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Iogear's USB 2.0 Printer Auto Sharing Switch enables two PCs and/ or Macs to easily share one USB printer, multifunction printer, or USB device. No more plugging and unplugging between your computers. Simply send the print job and the switch automatically makes the swap for you.
- 2-to-1 USB 2.0 Sharing Switch
- 2 x 5 ft USB A-B Cable
- 1 x Application CD
- 1 x Quick Start Guide
- 1 x Registration / Warranty Card
It works OK now that I bought a new one. The first only worked on one side. It is a tricky installation with the mini DVD and almost zero instructions. The little instr. pamphlet that can be printed off the DVD is 'way out of date, showing that the only windows versions supported are XP and Vista.
Works great with two Mac's running Sierra. I had previously purchased the older IOGEAR port that kind of looks like a horseshoe, and it would only work manually. After installing the software for this device (I actually pre-installed it prior to receiving the device, I literally plugged it into my...
Was a little intimidated because I am not very computer savvy but installation and setup was a breeze. Made sure I read direction well. Couldn't use the mini cd provided so downloaded from website. Set icon to our desired printer on each computer and tried her out.
We use this with Zebra ZD500 badge printers. This works beautifully. Requires driver installation to work. But once installed it purrs like a kitten. Everything i expected.
Product was easy to setup and install. It has been finicky at times between the 2 computers hooked up to it. However, in my opinion finicky is normal and expected with home networking and whether it is wired or wireless .
I bought this having failed miserably to connect 2 desktop computers to a single printer using MS network. This gadget works exactly as it says. Send a document to print from either computer and the gadget switches automatically without any user intervention. Brilliant.
I can't seem to make this work on my computers. The first piece of equipment in over 30 years of computing, and I don't know why. It should be automatic, and should'nt need setting up in this day and age.
Although I am running windows 7, the software installs but my computer will not recognize the usb device it states it is unknown.
So I bought this against my better judgement after reading the negative reviews and just as I suspected, it does not work...not only does it not automatically switch but the one I got doesn't even print.
Excellent product, thank you.
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