How do I connect a laptop & printer with IrDA ?

[Guest]

As the title says. I have been using a Canon printer with my laptop using a
cable. I have recently got a new laptop which only has USB ports which are
uncompatible with my printer cable. I have tried an adaptor which didn't work
as Canon said it probably wouldn't & they cannot supply a suitable cable. The
printer is apparantly enabled with IrDA. My laptop runs XP, do I need to
install / download anything to make these devices compatable.

Any help greatly appreciated

 

[paulmd]

As the title says. I have been using a Canon printer with my laptop using a
cable. I have recently got a new laptop which only has USB ports which are
uncompatible with my printer cable. I have tried an adaptor which didn't work
as Canon said it probably wouldn't & they cannot supply a suitable cable. The
printer is apparantly enabled with IrDA. My laptop runs XP, do I need to
install / download anything to make these devices compatable.

Any help greatly appreciated

The bigger question is does your LAPTOP have irDA? Infared was once
popular in the pentuim 1 era, but it never really took off. Most modern
laptops are not equipped with it (very little over 300mhz even has it)
.. Look for an infrared port. Looks like the shiny black panel on a
remote control.

Another way to tell, is look in the device manager, and see if there's
an entry for "infared devices"

 

[Jim Macklin]

Best advice, buy a printer that uses USB.

Printers are cheap these days, but check cost of ink or
toner.


|
| Graham wrote:
| > As the title says. I have been using a Canon printer
with my laptop using a
| > cable. I have recently got a new laptop which only has
USB ports which are
| > uncompatible with my printer cable. I have tried an
adaptor which didn't work
| > as Canon said it probably wouldn't & they cannot supply
a suitable cable. The
| > printer is apparantly enabled with IrDA. My laptop runs
XP, do I need to
| > install / download anything to make these devices
compatable.
| >
| > Any help greatly appreciated
| > --
| > Thanks
| >
| > Graham
|
|
| The bigger question is does your LAPTOP have irDA? Infared
was once
| popular in the pentuim 1 era, but it never really took
off. Most modern
| laptops are not equipped with it (very little over 300mhz
even has it)
| . Look for an infrared port. Looks like the shiny black
panel on a
| remote control.
|
| Another way to tell, is look in the device manager, and
see if there's
| an entry for "infared devices"
|

 

[DL]

Canon cannot supply a suitable cable because one is not made
Buy a modern printer