ninjakarl Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 Hi guys. Here's whats happening. I want to be able to print from my laptop to my HP Deskjet 5550. But it's connected through the main computer. So I have to turn on the printer, then turn-on the main computer, then i have to log in. So that I can print. I want to be able to just straight out print from my laptop. I have a Netgear Wireless Router MR814v2. And a HP Deskjet 5550. Thanks in Advance, ninjakarl Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/269174-connecting-printer-to-wireless-network-router/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabor14 Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 well, as far as i know...your main rig has to be on to print cause that is what the laptop is running through...you could get a print server but $$$$$$ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/269174-connecting-printer-to-wireless-network-router/#findComment-585264781 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledai Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 Ok, a couple of things. Does the HP have a ethernet card? As its a deskjet, I doubt it, but many of their laserwriters have built in NIC's. If this is the case, you should just be able to set a fixed IP in the printer, and then plug it strait into the router. If it doesn't have a nic, you have to get a network print server. At the moment, your desktop is filling this role. HP printers that have inbuilt nics use a card called a HP Jetdirect. This is HP's version of a ethernet server for the printer. Before they were internal, they were a box that sat next to the printer, connected via ethernet to the router, and via parallel to the printer. External HP Jetdirects are now fairly cheap to pick up if you know where to look. But there are many other Network Printservers out there. Find one that supports your printer, and then you can give it a fixed IP. Then all you need to do is setup IP printing on your laptop, or print to the name you gave the printserver. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/269174-connecting-printer-to-wireless-network-router/#findComment-585265415 Share on other sites More sharing options...
neojoker Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 Do you know of any good sources to find inexpensive external Jetdirects? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/269174-connecting-printer-to-wireless-network-router/#findComment-585265595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjakarl Posted January 10, 2005 Author Share Posted January 10, 2005 thanks for the help. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/269174-connecting-printer-to-wireless-network-router/#findComment-585265941 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledai Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 No i don't sorry. My boss bought them last time at a swap meet. look on ebay, google or at your local swap meets. Ask at local stores. they may have one lying around, that they would sell cheap (but knowing computer stores they are probly using it.) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/269174-connecting-printer-to-wireless-network-router/#findComment-585265957 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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