Printer invisible thru USB-switch

Gerald Dachs ubuntu at dachsweb.de
Thu Feb 14 00:22:35 UTC 2008


Am Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:12:38 +0100
schrieb Tom Rausner <tom at rausner.dk>:

> Hey there !
> 
> I'm not new to Linux or even to Ubuntu but I've got a problem I can't
> handle. My whife and I have been using different printers until now,
> for technical reasons, but from now on we are going to use the same
> printer. To make things easy I've invested in a USB-switch to make it
> possible to switch on to the printer when ever one of us want to.
> Just to make it tricky my whife is a windows-user and I'm a dedicated
> Ubuntu fan. So I went and got a "ATEN US-401 USB-SWITCH". Windows
> handles it fine (it's a windows thing) BUT Ubuntu can't see the
> printer thru the switch and nothing I do seems to make any
> difference. Is there a way round the problem or have I just waisted
> my money ?

Sorry to say, but yes. You should have bought something like this:
http://www.netgear.com/Products/PrintServers/WiredPrintServers/PS121.aspx
With a print server there is no need to switch, you could use the
printer from all computers inside your local network.

Gerald




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