TOPIC
Can I connect both a PC and a Macintosh to the Color StyleWriter 6500 at the same time?
DISCUSSION
Apple's new Color StyleWriter 6500 comes with two connection ports: The Color StyleWriter 6500 does not offer autoswitching, a feature available on some higher-end printers that allows them to automatically toggle between ports. Hence, should a customer connect computers to both ports, only the first port to which a print job was sent would be activated. If the first print job were sent from the Macintosh computer, the high-speed serial port would be active--but not the parallel port. Conversely, if the first print job were sent from a Windows-based computer, the parallel port would be active and the serial port would not. Should customers want to send a job to the printer from the computer connected to the currently inactive port, they simply have to turn the printer off and then back on. But, once again, after doing so, only the port to which the first print job is sent will be active (until the printer is turned off and on again). Note: Connecting computers to both ports simultaneously will not damage the printer (or the computers attached to it). Apple does not support the simultaneous use of both ports simply because it does not provide the most elegant solution for sharing the printer among two (or more) computers. But customers can use the printer in a cross-platform environment by toggling the printer on and off when they want to change the active port. |
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| Product Area: | Printers |
| Category: | StyleWriters |
| Sub Category: | Color StyleWriter 6500 |
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