Print without wires...

Sandy_Beech

Can anyone advise! i want to print without wires!!!! I have just seen this link here (please have a look) http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129185, for a 3 port hub with bluethooth, now if i plug my printer in this will it work or will i have to do something else???????????????

Many many many thanks.... and thanks again

superscaper

That's a USB hub that also supports bluetooth, it isn't a hub that connects wirelessly to the pc via bluetooth. Is this for a current printer, if so which is it? A couple of our printers have wireless built in and others have ethernet so you could connect it next to a wireless router.

Or something like this http://www.techstore.co.uk/browse.php?a=p&prodLineID=81573 for printers with no networking capability

but remember you need a bluetooth dongle for the pc as well and the range for bluetooth isn't huge.

superscaper

Or this for Wifi instead of bluetooth and properly network the printer: http://www.lambda-tek.com/componentshop/index.pl?origin=gbase6.1&prodID=1034483

Sandy_Beech

superscaper wrote: »

That's a USB hub that also supports bluetooth, it isn't a hub that connects wirelessly to the pc via bluetooth. Is this for a current printer, if so which is it? A couple of our printers have wireless built in and others have ethernet so you could connect it next to a wireless router.

Or something like this http://www.techstore.co.uk/browse.php?a=p&prodLineID=81573 for printers with no networking capability

but remember you need a bluetooth dongle for the pc as well and the range for bluetooth isn't huge.

Its a cannon mp150, and does not have wifi.. (i wished it did)... Will i need a wire to plug the adapter in to the printer? NOT to the computer!!!! Many many thanks.......

superscaper

Sandy_Beech wrote: »

Its a cannon mp150, and does not have wifi.. (i wished it did)... Will i need a wire to plug the adapter in to the printer? NOT to the computer!!!! Many many thanks.......

You may need a USB cable, I'm not 100% sure.

Tallymanjohn

This bit of kit works with any USB printer:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Belkin-Bluetooth-USB-Printer-Adapter/dp/B0001Q17NW

As SS mentioned you will need a bluetooth dongle unless you have a bluetooth enabled laptop (which is how I use it) Range is quite good, I manage about 10m through 2 breezeblock walls.