39 lines
1.5 KiB
HTML
39 lines
1.5 KiB
HTML
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN">
|
|
<HTML>
|
|
<HEAD>
|
|
<META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9">
|
|
<TITLE> PLIP Install HOWTO: Compatibility with a printer (lp)</TITLE>
|
|
<LINK HREF="PLIP-Install-HOWTO-21.html" REL=next>
|
|
<LINK HREF="PLIP-Install-HOWTO-19.html" REL=previous>
|
|
<LINK HREF="PLIP-Install-HOWTO.html#toc20" REL=contents>
|
|
</HEAD>
|
|
<BODY>
|
|
<A HREF="PLIP-Install-HOWTO-21.html">Next</A>
|
|
<A HREF="PLIP-Install-HOWTO-19.html">Previous</A>
|
|
<A HREF="PLIP-Install-HOWTO.html#toc20">Contents</A>
|
|
<HR>
|
|
<H2><A NAME="s20">20. Compatibility with a printer (lp)</A> </H2>
|
|
|
|
<P>I use the same parallel port for printing on a printer and
|
|
networking with my laptop without big problems. It takes less than
|
|
one second to switch from printing to networking. I just add a cheap
|
|
manual switch between the parallel port, the printer and the
|
|
laptop. The cable between the switch and the desktop computer is a
|
|
fully connected one. The switch is just the one used to shared
|
|
printers when no network is available. It works.
|
|
<P>Sometimes, the kernel is not very happy because it can't finish its
|
|
network job. In that case, I shut down the plip interface and restart
|
|
it when needed.
|
|
<P>I bought a new parallel card last year but it is still in its
|
|
box. I'll write an "install a second parallel port" when I succeed
|
|
in opening the box and add that beautiful card in the last connector
|
|
I have left.
|
|
<P>
|
|
<P>
|
|
<HR>
|
|
<A HREF="PLIP-Install-HOWTO-21.html">Next</A>
|
|
<A HREF="PLIP-Install-HOWTO-19.html">Previous</A>
|
|
<A HREF="PLIP-Install-HOWTO.html#toc20">Contents</A>
|
|
</BODY>
|
|
</HTML>
|