Wireless Printing - Comments Page 15

This is how I set my 5 hardwired computers to print from one printer however for wireless as soon as you unplug your cat5 and use wireless you cannot access the shared printer. used to work a few years ago but after thousands of windows updates now wireless sharing apparently doesn't work.

Bob, Currently I have a wired (ethernet 100baseT) network printer. My network has both wifi 'g' and wired. The printer is not a 'wireless' printer. I need to move it where I cannot wire it (cat5). I do not wish to go USB. What device can I get that will wirelessly bridge to the printer? Basically, I am looking to have two wired segments that are connected wirelessly. Does anybody make this 'bridging' product?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Mike, you need a Wireless Print Server. Check at TigerDirect or other online retails.

After following Bob's explicit instructions and the instructions provided by HP for my Officejet Pro L7500 series [all-in-one] printer, I still cannot print from my laptop.
While the little printer icon is shown in the notification bar with the comment "1 document pending for Ursula" nothing happens at the printer! what now? any suggestions? I'm at my wit's end.

Bob: I was set up for wireless printing from my Laptop using my base computer in the network. It worked fine and now has stopped printing. (Troubleshooting was no help) Since I last printed from the Laptop I have downloaded Microsoft updates, (including MS Suite) and added a new Virus program (Avast). I confirmed that something was changed in one of thoses processes by doing "restore" to an earlier date and being able to print. I don't know how to trouble shoot to fix since I did not set up. Any ideas?

EDITOR'S NOTE: I would try removing Avast, to see if that fixes the problem. If so, try AVG or Avira instead.

thanks. you gave great directions for connecting to my network printer. it made it easy.

We have a desktop computer(Windows XP) hooked up to a HP printer. We just got a wireless laptop
(Windows Vista) we would like to use with the same printer. What would be the best, what would be the easiest, and what would be the most cost effective way to do that?

Thanks heaps for this article. Had no idea how to do this before but followed your instructions and was set up and printing in 5 minutes! Thanks for the easy to follow instructions and the pictures were a big help too.

Worked like a charm!
Thanks!

The printer I'm trying to network is connected to a desktop pc. I've been able to find the printer on my mac laptop, and it even lets me print to it & says that the job is compete, but it never actually prints. Somewhere there is a disconnect. Suggestions??

Thanks for the great article. I followed it all step by step and it worked great!!

Thanks again