Wireless inkjet printers

[Mike Marquis]

Epson, Brother and HP (and probably others) have wireless pritners. I assume
802b/g wireless. I have a wireless network in my house so I am sure I could
get them to work. My question has to do with my daughter's dorm room. They
have wireless there. Is the wireless hookup depedent on infrastructure
router settings or can the printer connect directly to a computer wireless?

Mike

 

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Epson, Brother and HP (and probably others) have wireless pritners. I assume
802b/g wireless. I have a wireless network in my house so I am sure I could
get them to work. My question has to do with my daughter's dorm room. They
have wireless there. Is the wireless hookup depedent on infrastructure
router settings or can the printer connect directly to a computer wireless?

Mike

Her wireless network adapter could be set to ad-hoc mode in order to
access a typical printer, but then it may require returning that
adapter to it's original settings to access the rest of the lan, wan
(internet, etc).

Typically wireless is used when the distance is too great or the
stringing of cable very inconvenient. That situation wouldn't seem to
exist in a dorm room, why not simply connect the printer with USB
instead? In a dorm where there are so many people potentially using
wifi that will also tend to be more reliable as well as much faster,
and adds less expense to the printer if it need not have wifi
capability.

 

[Mike Marquis]

Yeah I could use the USB. Problem is she is a little prone to breaking
things off when the laptop slides off of her bed. She likes the untethered
mode because she does most of her stuff laying on her bunk.

Mike

Epson, Brother and HP (and probably others) have wireless pritners. I
assume
802b/g wireless. I have a wireless network in my house so I am sure I
could
get them to work. My question has to do with my daughter's dorm room. They
have wireless there. Is the wireless hookup depedent on infrastructure
router settings or can the printer connect directly to a computer
wireless?

Mike

Her wireless network adapter could be set to ad-hoc mode in order to
access a typical printer, but then it may require returning that
adapter to it's original settings to access the rest of the lan, wan
(internet, etc).

Typically wireless is used when the distance is too great or the
stringing of cable very inconvenient. That situation wouldn't seem to
exist in a dorm room, why not simply connect the printer with USB
instead? In a dorm where there are so many people potentially using
wifi that will also tend to be more reliable as well as much faster,
and adds less expense to the printer if it need not have wifi
capability.

 

[Joel]

Epson, Brother and HP (and probably others) have wireless pritners. I assume
802b/g wireless. I have a wireless network in my house so I am sure I could
get them to work. My question has to do with my daughter's dorm room. They
have wireless there. Is the wireless hookup depedent on infrastructure
router settings or can the printer connect directly to a computer wireless?

Mike

I don't have wireless or network inkjet printer but I do have network
laser printer. And as long as your daughter or anyone can connect to your
network using wired or wireless can be able to print from you printer. You
just need to do.

1. Allowing the printer to be shared and printed etc..

2. Installing the printer driver to any wireless computer you want to print.
That's it!

 

[Mike Marquis]

Thanks Joel.

Actually I have several networked printers at home. Her dorm is wireless.
Bringing a wireless printer to her dorm is somewhat problematic unless the
printer is somehow self configuring because she cannot control the dorm
infrastructure (router/access point) directly. I suspect there is a way to
do it and it will become easier in the future as wireless printers are more
common. There may be a way to use ad hoc networking but it would preclude
net surfing.

Mike