Wi fi printer

Kim_kim

Do all wifi printers have email addresses?

I work from home on a company laptop occasionally & I can't connect my laptop to a printer.

But apparently if I buy a wifi printer I can email anything I want to print.

So do all wifi printers have email addresses & can anyone recommend any good (budget) ones ideally with a scanner & copier built in.
I already have a Kodak one (wired) so I have some ink cartridges for that, are they ok & with an email address?

I have an iPhone too, be good if it was comparable with that.

chrisw

I have a similar issue but what I do is email what I want to print off to my personal email address on my home computer which is connected to a printer.

Strider590

Confused............... Does OP want a WiFi printer or a WiFi laptop?

Seeing as I can't remember the last time I saw a laptop that had no WiFi (actually I tell a lie, my old IBM 770X from 1998 has no WiFi), I'm going to assume they mean printer, in which case you don't "email" anything to a printer.

As for iDevices, the only advice I can really offer for these is to get rid of them.

agrinnall

Strider590 wrote: »

Confused............... Does OP want a WiFi printer or a WiFi laptop?

I'm also confused, I'm not entirely sure what the OP is asking for. But some printers do offer the ability to print remotely, and I suspect that involves the use of an email address even if it's hidden away from the end user. I have occasionally been away from home and forgotten to change the printer name and when I got back found the document has been printed at home. I don't think wireless would be a requirement for any of this, but the printer would need to be connected to the router for it to work.

kwikbreaks

I'll make a guess...

OP is using a company laptop which connects to work through a VPN and wants to print work documents on a home printer.

If the laptop has no driver for the home printer and is locked down so one can't be installed then one way I see around this is to email the documents to self and print from a home computer that can connect to the printer.

There may be a solution in here = http://www.pcworld.com/article/2013475/how-to-print-anything-from-anywhere-your-ultimate-guide-to-mobile-printing.html (or maybe not)

If that isn't the scenario then more info is needed.

devizes18193

Hp envy 4520 will work well has the ablity to have its own email and id wifi.

ARandomMiser

I have the HP Envy 5530 and regularly email it stuff from my tablet, phone or work computer that will be printed by the time I get home. It also works via wifi from my tablet.

Nice thing about the email (which may be common to other manufacturers as well is that the email address can be made 'friendly' and not some obscure address you can never remember.

Kim_kim

kwikbreaks wrote: »

I'll make a guess...

OP is using a company laptop which connects to work through a VPN and wants to print work documents on a home printer.

If the laptop has no driver for the home printer and is locked down so one can't be installed then one way I see around this is to email the documents to self and print from a home computer that can connect to the printer.

There may be a solution in here = http://www.pcworld.com/article/2013475/how-to-print-anything-from-anywhere-your-ultimate-guide-to-mobile-printing.html (or maybe not)


If that isn't the scenario then more info is needed.

So for the confusion, I'm not very well, so not sleeping very well.

Yes you are right & ive edited my post.

I'd rather not email to my personal email as attachments, I'll have to open & print them.

Emailing them direct to the printer sounds ideal, is it only HP that do this?

kwikbreaks

No some Epson clearly do too - https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=printers+with+email+address

That HP in the link looks cheap. Just check you can get cheap compatible cartridges before buying if you intend to print much.

ARandomMiser

Kim_kim wrote: »

So for the confusion, I'm not very well, so not sleeping very well.

Yes you are right & ive edited my post.

I'd rather not email to my personal email as attachments, I'll have to open & print them.

Emailing them direct to the printer sounds ideal, is it only HP that do this?

I think both Canon and Epson also allow some printers to be emailed (I am sure others will also allow this)

Kim_kim

http://www.ebuyer.com/712754-hp-envy-5534-e-all-in-one-printer-d4j85b-601

Any good?