Saturday, December 22, 2007

Printers and Scanners: Sharing a PC printer with PDAs

A user in the sales department has an ink jet printer that is currently connected to the user's desktop computer through the parallel connection. The printer is currently available for use only by that user. The department wants to enable all salespeople to print to the printer from their PDAs.
What should you do?
1. >>Connect a Bluetooth adapter to the printer's USB port.
2. Install an 802.11g wireless access point. Connect the computer to the access point.
3. Connect a Bluetooth adapter to the computer's USB port.
4. Install an 802.3 switch. Connect the printer to the switch.

Explanation : You should connect a Bluetooth adapter to the printer's Universal Serial Bus (USB) port. Doing so will make the printer visible to Bluetooth devices that are in range, including the Personal Data Assistants (PDAs).

You should not install an 802.3 switch. 802.3 is the Ethernet standard for a wired local area network. It will not allow wireless connectivity for PDAs.

You should not install an 802.11g access point and connect the computer to the access point. Doing so will not make the printer available unless you share the printer to the network and the PDAs are compatible with Windows file and printer sharing.
You should not connect a Bluetooth adapter to the computer's USB port. Doing so will allow the computer to communicate with Bluetooth devices, but it will not allow the printer to be visible to Bluetooth devices.