Wifi Printers?

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.
 
The printer just gets an IP address over Wifi from the router, then it's on the network - wired and wireless devices on the same network can see it.
 
The printer will connect wirelessly to the router, I did at one point needed to connect the pc, but ultimately you can configure the printer via its own interface.
 
It would normally have a wireless interface on board so that it can connect totally wirelessly to the wireless router and from there to whichever PC is using it. The only wire it needs is for power.

Very handy if you have your printer in a remote location from your router or PC.
 
sldsmkd said:
Or don't like wires :) They usuall can connect via USB also - and may need this connection if you want to use the scanner or so.
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I've always thought the wireless scanner to be a bit redundant - you still need to go over and swap pages for scanning. :p

Wireless printing on the other hand is great especially if you have more than one computer in the house. :D
 
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shine said:
I've always though the wireless scanner to be a bit redundant - you still need to go over and swap pages for scanning. :p

Wireless printing on the other hand is great especially if you have more than one computer in the house. :D
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Fair point, I have mine hooked up via USB to the desktop for scanning and such, and just connect over wifi from laptops/phones. (although once it's connected via USB you can just share it just as easily - so wifi becomes a bit redundant). Saves turning the desktop on I guess.
 
Buchanan0204 said:
It's not called a Wi-Fi printer for the fun of it.
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Smartarse, of course I'm not asking "Does a Wi-Fi printer mean it's wireless". Let's say I have a desktop with a router in one room and the printer in the other. If the printer required me to connect directly to it then the desktop wouldn't be able to connect because it's only wired.
 
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.
 
camerongray said:
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.
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Shouldn't you be be able to setup up port forwarding and assign the printer a static IP address rather than using DHCP?
 
I just wouldn't have bought a HP, mine seems to forget the wifi settings every other week!
Although touch wood it's been behaving itself as of now :)
 
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