Advice on networking a printer wirelessly

alex57 · 08-08-2008, 01:07 PM

Hello,

At home we have an OKI printer which has an RJ-45 port but no USB. We have just bought a wireless router and created a network. I am trying to find out ways to now network our printer wirelessly. In the shop a man told us to get a wireless print server and attach this to the printer and I believe this will work.

Are there any other ways to connect the print wirelessly that would involve a print server or is this the only solution?

Why would a printer need a print server? Is it to pool print jobs?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!!

logical1 · 08-08-2008, 01:19 PM

well the printer needs to have a way to have the info sent to it. its not gunna just take hte info out of the sky and print. so ull need a print server to recieve the info sent wirelessly and then the printer can print it through that. unless u wanna buy another cheap comp and put a wireless card and get that computer networked and share the printer over the network. ALOT more hassle than its worth.

id go with the wireless print server option, they are relativity cheaper too and easy to setup if you have all the info about ur network

alex57 · 08-08-2008, 04:28 PM

thanks, that is probably what I will do then. Just a print server for a two man operation in my house sounded a bit over the top for our printer but if that is what it takes and there isn't a cheaper option then I guess that is what we'll do.

Thanks again

TxTazDad · 08-08-2008, 06:08 PM

If your 2 PC's can "talk" to each other over wireless, it can be direct connected to one of the PC's & shared out in that manner.

I have mine set up that way at home.

08-08-2008, 01:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
alex57 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Advice on networking a printer wirelessly Hello, At home we have an OKI printer which has an RJ-45 port but no USB. We have just bought a wireless router and created a network. I am trying to find out ways to now network our printer wirelessly. In the shop a man told us to get a wireless print server and attach this to the printer and I believe this will work. Are there any other ways to connect the print wirelessly that would involve a print server or is this the only solution? Why would a printer need a print server? Is it to pool print jobs? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!!

08-08-2008, 01:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
logical1 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Pompano beach, FL Posts: 179 OS: win xp media center My System	Re: Advice on networking a printer wirelessly well the printer needs to have a way to have the info sent to it. its not gunna just take hte info out of the sky and print. so ull need a print server to recieve the info sent wirelessly and then the printer can print it through that. unless u wanna buy another cheap comp and put a wireless card and get that computer networked and share the printer over the network. ALOT more hassle than its worth. id go with the wireless print server option, they are relativity cheaper too and easy to setup if you have all the info about ur network

08-08-2008, 04:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
alex57 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Re: Advice on networking a printer wirelessly thanks, that is probably what I will do then. Just a print server for a two man operation in my house sounded a bit over the top for our printer but if that is what it takes and there isn't a cheaper option then I guess that is what we'll do. Thanks again

08-08-2008, 06:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
TxTazDad Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 103 OS: XP Pro SP2	Re: Advice on networking a printer wirelessly If your 2 PC's can "talk" to each other over wireless, it can be direct connected to one of the PC's & shared out in that manner. I have mine set up that way at home. __________________ It could be that the purpose of my life is only to serve as a warning to others..... Last edited by TxTazDad; 08-08-2008 at 06:10 PM.