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Dell 1600n Laser Printer
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kah22
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A friend who has left for another country has given me his Dell 1600n Laser Multi-Function Printer, to replace an old inkjet which has just given up the ghost and I’m trying to figure out my best setup.
Basically this is my setup. I have a Netgear DG824M router which sits in a spare room, it is connected to a telephone line in the room.
I have a Dell Inspiron 510m laptop, pretty old I know but then it’s all that I need: it is mainly used in other parts of the house. I access the internet via two homeplugs, one connected to the router and one connected to the laptop.
Anyway I’m trying to figure out if I attach another homeplug to the router and the printer will I be able to directly print from my laptop from say the living room, or will I have to continue to physically attach the laptop to the printer via a USB cable as I do now?
The printer is only used occasionally and as such I don't really want to spend much money trying to network it, so other suggestions would also be appreciated.
Kevin
Basically this is my setup. I have a Netgear DG824M router which sits in a spare room, it is connected to a telephone line in the room.
I have a Dell Inspiron 510m laptop, pretty old I know but then it’s all that I need: it is mainly used in other parts of the house. I access the internet via two homeplugs, one connected to the router and one connected to the laptop.
Anyway I’m trying to figure out if I attach another homeplug to the router and the printer will I be able to directly print from my laptop from say the living room, or will I have to continue to physically attach the laptop to the printer via a USB cable as I do now?
The printer is only used occasionally and as such I don't really want to spend much money trying to network it, so other suggestions would also be appreciated.
Kevin
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The printer is network enabled all you need is an ethernet cable to connect it to the router. And set up the printer to use remote.manual here4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy0
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Why are you using the home plugs? You router and Laptop should be able to use wireless. Then you could use the home plugs with the printer.
I would just put the printer next to the router and connect with an ethernet cable.0 -
Why are you using the home plugs? You router and Laptop should be able to use wireless. Then you could use the home plugs with the printer.
I would just put the printer next to the router and connect with an ethernet cable.
I find the homeplugs more useful as there are areas in my house where the wireless signal will not reach0 -
debitcardmayhem wrote: »The printer is network enabled all you need is an ethernet cable to connect it to the router. And set up the printer to use remote.manual here
Many thanksdebitcardmayhem0 -
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