Installing 2 printers

alferret · 14-04-2009, 22:23

I want to install 2 printers on my PC Both are Epson, one is an R200 the other an R265. Will there be conflicts due to software or would this be possible?

Cheers

Al

DocDutch · 14-04-2009, 22:47

you can install them both without issues, but not using them at the same time, you would have to pick 1 as your default

other then that no issues what so ever.

at work some pc's have got around 10 lexmark (different models) printers installed and no issues

altis · 14-04-2009, 22:47

I don't see this will be a problem at all.

alferret · 14-04-2009, 23:00

Gonna have to look into this further tomorrow, thanks for the replys. So far if I install the R200 and then the R265 neither work and I need to uninstall them both reboot and then install the R200 again.

Reason for 2 printers.
R200 prints photo's better than R265 & R265 prints DVD's better so hence the need for 2 printers.

I think tho that the R265 USB cable is 1.1 and not 2.0

Thanks again for the replys.

MovedGoalPosts · 14-04-2009, 23:35

You might need to look at the printer communication port being setup. If you are using USB for both printers connected to the same PC, it's possible there is some form of conflict.

DocDutch · 14-04-2009, 23:51

alf usb cables are all usb 2 doesnt make any difference try installing the 265 1st then the 200 and see if that works any better also install just the driver for the 200 and not the whole package from epson

Anonymouse · 15-04-2009, 00:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by altis

I don't see this will be a problem at all.

Printers and Windows? Sure it will.

15-04-2009, 11:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by DocDutch

alf usb cables are all usb 2 doesnt make any difference try installing the 265 1st then the 200 and see if that works any better also install just the driver for the 200 and not the whole package from epson

I think you will need the status monitor for both printers and not just the driver if you want to keep a check on ink levels

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DocDutch

you can install them both without issues, but not using them at the same time, you would have to pick 1 as your default

other then that no issues what so ever.

at work some pc's have got around 10 lexmark (different models) printers installed and no issues

you do not even need to do that you can just slect which printer is used for each print job on the fly no need to set a default. If the op leaves it XPS doc writer and selects which printer for each job no mistakes will be made if you select one as default you may end up using it when you do not want to

alferret · 15-04-2009, 11:42

All sorted, many thanks for the input & replies.

Went through reg removed all references to Epson and R220 + R265 (only where drivers and apps were concerned)

Installed R265 first, drivers & monitor, reboot, installed R200 drivers & monitor.

XPS set as default as Zing recommended.

Thanks again