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I've got a USB printer sitting between a PC and our recently purchased G5.
They both need to use the printer, but I cannot gain administrator access on the PC, nor can the printer be added to the network, as this is a school setting.
Is the best solution here a USB Switch? If so, where/what are the best (read: cheapest) solutions to this? And will they work cross-platform.. and what USB cables will be required.. since most of these switches seem to use standard usb ports for the device that you intend to share, but then have what i know only as a square-type USB plug that you must send to the computers.. which then obviously use the standard connector there.
Thanks in advance!
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Here's to the crazy ones..
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I know we all frown on bumping threads, but it's essential that I figure this out.
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I guess I don't understand what you mean when you say "the printer cannot be added to the network as this is a school setting ?" My 2 cents .. add it to the network but connected directly to the Mac via USB. Then, turn on printer sharing on the Mac. Once you've done that, you can config the PC sitting next to it to connect via the Mac's IP address and use it that way. (Note: advanced config options are usually not available to any but the hosting computer .. but you could still do basic printing from the PC). Yes, someone else on the network could theoretically add that printer as well (but it would take a reasonable amount of manual configuration ... we'd assume that most people would know how to do that).
Only tip, when you add the printer to the PC, choose to use an Apple printer of some sort from the available drivers on the PC's list ... regardless of what brand of printer it is or what other drivers you may have. I have a small home network and was able to get my roommate's PC printing to the NON-NETWORK printer attached to my Mac (via USB) this way. This describes how easy it is to set up.
Good luck
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Admin Emeritus  Join Date: Oct 1999
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A switch is an easy solution. ALL USB cables are supposed to either have a rectangular plug and be tethered to the peripheral, or they are supposed to have one rectangular (A) plug and one square (B) one (A-B cable: the most common type). A switchbox that uses A-B cables for the connection to each computer is absolutely standard.
tooki
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