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Remay

June 10th 04, 04:47 PM

hi
on win xp pro, is it ok to have two printers?: (1) a canon multipass/printer, and (2) a canon bj/ printer installed to a home local computer at the same time??
thanks.
Remay
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Cari \(MS-MVP\)

June 10th 04, 08:13 PM

Why not?
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"Remay" > wrote in message
...
> hi
> on win xp pro, is it ok to have two printers?: (1) a canon
> multipass/printer, and (2) a canon bj/ printer installed to a home local
> computer at the same time??
> thanks.
> Remay
> --

Bruce Sanderson

June 11th 04, 06:45 AM

Yes, unless both printers are USB connected and are the same make and model.

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"Remay" > wrote in message
...
> hi
> on win xp pro, is it ok to have two printers?: (1) a canon
> multipass/printer, and (2) a canon bj/ printer installed to a home local
> computer at the same time??
> thanks.
> Remay
> --
> <COLOR #AA00oo>L <COLOR #AAoo99>O <COLOR #FF1199>V <COLOR
> #FFaaaa>E <COLOR #A011aa>I <COLOR #3311rr>S <COLOR #Dd11yy>G
> <COLOR #EfF9zz>O <COLOR #298765>O <COLOR #A00A99>D

Chuck

June 12th 04, 07:42 AM

Usually. Occasionally, the printer monitor module for one printer will go
whacko when the other printer is actice. The usual solution is to disable
the monitor(s).
"Remay" > wrote in message
...
> hi
> on win xp pro, is it ok to have two printers?: (1) a canon
multipass/printer, and (2) a canon bj/ printer installed to a home local
computer at the same time??
> thanks.
> Remay
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> <COLOR #AA00oo>L <COLOR #AAoo99>O <COLOR #FF1199>V <COLOR
#FFaaaa>E <COLOR #A011aa>I <COLOR #3311rr>S <COLOR #Dd11yy>G
<COLOR #EfF9zz>O <COLOR #298765>O <COLOR #A00A99>D

Remay

June 13th 04, 08:43 PM

Gerry
Cari
Bruce
Chuck
Thank You all for your help.
Regards
Remay