wifi printers ??

as you lot already no am not that up-to-date with computers

whats the crack with wifi printers ??

does it mean a can send docs/pics too printer from my laptop without wires or a router ???

Yup wireless mateaslong as your laptop has wifi/ wireless capability then you just plug printer to wall. You can print from any wifi enabled device ie phone/camera ect aslong as your in range . There is some which you can send pictures and documents from a fone from miles away

You just connect your wifi printer to your wireless network and send it over that,can send anything these days

discodaz wrote:

You just connect your wifi printer to your wireless network and send it over that,can send anything these days

wireless network ???

i connect my laptop too net via mobile broadband dongle..

my laptop has wifi button

The wifi button connects you to the hub/router for the Internet and you do the same with the printer,you can connect loads of stuff,phones games consoles ect and print,share music movies ect...

discodaz wrote:

The wifi button connects you to the hub/router for the Internet and you do the same with the printer,you can connect loads of stuff,phones games consoles ect and print,share music movies ect...

so am i right in thinking a dont need a router?

my laptop will connect with its own wifi ?

a thought this was correct, but a was daft enuff t listen too a mate (anutha idiot) lol

It all works through the router fella,the printer and laptop you enter the wifi code,you can get Bluetooth ones,the mobile dongles are crap,best I have seen is 3mb,I have 77mb

It's the easy way to do it,think you can still connect your laptop and printer together via a network without a router,need to create a p2p network

av used mobile dongles for the last 2yr for my internet.

personally think paying for line rental is a rip off

and a use me laptop at home, the garage and when am away= hence prefer dongle

You can use openzone/cloud pretty much anywhere nowadays

Youl need a router yeah mate as said above sum1 might have a open network

all this talk of p2p servers,openzone,cloud,router,and wireless network probably means nowt to you Finn .. Just stick with ya dongle and get a hardwired laptop compatible printer is much less complicated and cheaper too.

I will bring some goodies over on af map day for ya

Wireless printers aren't that expensive - got a great one from printerland with a 5 year warranty for £99 and it's quite economical on ink too, which aren't an arm and a leg (much cheaper to run than the Kodak one I'd bought which 'claimed' cheap to run .... it wasn't and went through more ink than the Evening Chronicle lol) - but you'd not be able to print off from your garage for example at home tho on any I don't think ... so you'd need a portable printer whichever way you go if you want to print off when you're away from home

Finn, if you don't have a wireless router in the same building as the wireless printer then no, you cannot print to it. Having a dongle is not enough, you need a proper connection. If you have a bluetooth or infra red printer with a compatible laptop you can print but the range is rarely any good.

In short, a wireless printer would be no good to you with your present set-up

Tony@carkandy wrote:

Finn, if you don't have a wireless router in the same building as the wireless printer then no, you cannot print to it. Having a dongle is not enough, you need a proper connection. If you have a bluetooth or infra red printer with a compatible laptop you can print but the range is rarely any good.

In short, a wireless printer would be no good to you with your present set-up

Yes you can but like I said its not easy,It takes alor of setting up

Tried a few Epson wifi printers and they are complicated to setup and ink isn't good value. I bought a £34 HP wifi printer from Comet and it virtually set itself up and works perfectly. I have replace the ink on it without any problems and it was £14 for black and coloured cartridges

peer to peer/ad hoc wireless connection, you dont need a router for this type of setup, but it can be a pain in the arse to setup,not worth the chew

but HP have been known to have a better connectivity than epson and easier to setup, but inks are usually telephone numbers

not bothered about taking printer away or too garage with me..

just want printer hidden away in cupboard and only used when a need it (maybe 3 times a week)

and didnt want wires from laptop t printer ??

but dont have landline in house= hence no router/ use mobile dongle...

what about if a changed from a dongle too a mifi setup ??

hp printer what stevebt mentioned sounds ok ?

I paid about £30 for my ink and got 20 cartridges and that was about 3 years ago and still got some left,you need to find one where you can get copy cartridges,will talk to you about it on Tuesday

FINN wrote:

what about if a changed from a dongle too a mifi setup ??

hp printer what stevebt mentioned sounds ok ?

you just need a wireless access point, as mentioned above hp printers are normally better to setup than epson, epson are well known for loosing ip address, I know am talking bollix, ya dont understand it

http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?q=wireless+access+point&hl=en&rlz=1C1GGGE_en-gbGB478GB478&prmd=imvns&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&biw=1440&bih=785&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=17909098715406486241&sa=X&ei=fkw6UJy3JIX80QWvkoC4Dg&ved=0CH8Q8wIwAA

thats a wireless access point

cheers for that darren

just been a advert on tv for wireless printer what doesnt need a router and photos from iphone can be sent too it..

THIS IS WHAT A NEED

FINN wrote:

cheers for that darren

just been a advert on tv for wireless printer what doesnt need a router and photos from iphone can be sent too it..

THIS IS WHAT A NEED

yup, thats what I was on about before, peer to peer/ad hoc setup, but didnt want to put to much gobledeegook coz I know it would ov went straight over the top