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Just a quick question... How do computers connect to a Wifi printer? Does the printer connect to the computer itself or the router?
Ok thanks, so does that mean the printer would wirelessly connect to the router or you would have to connect it via usb or something? I assume wirelessly.
Very handy if you have your printer in a remote location from your router or PC.
Or don't like wiresThey usuall can connect via USB also - and may need this connection if you want to use the scanner or so.
I've always though the wireless scanner to be a bit redundant - you still need to go over and swap pages for scanning.
Wireless printing on the other hand is great especially if you have more than one computer in the house.![]()
It's not called a Wi-Fi printer for the fun of it.
The printer will connect to the router over WiFi, any device connected to the router be it over WiFi or an Ethernet cable should be able to print to the printer.
Before you buy one you should check for people having issues with your router, I recently bought an HP Photosmart Premium C310 and my D-Link DSL-2740R router decided to block the traffic, even with the firewall off and the latest firmware! I'm now having to use an old Thomson one until I can afford a new one that the printer works with.
Shouldn't you be be able to setup up port forwarding and assign the printer a static IP address rather than using DHCP?