i have a wireless internet connection but i want to connect my scanner printer fax copy machine to it ?

Answer 1

I'm assuming that you're not trying to actually connect your printer / scanner / fax / copier (printer hereafter) to the Internet, but rather connect it to your local network. Keep in mind that some of the functions like scanning, may or may not be available if its configured as a network device. Most software for these all-in-one configurations requires the printer device to be local. But, maybe yours is different....the only real way to determine that is to try it.


Is your printer, network-ready? Does it have an RJ-45 ethernet port on it? If not, then you'll need to use a print server. If it has an RJ-45 ethernet port, then you can just use a CAT-5 cable to connect it to your network switch (i.e., forget about going wireless).

If the printer is not network-ready, then its probably USB or Parallel....and since parallel is going the way of the Dodo bird, its probably USB. You can buy either wired or wireless print servers that support between 1 and 4 printers. Here's a link to some USB print servers.
http://www.google.com/products?q=usb+print+servers&scoring=mrd

These devices connect to your network and allow you to print to your USB printers. And if you can get your scanner software to recognize it as a scanner and your FAX software to recognize it as a FAX machine, then you can use those functions too.

This allows you to "share" a single device with multiple computers, without the need to keep another computer on. It also allows you to not have to physically connect your laptop to the printer so that you can print.

Note 1: You can still buy parallel print servers. While they are disappearing, they are still available.
http://www.google.com/products?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLJ,GGLJ:2006-16,GGLJ:en&q=parallel++print+servers

Note 2: There are ways to print to printers across the internet, and allow printing to your printer from across the internet. But the scanning/copying/faxing features generally aren't available. Although, now that I think about it, I suspect that faxing can be made to work too.

Answer 2

This can be done but it will depend on the machine you have as to the method you will need to use to do this. If your machine does not a networking board then all you will need is possibly a wireless print server (be careful when purchasing to make sure it is compatible with your printer). Another method would be to have it connected to a desktop computer that is part of your network and have it configured as a shared printer. If your printer has a networking board (usually indicated by the presence of a R45 female connection) just plug it into your router and install the appropriate drivers on your laptop.

Answer 3

Unless the wireless router that you purchased as a printer server or a special network USB connector, you are not able to hook a printer to a wireless network.

What you can do is to attach the printer like normal to any one computer on the network (usually a desktop so that it is not always moving around). Then turning on the print sharing under the Properties of the printer. This will allow you to see that printer from any other computer on the network.

If another computer wants to print, the job is actually send over the network to the computer with the printer attached, and then the computer forwards it to the printer. It is all automatic, the person using that computer does not have to do anything to let it print.

The one minor "problem" with print sharing is that since the computer with the printer attached is the one that does the actual printing, it has to be turned on for anyone else to print. It can be setting at the log in screen with no one using it, but it has to be turned on.

Answer 4

Without knowing the make and model of your all-in-one, it's difficult to say if you can use it as a stand-alone machine. It more than likely needs to be connected to a computer and then shared. However, this may mean you cannot use the fax/copy/scanning functions over the network - see the link below.

Good luck!

Answer 5

It would depend on the Operating System on your computer. But generally yes, Determine the type of printer system you have and you should be able to go to the home web site for the maker of the printer and under support, you should find down loadable drivers for the printer. Once you download and install the drives on your system it should work fine. If you are running the XP OS is should recognizer the printer and install the drivers unless it is a really odd or old printer. Hope this helps.

Answer 6

Does your All-in-One has a wireless network adapter? or a network adapter. If you do have one then there should be an option in the printer/fax/copy machine setup menu for you to setup the network connection. make sure your wireless router set to DHCP and then in your all-in-one machine, set it to dhcp too. you will save alot of time if it's a wire network adapter coz you don't have to setup the password like for wireless. (I hope you have setup one in your wireless connection)

Answer 7

You don't connect your printer to the internet.

You install it in Windows and Windows will find the internet connection.

You cannot fax or scan over the internet.
I am not sure of this... but you might need an old dial up modem to fax through your phone line.

Answer 8

You need to create your wireless network, so you can share you hardware peripherals ...

http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Wireless-Network

Answer 9

You can..just plug them into your computer