I was wondering if I can put the computer that my printer is connected to on standby and still be able to print to that printer from my other computer on my network. Is this possible? or do you need some kind of software? any ideas? thanks
2006-12-31 08:28:58 · 4 answers · asked by dejay_web 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Printers
No. Wish I could help you. It needs t be o and windows needs to be running. Windows isin't running in sleep mode. If your trying to save power you can tuern off the screen and you could underclock the computers processor.
2006-12-31 08:31:47 · answer #1 · answered by edwardnardella 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but if you look under your CMOS/BIOS settings (thats the thing you hit the Del key when its on the black screen booting up) and look under Power Management, make sure is set to Wake Up on Ethernet/Lan activity, then it MAY or May not work. If the computer gets the print request across the LAN while its on stand by mode, then it should wake it up. But since there is about a 20-30 second delay for the computer to respond (wake up), then the printing server may not get entire request until it's entirely woken up. But I believe the Print Spooler, on the sending machine, should keep it in queue until it receives confirmation from the print server that its printed. So even if it does not receive the request entirely while it was waking up, the request should get sent again.
I've never actually tried this, so my answer is strictly a theory, but worth investigating.
2006-12-31 08:38:59 · answer #2 · answered by SharpGuy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no the computer is what connects the printer to the network.Unless it's a really expensive printer it cannot connect without the computer its hooked up too
2006-12-31 08:32:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will work if your computer is in "sleep Mode" mine does
2006-12-31 08:33:52 · answer #4 · answered by Roadman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋