In article <IikTj.93122$jH5.77161@newsfe3-win.ntli.net>, Luis Ortega <lortega@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Thanks, Gregory. > Do you have any ideas how a bunch of Macs could then share a scanner or two? > > Gregory Weston wrote: > > In article <azhTj.10332$EH2.3712@newsfe1-win.ntli.net>, > > Luis Ortega <lortega@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > >> I have a classroom with a dozen G5 Mac Pros running Tiger and we want to > >> allow them to use a couple of A3 photo-quality inkjet printers and a > >> couple of flatbed scanners. > >> > >> I see that the airport base station extreme only has one usb port. > >> > >> Is it possible to use one airport extreme base station to connect all of > >> these peripherals, add airport cards to each Mac Pro, and be able to use > >> any of the printers or scanners from any of the Macs? > > > > You can attach multiple printers and hard drives to the base station > > with a USB hub. To the best of my knowledge the base station does not > > share scanners. > > > > You'll also probably be interested in this page: > > <http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20070118020953464> > > > > G > >
Would be nice if I only had to reply to the OP, once. You could use a USB Server like the Keyspan US-4A to do that job. Works for "Me".
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