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Wireless Printing

  • 01-04-2007 1:09am
    #1
    dub45
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,450 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    I overheard a woman yesterday in a computer shop inquiring about being able to connect her laptop to her printer wirelessly. She obviously had gotten word from the met office that we are going to have a great summer as she intends to sit in the back garden working with her laptop while the printer is sensibly avoiding excessive sun burn damage in her bedroom. The printer would not be connected to a pc.

    Today I noticed a belkin gizmo for doing this type of thing in the Argos catalogue but it warned to check compatibility with your printer (it didnt say how!).

    So I am just curious to see if anybody has a similar set up and how well it works and of course what are you using to achieve it.


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  • #2
    ethernet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    This gadget is a print server. Here's another one. You could connect it to your wireless router to be able to print wirelessly.

    To check that your printer will work, try putting in the model of the print server and your printer in a search engine. Better still, poke around the manufacturer's website for such information.

    You can also have the printer connected to a PC. You then share this printer so that is accessible network-wide. Of course, the PC needs to be on to use the printer in this case [acting as a server] and is wasting power really.


  • #3
    thehomeofDob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭thehomeofDob


    Some printers also have built in wireless, a few of the high range HP's have this facility. On top of that, a lot of printers come with Bluetooth compatibility, needing only a bluetooth dongle plugged into it.

    Print servers mentioned above, are also another good method, allowing anyone who's on the network to use the printer.


  • #4
    pyramuid man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,196 ✭✭✭pyramuid man


    As dob said there are some printers with wireless built in. These are normally expensive but they do the job.


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