Re: Printer selector switches

2002-05-09 Thread Ronnie Gauthier
Don't know about belkin, I use a data switch from PI Manufacturing, made in Taiwan, and works just fine with a HP 920, connectix quick clip, and a umax scanner. It says nothing about being IEEE compliant. On Thursday 09 May 2002 20:18, Harry G wrote: > > It was at one time advised not to use e

Re: Printer selector switches

2002-05-09 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
I would have thought they would, too. On everything else I've found they are top notch but the website sometimes gives me pause! Harry G wrote: > I went to their website, and asked to view the catalog by list. via a > link. > > It returned: > > Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers err

Re: Printer selector switches

2002-05-09 Thread Harry G
I went to their website, and asked to view the catalog by list. via a link. It returned: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80040e0c' Command text was not set for the command object. ? Think they would know better. Harry G PS: Thanks for the info. I will try manana.

Re: Printer selector switches

2002-05-09 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
Check out www.blackbox.com. At one time they had switches and spoolers that could be controlled by keystrokes and were compliant. Harry G wrote: > >> It was at one time advised not to use electronic switches with laser >> printers for risk of damaging them, but I don't know if this is still >

Re: Printer selector switches

2002-05-09 Thread Harry G
> It was at one time advised not to use electronic switches with laser > printers for risk of damaging them, but I don't know if this is still > valid or not. I was on the Belkin site, and they still make mechanical switches, but they are not IEEE compliant, which, I understand, is needed. The

Re: Printer selector switches

2002-05-09 Thread Joel Hammer
They are a nuisance. They often are blamed (by the printer manufacturer) for faulty printer behavior. Joel On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 02:01:23PM -0400, Harry G wrote: > On Thursday May 09 2002 01:53 pm, Joel Hammer wrote: > > Why not just set up different print queues for each printer? Does > > each

Re: Printer selector switches

2002-05-09 Thread BOF
Harry G wrote: >I am using Suse 7.3, and have to use 3 different printers (all >parrallel) depending on the job One HP Laserjet 6L, a Epson Stylus >Color 900, and a Okidata Microline 320 for multi-part forms. Would a >printer selector switche work well under this situation? > I've run under

Re: Printer selector switches

2002-05-09 Thread Harry G
On Thursday May 09 2002 01:53 pm, Joel Hammer wrote: > Why not just set up different print queues for each printer? Does > each have its own parallel port? If so, it would be easy. > That is the problem. I don't have room for more parrallel ports, and the distance (15 feet) makes it tough, als

Re: Printer selector switches

2002-05-09 Thread Joel Hammer
Why not just set up different print queues for each printer? Does each have its own parallel port? If so, it would be easy. I would avoid mechanical printer switches if possible. I am not sure what is available with automatic switches. When you print from mozilla, you can change the printer wi

Re: Printer selector switches

2002-05-09 Thread Bill Campbell
On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 01:14:05PM -0400, Harry G wrote: >I am using Suse 7.3, and have to use 3 different printers (all >parrallel) depending on the job One HP Laserjet 6L, a Epson Stylus >Color 900, and a Okidata Microline 320 for multi-part forms. Would a >printer selector switche work wel

Re: Printer selector switches

2002-05-09 Thread Harry G
On Thursday May 09 2002 01:20 pm, you interfaced in analog form: > THe *only* reason that you reboot linux is to change hardware or your > kernel. Unless all 3 of the printers use the same exact postscript > filter, you'll need to do more than just switch the printers, you'll > also have to use t

Re: Printer selector switches

2002-05-09 Thread Net Llama!
THe *only* reason that you reboot linux is to change hardware or your kernel. Unless all 3 of the printers use the same exact postscript filter, you'll need to do more than just switch the printers, you'll also have to use the appropriate filter. On Thu, 9 May 2002, Harry G wrote: > I am using