Wireless Printing - Comments Page 11

Hi, I have a desktop with a printer and wireless router (Belkin) that run my laptop. ON the laptop I have Windows 7 pro and on the desktop I have XP. I have no problems connecting the network between the desktop and the laptop but when it comes to the printer it's not working. My printer is Canon iP2600. I originally had regular windows 7 on the laptop and the printer linked up and I had printed many documents through the connection. Now when I try to follow the above steps you give to set up my printer on this laptop I keep getting told there is no Driver found. I found a download of the driver from the Canon website and then browse when asked about the driver and it says it's not found. I open the file separately and it says it doesn't install correctly. Is this all because I went to Windows 7 PRO? Thanks for any help you can offer on this problem.

Thanks this guide helped me even though I am running windows 7.

Bob was about ready go out and buy a wireless print server and read this article. You saved me BIG BUCKS thanks. I have had your website on my favorite places for years you always have all the cool stuff.

I have tried everything in order and when I try to add printer to my laptop it says no printers were found. Am I missing something?

I read your article on wireless printing. My printer is not in a place I can attach it to any of our laptops. Is there a device I can attach to it to make it part of the network for printing?

Just bought an HP 6500 which is connected to Windows XP desktop. I have a wireless network and need to connect my Mac laptop to the printer. I thought it was a simple as ethernet plug from printer into wireless router, but can't get access to the printer from the laptop.

BTW, I have a Windows workgroup setup and able to access files from my desktop. Had my old printer networked in but have deleted the connection and now forgotten how I did the original setup.

Worked great. Have a MAC connected to USB and had to enable my Airport to get the MAC on the wireless network.

Great Article.

Great article which solved my problem of trying to print from our Toshiba laptop to a shared printer on our iMac. Thanks!!!

This useful description helped me connect from Vista laptop to my Brother MFC Printer but it does not seem to function through my new Windows 7 PC and wireless router. Have I missed something or do you have an 'updated' version now? Thanks

Thank you so much for posting this! I have been trying to print with my Toshiba laptop wirelessly to my printer which is connected to my Mac for the last 3 years! Bob you ROCK!

I have done all this and it works great. I am wondering though why it will only allow me to print when the desktop is fully powered on, but not when it's on standby. Really its no big deal, I can walk back to the office and hit the space bar to bring it back up to full power, but I am curious if there's a way to print while the desktop remains in standby. Thanks Bob!!

Hey bob, my printer's been going off with a beeping sound all night. I've already unplugged it so the beeping sound stopped but as soon as i plugged it back in the beeping sound continued--this time no error message. I've already asked the guys who sell toners to me but they can't seem to help.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Probably indicates a hardware failure. Try searching Google with your make, model and "beeping".

I have never had a problem printing from my HP laptop (useing Windows 7) wirelessly to my Brother MFC490CW. Now I cant. I can shut down or restart my laptop and a page will print but then the printer goes back to "offline". I have uninstalled then reinstalled the printer. I have checked my cables. I have even unplug the printer from the outlet and the USB cable. Still getting "offline". I have also checked and the "print offline" is not checked. Dont know what else to do.

when trying to connect laptop running windows 7 to the printer it found, brother MFC 7420, it asks me for my credentials and user name. I am using my sign in for the laptop, but it says these are incorrect. what 'credentials' is it asking for?

Is there a way to use a wireless printer on a network without connecting it (with a wire) to a computer?

EDITOR"S NOTE: Yes! That's the whole point of having a wireless printer. The printer connects to the router via wifi. Your printer's manual should describe how to set it up.

Hey Bob,
I've found Lexmark printers work best when setting up a wireless printer network. You can find more info about their printer options
here. Thanks.

Great Info Bob!!
I had to try different things, but it worked very nicely. I had downloaded the driver on my laptop, but it didn't work, since it asked for a particular port, so it did not work. Then I tried to go straight to the "Shared" printer, on Windows Explorer, and it worked at that time.
Thank You!!

I have a MAC and I have a cannon Mx350 printer which is connected to print wirelessly. I also have a Sony VIAO windows XP that I have tried to configure to do wireless printing with no success. The add printer wizard where it browse for printer the only thing it shows is Microsoft Windows Network and nothing else.I even downloaded the the BonJour print services for windows.As per Apple this Bonjour installer will configure the Windows firewall appropriately during installation on supported systems, but if I have a separate "personal firewall" enabled, I will need to ensure that UDP port 5353 is open for Bonjour to work correctly.But how do I know and do this?, if that is the reason,... I am getting nowhere.Can you help?
Thank You
Milka

Thank you Bob this guide instruction is excellent.
Will certainly contact you again.
Jim Martin

I have tried everything just as you have indicated and when I try to add printer to my laptop it says no printers were found. Am I missing something?