Can I use this to allow 2 computers to use the same printer?
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MANUFACTURER ANSWER: Thanks for posting your question here! No, http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005HKIDF2 cannot be used for your intended setup. It would not work. Sorry about that! Hope the above information helps! If you need any additional information, please do feel free to shoot us an email at support@plugable.com. We are here to help! Thanks! Regards, Roze Plugable Technologies
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I have not done it myself, however, I would think you can as long as you have the usb connection. I love this printer. It does a lots of things that other printers don't do as well as the quality is great.
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Yes you can, mine worked best with the USB cable. I got rid of the printer completely because the internal wi-fi card went bad.
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I use the switch to let two computers share a single printer. I dont think hot key will activate it? It will need to be switched manually.
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Yes it can. As long as the computer you are using is on the same subnet. Assign the printer a static IP address and then configure your PC to print to that IP address and install the MX310dn driver. :)
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Yes. The computer has plenty of USB ports, which is how I connect my printer.
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I don't know. I've used two on PCs. Was thrilled that I could also "connect" to my wireless printer. This will only work if you already have a wireless router (internet) in your house. It's NOT a way to get free internet.
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Not sure - I am only using on one computer . I see no reason it could not be done.
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I own 2 of these. I use a laptop for work that travels with me. I only installed the software once and both identical printers in 2 different locations work perfectly
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Yes. You can connect the computer and printer to a WIRED Ethernet network. If you don't need to share the printer, just connect the computer to the printer with the USB cable included.
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Yes as long as the printer have WIFI otherwise you will have to connect the printer through an Ethernet cable.
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no you can not because the printer needs to be connected to a conputadora by either usb or serial port ...
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Probably not. If the printer does not support Bluetooth in it's software, this will not add that capability. Think of this as a bluetooth antenna, that gives things that have Bluetooth support a hardware device to use, but it will not emulate any other device, like a USB stick.
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Reviews elsewhere have indicated that you can not use it in both modes simultaneously. This is consistent with my current brother wired/wireless printer (not this model). If you have a wireless router in your location, then connecting wired to your desktop and wireless-ly (through the router) for the laptop should not be a problem. Or the reverse can be true: the printer is connected to the local netwrok wireless-ly through the router and the wired desktop accesses it via the router.
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Sadly I haven't tried it yet but I believe it will : ) it's just a old printer parallel to make it accessible to the new computers
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I don't know about 2 computers. It does work well for transferring data to a printer, which is what I brought it for. There can be different issues to be considered for computer to computer connections.
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Yes. Just use the "add printer" function in OS/X. I use it on both a PC and Mac.