ATEN AF 152 Printer Switch with Xerox and HP printer

[Janet]

I have two printers, a HP 570 and a Xerox M950. I used
both these computers on Windows 95 and Windows 98 with an
ATEN AF152 switch with no problems. But I cannot use
them with this switch on my current computer, a HP
Pavillion 555E with Windows XP. I've tried repeatedly
since I got the computer in June, and it just gets so
confused I have restored my printers about three times
since then. I wonder if it might not have something to
do with pooling. Xerox has some information
about "resolving parallel Communications Problems", but
they are talking about using a USB cable. I will try to
attach what I gleaned from the xerox site. Perhaps there
is some other option that I don't know about. I don't
think it has anything to do with sharing, I use only the
one computer for both printers. I find a definition of
pooling under help, but nothing about how to use it.

 

[Alan Morris\(MSFT\)]

Pooling is when you use one software printer (Print Queue) to target
multiple printers that use the same driver.

There is a KB article on an HP Pavilion and the parallel port that may be
relevant

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330139&Product=winxp
Cannot Print After You Install Windows XP on Your Hewlett-Packard Pavilion
8380 Computer
--
Alan Morris
Microsoft Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

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