Wireless printing

[mr_merc]

Quick question...

How do I set this up as cheaply as possible? I know bluetooth is an option, but wondered if there was anything else and preferably simpler.

My g/f's mother has a laptop that she may wish to print things from and a wired printer. It appears to me that bluetooth is the only reasonable option?

Thanks in advance.

 

[mr_merc]

Meant to say, the laptop has an internal wireless net card and she will be using a "sky" version of a wireless router to connect to the maweb.

 

[sh33n]

Does the printer have a network port?
If so you could simply plug it into the wireless router (assuming you have spare network ports)


Does the router have a USB port for a printer (some do)?
Again plug it in.


Failing that you can get a printer server adapter (or whatever they are called) that turn a USB printer into a network printer.

 

[mr_merc]

I'll have a look tonight, it didn't dawn on me to connect the wireless router directly to the printer. It's possible that it has one.

 

[sh33n]

I'll have a look tonight, it didn't dawn on me to connect the wireless router directly to the printer. It's possible that it has one.

Possible.

I doubt the freebie Sky router has a USB port :S

And a network port on a printer isn't likely if it's a cheap one, but you never know!

 

[Adam]

buy a wireless printer

 

[Adam]

http://www.ebuyer.com/search/?strSe...intCatID=13&intSubcatUID=2242&bolShowAll=truehttp://www.ebuyer.com/search/?strSearch=&bolShowAll=true&intStoreID=4&intCatID=13

 

[RSi Dave]

Sky router doesnt have usb port for printing. Best option is to get the print server adapter thing.

Or if you have a printer which can do bluetooth then that works well.