Printer that works without internet

Froglet

My sister's printer has just packed up.She has a laptop but doesn't have or want the internet.Have struggled to find a basic printer that doesn't need an internet connection to work.Anyone can recommend one for her please?
Thanks!

Browntoa

Just look for one that has a usb cable connection as well

DoaM

What does "doesn't want the Internet" mean? Very few (consumer grade) printers are accessible over the Internet. Do you mean she doesn't want a "WiFi enabled" printer? If yes, why not? Such printers will usually still have a USB connection - you don't have to setup the WiFi connection on it.

Otherwise just choose a printer which doesn't have WiFi capability.

Froglet

The ones we have been looking at all say you have to go online for the drivers,to set them up.Is this not the case then.I will get the model number of the HP printer at our local Tesco.
HP DJ2630 it is actually a scanner and photo copier as well.Is this why they mention connecting to the internet?

Carrot007

Yes nothing at the cheap end (I would not buy a cheap aio or indeed a printer without at least 5 separate ink tanks, but anyway) you will not get a driver disk. However surely someone can download the drivers and give them over?

Le_Kirk

Froglet wrote: »

The ones we have been looking at all say you have to go online for the drivers,to set them up.Is this not the case then.I will get the model number of the HP printer at our local Tesco.
HP DJ2630 it is actually a scanner and photo copier as well.Is this why they mention connecting to the internet?

It is an All-In-One and it scans prints and copies. It is annoying that the manufacturer doesn't bother to produce an installation disk (CD) any more. This perhaps could be overcome by asking in the store for a printer that comes with installation CD. Otherwise it is sometimes (depending on printer) possible for friends/sisters to download the installation software onto a USB stick and use that to install the printer.

debitcardmayhem

Obvious question is what is your sister going to print from, to the said printer? Edit: oh and what? pictures/docs/counterfeit notes


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Froglet wrote: »

My sister's printer has just packed up.She has a laptop but doesn't have or want the internet.Have struggled to find a basic printer that doesn't need an internet connection to work.Anyone can recommend one for her please?
Thanks!

How does she get updates for the laptop, what is the laptop and what does it run, also what is her unusable printer.

Robisere

I have a printer on Freecycle:

https://groups.freecycle.org/LouthUK/posts/70182296

Free to collect and take away, Louth (Lincolnshire) area. USB connection, not wireless. PM me if you are interested.

Tom99

Won't most printers work straight off with Win10 or whatever without the need to download a driver?

stragglebod

If she has Windows 10 she won't need drivers, as long as it has a usb socket Windows will automatically detect it.


It won't automatically install non essential bonus software like dvd label design apps and the like, they might come on a disc in the box, but if not and she actually wants that stuff you could just download it yourself and record into dvd for her.

Froglet

Thanks for all your replies.Like I said she doesn't have the internet ,she has ME and finds it difficult to concentrate and learn anything new.
It is an old laptop but it suits her ,she makes cards,types up letters etc then prints them off.She has used the photo copier part of her printer a lot for copying letters to the DHSS re claims,appeals etc.


But now it has packed up,a problem with the inks and printing I believe,and could manage with just a simple printer as she can get photocopying done at the library
So what we need to look for is a basic printer but with a usb cable ?
I cannot remember the make of printer she has had
,but it's several years old.