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   mark lewis to you   
   Parallel Printer Splitter Controller: On   
   26 Jun 17 22:13:38   
   
   From: nospam.mark.lewis@p73.f12.n3634.z1.binkp.net   
      
    On 2017 Jun 26 14:19:24, you wrote to All:   
      
    Ar> I wonder if anyone else has experience trying to connect more than one   
    Ar> Commodore 64 to one printer? What I want to do is be able to print   
    Ar> from any of three Commodore 64 to a Star Gemini NX-1000 printer. I   
    Ar> would only be printing one at a time. Is this possible? I see that   
    Ar> there is a C2G parallel splitter. If it possible which kind of   
    Ar> hardware would I need?   
      
   the easiest way would be with a print spooler device... all the computers are   
   connected to its inputs and the output goes to the printer... it would handle   
   all the traffic as needed... there are even some that can handle multiple   
   printers as well as multiple computers...   
      
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