Soldato
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- 10 Jun 2010
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Hi,
I was looking into getting a wifi printer from Canon, I noticed on their driver support page you can download the network setup tool for printer. You basically connect it via usb to the computer, install the drivers and then configure the wifi part using the software.
However, how would I go about letting the other computers on the network print from it via wifi without having to individually install the driver and run the setup tool on each computer as I have a few and it would take some time.
When the printer is configured for wifi and prints wirelessly, is it added into the routers attahced devices with it's own I.P. Then it's just a matter of using the network printing wizard to scan for printers on all the computers.
I have a fair amount of knowledge on wireless networking... just never had a wifi printer before. I would just like to be sure how it works before I go ahead and buy one.
Any advice is very much appreciated.
I was looking into getting a wifi printer from Canon, I noticed on their driver support page you can download the network setup tool for printer. You basically connect it via usb to the computer, install the drivers and then configure the wifi part using the software.
However, how would I go about letting the other computers on the network print from it via wifi without having to individually install the driver and run the setup tool on each computer as I have a few and it would take some time.
When the printer is configured for wifi and prints wirelessly, is it added into the routers attahced devices with it's own I.P. Then it's just a matter of using the network printing wizard to scan for printers on all the computers.
I have a fair amount of knowledge on wireless networking... just never had a wifi printer before. I would just like to be sure how it works before I go ahead and buy one.
Any advice is very much appreciated.