BT Home Hub - Wireless Printing

hollypoppit

Now, this is driving me crazy...can I connect my printer via USB to my BT Home hub to set up a wireless print connection. What I have read so far suggests I can not! But I am not willing to accept no as an answer:mad:

Browntoa

you can only "printer" share on another PC....

GaryS

You will need to get a wireless enabled printer.

Brother DCP-340CW is wireless enabled and works very well.

alanclose

I have used Axis wired print servers in the past. would this wireless one be what you are looking for

mrscruffy

Came across this old post from a Google search on the same topic.

Apparently it is possible to connect your printer via a USB cable and set it up for wireless printing.

See here for further info.

http://hubbub.labs.bt.com/?pagename=viewpost&id=1341

I should point out that this is not a supported feature by BT so don't try phoning them when it doesn't work first time. Many people have reported difficulties in getting it to work.

millwalll

you need a wirless printer or if your printer has a eathernet port you can buy a wirless switch

marble

I think it is possible ... from what I can remember of my hub. Plug your USB printer into the hub (and you probably need to turn it on/off after this). I believe the printer is then shared on '192.168.1.253' (try browsing to [URL="file://\\192.168.1.253"]\\192.168.1.253[/URL] and see what happens).

The support for printing/file sharing is there ... whether it'll work correctly is another matter.

Al

Browntoa

Use your BT Home Hub - Use it as a print server

To set this up, follow the below:

1) Connect your printer to the USB port on the BT Home Hub

2) Start the Add New Printer Wizard

3) Select to Add a local printer and make sure that the automatically detect option is unticked

4) Click Next

5) Select create a new port and select Standard TCP/IP port from the list

6) Click Next

7) Click Next

8) Enter 192.168.1.253 in the printer name field and the port name will automatically be completed

9) Click Next

10) Select Custom and click the settings button

11) Select LPR

12) Select LPR Byte Counting Enabled

13) Enter the Queue Name as LPT1

14) Click OK

15) Click Next

16) Click Finish

17) Either select your printer from the list or insert the printer driver CD and click have disk

18) Click Next

19) Enter your printer name and select if you want it to be your default printer

20) Click Next

21) Select if you want to share your printer

22) Click Next

23) Print a Test Page

24) Click Next

you should now be able to print to a USB printer connected to your BT Home Hub.