Svga Mouse Switch
Can I "daisy chain" USB devices off a KVM switch?
I just bought a small KVM switch for my home office that lets me use one USB keyboard, USB mouse, and SVGA monitor between my personal desktop PC and my company's laptop. It works great. The KVM switch specifies which USB port to put the mouse into and which one to put the keyboard into. Which surprises me. I wouldn't have thought it made a difference, but the switch does provide feedback to the computers so they don't go bananas when suddenly all their peripherals disappear. So maybe it does, somehow, make a difference.
My ultimate question is this - if I plugged a USB hub into, say, the mouse's USB port on the KVM switch, and then plugged both the mouse AND my USB printer into the hub... would it work? Would it share the printer between the two?
I doubt it (as you say, the KVM switch is expecting a KB: & Mouse, not a Printer 
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But you can install the printer on one PC and enable 'Printer Sharing' (start - settings - printers & faxes - right click the printer & select 'sharing') on that PC.
Then on the other computers, launch 'Add Printer' wizard & check the 'install a network printer or a printer attached to another computer ...'
A look at what is currently available on eBay
 2 Port KVM Keyboard Video VGA/SVGA Mouse Switch Box US $6.36 
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 USB 2.0 KVM Switch BOX VGA/SVGA 4-Ports Keyboard Mouse US $5.99
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 USB KVM Switch BOX Video Keyboard Mouse VGA/SVGA 4-Port US $9.99
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 2 Port KVM Video VGA/SVGA Mouse Keyboard Switch Box US $6.36
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 KVM Switch Box USB Mouse Keyboard Monitor SVGA VGA NEW US $5.39
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 New 2 Port KVM Keyboard Video VGA/SVGA Mouse Switch Box US $8.99
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 2Port KVM Video VGA/SVGA Mouse Switch Manual Hand 9805 US $3.19
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 SVGA /VGA PS/2 KVM Switch Keyboard Mouse Video Cable 5 US $6.19
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 KVM Switch Box USB Mouse Monitor Video SVGA VGA 4 Port US $5.69
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 2 Port PS2 KVM Switch Box LCD VGA SVGA Mouse Keyboard US $6.45
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 USB KVM Switch BOX Video Monitor VGA/SVGA 2-Port Mouse US $8.59
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 USB 2.0 KVM Switch BOX VGA/SVGA 2-Ports Keyboard Mouse US $5.18
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