Or just unplug the printer whenever you need it on the other computer

hook one up with a usb and the other with a parallel I did that and they work fine

A printer switch will do the job, but ids not a good answer and they are expensive. I don t see your objection to network printing, and this is the easiest way.

Not Really

need a hub for that

network your computers.. connect it with one pc and fetch the data you want to print from the other pc and then print it dhruv