i have a epsom dx6050 and i want to print from my laptop with pluging it in to the printer is it a mater off pluging a usb wireless ad in to it
2007-08-01 08:41:05 · 7 answers · asked by bigbossowen 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Printers
What you want to do is "share" your printer over the network, so that more than one computer can use it.
You will not need any extra hardware.
2007-08-01 08:44:40 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you're router is newer and has a USB port on it, you can add the printer that way. If you're printer is hosted by a desktop computer, you can simply turn on File and Printer Sharing and share it out.
If you have a laptop only network and a router that doesn't have the ability to accept a USB printer, then you'll need a print server such as the one shown here:
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1115416837650&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=3765022279B70
All the networking companies make them, i.e. Netgear, Linksys, D-Link, etc, so you don't necessarily have to go with the one I linked to.
Note: Some of the people in this thread have suggested that you get a wireless print server. You don't need a wireless print server because you already have a wireless router. The only reason you'd need a wireless print server is if you want to have the printer located somewhere else in your house. Otherwise, use a wired one, they're much cheaper.
2007-08-01 08:48:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Best way is to by a print server box which puts the printer on to your wireless.
Try NetGear 54MBPS WIRELESS PRINT SERVER... have a google of this and see the kind of product what will do the job.
2007-08-01 08:50:15 · answer #3 · answered by P Durham 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can get USB wireless adptors for your printer. Which turns it into a IP printer, which you can then conmnect to its address.
2007-08-01 08:46:51 · answer #4 · answered by ohio44903 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wireless print server
2007-08-01 08:45:10 · answer #5 · answered by JimGeek 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Go to printer settings and select the share option.
2007-08-01 14:49:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
to make this printer available over a network it must be installed onto a machine on the network and then set to share over the network - it is not a network printer it can't sit on a network on it's own
2007-08-01 08:45:01 · answer #7 · answered by cool_clearwater 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋