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Rated 1 out of 5Â by Brad12345678 Glitchy on my setup
On the company website the description of the GUB211 is this: "IOGEAR's USB 2.0 Printer Auto Sharing Switch enables two PCs and/ or Macs to easily share one USB printer, multi-function printer, or USB device. No more plugging and unplugging between your computers. Simply send the print job and the switch automatically makes the swap for you."
The product was not able to deliver the advertised functions for me. It was glitchy (intermittent lockouts) hooked to my Canon MP610 multi-function printer (MFP) and Tech Support at Iogear, although courteous, couldn't solve the problem. I believe Iogear should provide notice that the device may not work with all MFPs.
And this will apply to every user: the so-called automatic switching is not automatic because it requires manually choosing a setting from a popup menu each time the alternate computer wants to print. Clicking on a popup isn't too inconvenient, but that ain't "automatic". (2 iMac dual core Intel computers, OS 10.6.8, Canon MP610 printer)
July 15, 2011
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