Connecting More Than One Printer - Polaroid 539957-020 Rev. A User Manual

The printer can be installed using one of the following installation methods:
Driver CD
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Connecting More Than One Printer

There are several choices for connecting more than one printer to a PC or for
having more than one PC connected to a printer. You can connect to several
printers installed on a network, or connect multiple printers to a PC using USB
cables.
Use the following guidelines to install more than one printer using USB cables:
• Connect and install one printer at a time. The PC cannot run more than one
installation program at a time.
• USB protocol allows devices to be connected to the PC through another USB
device. USB protocol also uses hubs to which multiple USB devices can be
connected.
If you need to connect two card printers to a PC with one USB port, use an
independently-powered USB hub to which both printers can be connected.
• Up to four card printers can be connected to a PC using USB cables.
• Use one powered high-speed (USB 2.0) hub. Do not daisy-chain multiple
hubs.
• The printer(s) must be powered on for the PC to detect it. It must remain
powered on during installation.
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The printer ships with a CD in the printer carton. In most cases,
install the driver from the CD using one of the following cable
types:
• Install the Driver using a USB cable (see
using the Installation
• Install the Driver using a Network cable (see
Installation using the Installation
If you do not have access to the installation CD, install the driver
from a downloaded driver file:
• Install the printer using a USB connection and a
downloaded driver file (see
downloaded driver")
• Install the printer using a Network connection and a
downloaded driver file (see
downloaded driver")
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