Thanks Neil
On 30/11/2009, at 5:28 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:
Hi Severin, Michael
From memory, the thing about Airport Express is that for non-network
enabled
printers, printer/scanners etc only basic printing is supported.
Eg for my canon IP4000, if plugged in via USB I can launch the printer
utility and check ink levels, clean nozzles etc - however if set up
as a
wireless printer (plugged into the Airport Express) I can print just
fine
but can't perform these maintenance functions.
I seem to remember previous posts relating to printer scanners
saying that
the scanning wasn't supported via the Airport Express unless the
drivers
covered this via the network - so, for example, a network printer/
scanner
with ethernet but no built-in wireless WOULD work wirelessly via an
Airport
Express because it had the drivers for network scanning.
I'm going on memory here so you might want to check the archives to
confirm.
I guess, it is becoming less relevant now since on consumer level
machines
wireless now tends to be more common than ethernet.
Cheers
Neil
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on 30/11/09 4:05 PM, Michael Waldie at mikewal...@mac.com wrote:
Hi Severin,
I have not come across a printer/scanner unit that is supported
using Airport
Express/Extreme, if anyone has had success, please do share. If it
were to
work I would say it would only be printing and not scanning that
would work.
I have seen a couple of HP printer/scanner units with built in wifi
work quite
well, no experience with Epson though.
On 30/11/2009, at 3:56 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:
I am helping my son set up a new LAN at home. Currently he has a
desktop PC
with a USB printer and an HP (work) laptop with wireless
connectivity. He has
a D-Link G604T wireless router/modem and which has 4 ethernet
ports. He is
looking to add a MacBook and an iMac and to purchase a printer/
scanner. He
will phase out the desktop PC except for occasional necessary
Windows tasks
like eTax.
The D-Link does not have a USB printer port but I see that printer/
scanner
units are available with Wifi connectivity (Epson TX550W for
example). Would
the best way to go be to invest in Airport Express/Extreme and get
a non-wifi
printer/scanner and use the printer facility to share among all
units. This
would make the wifi bit of the D-Link redundant but would not
require a
wireless enabled printer. Clearly the iMac and PC will be
deskbound and can
connect to the printer by ethernet (or wireless for the iMac).
My own system is centred around an Airport Extreme and a DSL-504
router/modem
and I share a laser printer among three computers very happily,
including a
wireless MacBook.
Are there issues with printer/scanner units on this sort of setup?
Words of wisdom will be welcomed.
Severin Crisp
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