I have a wireless printer and a wireless router and two laptops with wireless NICs, but I also have one desktop hard wired to the wireless router. Is it possible for the desktop to print through the router to the printer or does the desktop need a wireless network card installed like the two notebooks? If anyone has tried this please let me know if its possible because there is no reason physically why it shouldn't work.
2007-10-20 16:50:52 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
I just wanted to know if it can print through the router if the desktop has no wireless card. Because if it prints through the network it should be possible but if it prints directly from the wireless card to the printer then maybe not.
2007-10-20 17:01:10 · update #1
If you have your printer mapped right in your desktop, it should print. Your router is communicating with your printer wirelessly, not your wireless laptops, they just send the information to the router to forward on to your printer. You need to be able to see the printer as a device to print to it (ip address). If it were me, I would go into the router, assign the printer a static ip address (192.168.0.10) or what ever scheme you are using. Then go into printer setting on your desktop and add a printer, when the wizard starts, select local printer, but uncheck the box that says search for it automatically. It will then take you into a box that says tells you to select the location of your printer, click the bottom check mark that says "create a new port" and make sure tcp/ip is selected, then enter the ip address of the printer. Install the drivers and you should be up and running. Good luck.
2007-10-20 17:03:08 · answer #1 · answered by Thomas S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is possible. I have an HP wireless printer connected to a Netgear router. It can be used from either of my two wired desktop PC's as well as two wireless PC laptops and two wireless MAC's. Just make sure the software drivers are installed on the computer(s) you want to have access to the printer.
2007-10-20 17:03:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a home-network of three computers,I have my printer hooked to one via a usb cable.Then I went into the puter control panel clicked on printers&faxes right click on the printer icon went to sharing and enabled it.The printer was named LEXMARK1 I then went to the other puters and had them search the network for that name,and made a connection.Now one puter is connected via usb,and the other two are connected wirelessly
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2007-10-20 17:18:40 · answer #4 · answered by fadgdfgh g 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can print direct to the printer.
2007-10-20 16:55:26 · answer #5 · answered by Cupcake 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋