Wireless Printing - Comments Page 2

Response from Feb. 12 comment: Yes I'm wirelessly connected to the network and yes I specified the printer as shared.

My printer is connected to the pc. I have followed the instructions above to share the printer. I have a router (wireless used for my MAC G4 powerbook) and hardwired to my PC. I would like to print from my powerbook (via the wireless router through the pc).

I do also have ADmit Mac installed on my Mac which seems to help in locating and connecting to the printer. I have been able to select the printer (from my powerbook), and even select PRINT. But nothing happens. The print que says the print job was completed. But I don't see it. Any thoughts?

I followed all the directions that were given and I still am not able to wirelessly print. I have a Hp Desktop with Windows XP Pro and a Toshiba Laptop with Windows Vista. My router is connected to the Desktop and i'm trying to print wireless from my laptop. When I searched for a printer on my laptop, It found nothing. What is it I can do about it or what am I doing wrong?

EDITOR'S NOTE: You still have to install the printer software on the laptop. Did you do that?

Thank you, thank you, for such a simple explanation. Now printing wireless from the laptop. Wasn't sure it was possible.

I set up apple airport extreme wireless router with usb print server. My xp prof. desktop is hardwired to the internet lan port on the router. The Canon i960 printer is plugged into the router usb print server port. I print from desktop no problem. I cannot print from the wireless laptop also using xp prof. I can use both computers to share the internet connection but cannot print from laptop. I have downloaded latest print driver on each machine. Any suggestions would really be appreciated...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Seems like it SHOULD work, but does the manual for the Airport say that it supports printing from a wireless workstation?

Everything works fine (I guess) except that I cannot find my printer on my laptop. What happened?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Are you saying you CAN print, or you can't?

Great guide to accessing a printer hooked to another computer via a wireless network. Easy to follow and understand. Is the process much different when accessing a PC from a MAC G4 Powerbook? I'm computer illiterate so you'll have to hit me right in the face with it. Thanks for any help.

EDITOR'S NOTE: You may need to install the printer software on your Mac, but it should work.

Thanks for the info! I hooked up my wife's XP Pro Dell wireless laptop to both our printers: Brother HL-760DX and HP PSC 750, which are connected to my Dell OptiPlex GX110 running 98SE! (I know - the latter are virtually antiques!)

If I could do it - anyone can!

I have a Dell laptop that uses a wireless card to connect to my D-LINK wireless router. I have a HP Printer Server box with an HP LaserJet printer attached. The laptop has been able to print for many years. Recently the laptop seems to not able to talk to the printer. The laptop can surf the net without problems. The laptop also can print IF I pull the wireless card and plug the network cable to the built-in nic. i.e. wired printing works but wireless won't work. Any place I should check? OS is XP Pro. Thanks

EDITOR'S NOTE: Perhaps removing and re-installing the printer software will fix it. I've had random problems like that.

I have done that many times. In fact, I reinstalled XP already. At this point the laptop is as plain as possible and yet it's still having the same problem. I can get it working (by uninstalling and reinstalling the driver) and then the next day it will not work again. Again if I connect via the built-in nic then it's all ok. I have even tried using a different wireless card and it's still the same. I am really at a lost.

EDITOR'S NOTE: It must be a software problem... something is trampling on the printer driver. Maybe anti-virus program?

No I have no anti-virus program. I even disabled the XP's firewall. The strange part is with the built-in nic, eveything works fine. Another clue I discovered is when the printer is not working, I can't ping the print server. Thus it may not be the printer driver at all. It must be some wireless setting that's preventing me seeing the printer. The frustrating part is sometimes it works. But the internet Always work with the wireless card. I have tried another brand's wireless card with the same sometimes work sometimes doesn't result.

In your explanation of how to set up the printer to share in a network is great it works as stated my question is their a way to set it up so the wired desktop in the network doesn't have to be turned on to have the wireless laptop print.

EDITOR'S NOTE: No, but you could get a networkable printer that plugs directly into the router.

I followed all the directions and when I had my laptop browse for printer (networked) all it finds is Micrsoft Windows Network, no actual printers are listed. Any suggestions?

EDITOR'S NOTE: DId you specify the printer as Shared? Do the machines have the same Workgroup name?

I checked and the printer is shared, the workgroup names were not the same so I fixed that and they are now. The laptop is still not seeing the printer connected to the desktop, what else should I check or try?

I have followed your instructions a dozen times and still can not find a printer on my wireless laptop. Laptop and PC are both running XP. PC is about 6 years old. Laptop is brand new. Lexmark X73 is connected to PC. Laptop only comes up with MSHOME and no printer.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Did you install the printer software on the laptop?

I have a laptop on a wireless router, and I have a printer hooked up to the laptop. In order to make the printer wireless, do i require a print server? I would think that I could somehow hook the USB from the printer to the wireless router because I don't need a network (print server)since this is only for my personal use. Is this possible or am I stuck needing a print server?

EDITOR'S NOTE: No, you don't need a print server. Just make the printer on the laptop shared, and then other printers on the network (wired or wireless) can use it.

I don't need a printing network, I just want to make my printer wireless. I have a laptop with a wireless router. Isn't there a way that I can connect my printer to my router? Or do I really need a print server to create a network that will only be used by one computer?

EDITOR'S NOTE: You will need a print server, or a printer that has an ethernet network connector.

For the computer that is wired directly to the printer.....does it have to always be on to work? For example, I only use laptops in my house and there is only one printer at that is in the office. So when I have the printer connected to the laptop in my office and it is on STAND-BY or OFF and I send a print job from my laptop in the basement will it print? or does the laptop in the office have to be on for any print jobs to be accepted and completed?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Yes, the computer must be on. I think it will come out of standby mode for a print job, if configured correctly.

I just tried unsuccessfully to share a network printer with a new HP laptop. Both the desktop and laptop are all running XP. When I get to the point of the laptop browsing for a network printer it comes back with my network name "albar" but no associated printers under it. I currently have designated a shared printer setup on the desktop. Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks!

EDITOR'S NOTE: Did you check to make sure the workgroup name is the same on both computers?

Bob, but do the pc's that are in your network need the printer drivers on them before they can use the "shared Printer?"

EDITOR'S NOTE: Yes!