make a usb wired printer wireless?

unwashed potato! · Saturday at 21:13

i don't have a place for my printer to be close to my desktop. at the moment i store my printer the other side of the room in a cupboard but it's annoying each time I use it to have to move it, plug it in, use it and then put it back.

Is there any way to have a wireless usb attachment that makes the printer appear wired while being wireless and then just powered on the other side of the room?

unwashed potato! · Saturday at 21:37

hornetstinger said:
Plug it into your router?

Miles away but how that work over USB?

unwashed potato! · Saturday at 22:32

with a usb to cat5 cable? my router is a stupid google nest one so doesn't have any spare spots, but i have a switch if that could work?

unwashed potato! · 2026-02-15T17:27:32+0000

Samsung Xpress M2026W A4 Mono Wireless

Turns out I may have a wireless printer already :cry:

I seem to remember now that the issue was getting the wps to work with Google nest wifi was the issue when I bought this like 8 years ago

unwashed potato! · 2026-02-15T22:09:45+0000

Philtor said:
Happy days check the firmware is up to date on the printer and router if possible as that will often fix any WPS setup issues.

turns out google nest wifi doesn't support WPS this was the issue. so back to square one

unwashed potato! · 2026-02-15T23:50:36+0000

Solved it thanks. 2019 I no bought this printer and have had to suffer having it wired all that time when I could have just done the above.

make a usb wired printer wireless?

Samsung Xpress M2026W A4 Mono Wireless​

Samsung Xpress M2026W A4 Mono Wireless