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setting up a printer for multiple computers
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Michael Jolly
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Feb 23, 2006, 02:31 PM
 
I have a single lexmark printer/scanner combo X1150, I also hacve 3 compters an iMac, iBook and a windows desktop, what do i need to conect all three to the printer?

sorry if this is in the wrong section but any help would be very helpful,

thanks again,
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Blizzake
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Feb 23, 2006, 03:18 PM
 
a usb cable

just connect the printer to either the imac or the windows machine and share the printer. Assumeing you have them networked together.
     
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Feb 26, 2006, 10:19 AM
 
Don't expect the scanner to work on any machine other than the one its physically connect to, though.
     
   
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