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herbert :

> My ms-access database is built for a production-related environment. It has
> 12 reports, each of them is set up to using 1 of a total of 4 available
> printers. The printers are 3 Avery-label printers (parallel port, not USB)
> and 1 HP-laserjet (parallel port, not USB). Every 30 sec. I need to print 4
> reports using these printers. I am looking for a solution to connect 4
> printers to 1 stand-alone PC, without having to switch. Reliability is
> important, I plan to have a backup computer plus other hardware. Is it i.e.
> possible to install 4 LPT-ports in Windows 95/98/NT4 (they tell me not) ? A
> computer network is available so I could use a printer-server but I can't
> afford to go down if the network goes down. Any suggestion would be welcome
> to hvenema@worldonline.nl.

you post to the news, you have to look for answers in the news. So you
posted to FIVE newsgroups, so you have to look for answers in all of
them, I'm sorry.

OK, you can either use some kind of port multiplier that gives you
four parallel ports, IMO this should work, if you have enough
Interrupts available. The solution with the network and a print server
would be the most professional, for low-budget you could use four
(already available) PC with one printer attached to each of them, and
use the file&printer sharing from Windows 9x/NT/2000 to make them
available to your database computer.

[F'up to comp.databases.ms-access, since they're talking english there
- sorry, I'll leave you alone over there...]


  Sascha


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