Digital BW, The Print

Missed this one, but there is no point in connecting your printer to the 
same computer by both Firewire and USB. I don't think the driver 
installation routine would setup both ports. Not sure if it could damage the 
computer.

You can connect the printer by both cables to two different computers; one 
will setup for Firewire and one for USB, and you can print from both 
computers at the same time, I believe. It just starts printing the first one 
it receives, and then prints the second.

The USB on the 4000 is USB2, I believe, so it is of comparable speed to 
Firewire400, not 40x slower, but as you say, neither option can run to 
maximum speed, since the printer can't print the data that fast.

Bob Frost.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Vitollo" <jvlist@...>



> > Hope the 4000 is not connected at the sametime with Firewire and 
> > USB...you could
> > damage the printer.

> So, HOW? damage I mean

I'm pretty sure I read an Epson document that mentioned do not connect 
Firewire and USB
together for possablity of damage. Or it could have read not connecting two 
computers at
the same time to the Epson 4000 via USB and Firewire.

But in any case there really is no need to connect both at the same time. 
USB will send data
faster than the printer can use. Firewire is about 40x faster than USB, it 
would be great if
the printer could work 40x faster.

"Bob Frost"  wrote:
 > The USB on the 4000 is USB2, I believe, so it is of comparable speed to 
> Firewire400, not 40x slower, but as you say, neither option can run to 
> maximum speed, since the printer can't print the data that fast.

You are correct...USB2 on the 4000.

I still wouldn't connect both Firewire and USB at the same time.