From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Feb 7 05:06:15 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA25519 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 05:06:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp03.wxs.nl (smtp03.wxs.nl [195.121.6.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA25509 for ; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 05:06:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from asmodai@wxs.nl) Received: from daemon.ninth-circle.org ([195.121.57.52]) by smtp03.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 3.61) with ESMTP id AAAE16; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 14:06:10 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 14:15:12 +0100 (CET) Organization: Ninth Circle Enterprises From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai To: JAZZMONT@aol.com Subject: RE: HELP SETTING UP 2 PRINTERS Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 05-Feb-99 JAZZMONT@aol.com wrote: > i have a very dumb question. DO ALL COMPUTERS HAVE 2 PRINTER PORTS OR DO > YOU NEED TO INSTALL ONE? I HAD TO BUY AN ADAPTER TO BE ABLE TO PLUG IN MY > OTHER PRINTER AND AM UNSURE WHAT TO DO TO GET IT TO WORK. OR IS THERE > ANOTHER WAY TO HOOK UP 2 PRINTERS TO MY COMPUTER? ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE > ME WOULD BE GREAT. MY E MAIL ADDRESS IS JAZZMONT@ AOL.COM UGGGGNN, the question isn't that bad, but it would be better if ye redirect the questions to freebsd-questions next time and stop using the infernal CAPS-lock key. To answer yer question, most PC's are fitted with one parallel port (printer port). One can buy extra parallel port extenders and thus use multiple printers on multiple ports. --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven join #FreeBSD on Undernet asmodai(at)wxs.nl Time is merely a residue of Reality... Network/Security Specialist *BSD: Powered by Knowledge & Know-how To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message