Printer Problems
 

Hi all I have a laptop set up on a wireless network from my router and I want to connect a printer to my network to save keep having to run upstairs to plug the laptop in!
Any ideas? the printer I have is a cannon i550 but am thinking of changing it to an all ino ne can any one recomend a good workhorse that can be networked?

Thanks Guys

Re: Printer Problems
 

This one is the machine I'd go for:

HP PHOTOSMART 3310 ALL-IN-ONE PRINTER

Share photo printing, scanning, copying and fax functions over a wireless network

• Share advanced all-in-one tools with multiple computers over a wireless network
• Preview, edit and print photos via 9.1 cm colour LCD and easy front panel features
• 6 individual Vivera ink cattridges for photo-lab quality printing

The HP Photosmart 3310 All in One Printer, Fax, Scanner and Copier offer fast photo printing plus fax, scan and copy tools that can be shared over a wireless network. Providing fast and efficient high quality printing using 6 individual HP ink cartridges, scanning with a slide / negatives adapter and a large 9.1cm colour LCD preview screen, the HP Photosmart 3310 Printer really is the ultimate wireless network ready all in one printer.

The HP Photosmart 3310 printer is both Mac and PC compatible and includes digital camera card readers, Pictbridge port and large colour LCD preview screen allowing viewing of video clips with sound and printing of sequences of photos making it a versatile photo printer. Print fast at up to 32 ppm black, 31 ppm colour and print 10 x 15 cm photos in as fast as 14 seconds.



Features:

• HP Photosmart 3310 All in One
• High res colour printer (4800x1200 dpi)
• High resolution scanner (4800x4800 dpi)
• Wifi enabled - Share across your network
• Print up to 32ppm black, 31ppm colour
• Print 10x15 cm photos in up to 14 secs
• Huge 9.1 cm Colour LCD preview screen
• Digital camera card readers
• Print photos direct via PictBridge
• Scan your negatives, Ideal for archiving

Re: Printer Problems
 

get a printerserver

Re: Printer Problems
 

It depends how much you want to spend.
If you don't mind paying more then you can get printers with built in print server that will connect directly to your network via ethernet.

Alternaitvely, you can use a PC as your print server and print through it off the network. The only thing is that in this case you have to have the Pc the printer is conneced to always on.

Re: Printer Problems
 

this will sort out problem if you are using a wireless router with a spare port:-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Netgear-PS121-...QQcmdZViewItem

Or if not one of these :-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Belkin-USB-Wir...QQcmdZViewItem

Re: Printer Problems
 

Why not just share the printer via windows, the upstairs pc has to be on for thes to work, but it does work.