Re: Printer Connections Linux to Windows

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On 21/1/25 7:09 pm, pinnerite wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:58:05 +0000
> Bob Henson <bob.henson@outlook.com> wrote:
> 
>> I've just installed Linux Mint 22.1 Mate on my laptop and am trying to 
>> set up printing on it. My Canon Pixma MP495 home printer is cable 
>> connected to my Desktop running Windows 11 and the desktop is cable 
>> connected to my router. The Linux laptop is WiFi connected to the 
>> router. By using the Mint printer setup and using "Find Network printer" 
>> and entering the printer's IP address on the printer I was finally able 
>> to "find" the printer and install a driver from the given list of 
>> printers in Mint - but I cannot print to the printer. Anything I send to 
>> it is reported as sent to Job1, Job2 etc, but no action results from the 
>> printer. The question, therefore, is what am I doing wrong and is there 
>> a better way, other than cable connecting the  laptop to the printer - 
>> which is not feasible?
>> 
>> As I won't often be using the laptop at home near a network I can easily 
>> access, question 2 is how do I connect the laptop to a Wifi enabled 
>> printer directly by WiFi - i.e. no cables, no network. This would 
>> actually be the best method, as I can use it at home and away. I can do 
>> it with my smartphone using the Canon app, so I guess it must be 
>> possible from the linux laptop?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Bob
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Tetbury, Gloucestershirel, UK
>> 
>> The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
>> 
> 
> The Canon Pixma MP495 is a wireless printer so it presumably "talks" to your router.

It shows up on my LAN, so I assume it is connected OK.

> I presume your laptop also "talks" to your computer.

Not without a cable - and then only on "passthru" to the printer. I'm 
currently struggling to set up networking of an y kind with my Windows 
11 desktop. I can't fiind any software in Linux Mint to set it up.

> If the printer is setup with a static address, Linux Mint wioll find it.
> 

Not by wireless - only via direct connection to the router by network cable.

Regards,

Bob


-- 
Tetbury, Gloucestershirel, UK

The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

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      Re: Printer Connections Linux to Windows Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-01-24 10:54 +0000
  Re: Printer Connections Linux to Windows Edmund <nomail@hotmail.com> - 2025-01-21 17:34 +0100
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      Re: Printer Connections Linux to Windows Edmund <nomail@hotmail.com> - 2025-01-22 10:37 +0100
        Re: Printer Connections Linux to Windows Bob Henson <bob.henson@outlook.com> - 2025-01-22 10:02 +0000
          Re: Printer Connections Linux to Windows "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-01-22 07:57 -0500
            Re: Printer Connections Linux to Windows Bob Henson <bob.henson@outlook.com> - 2025-01-22 16:38 +0000
              Re: Printer Connections Linux to Windows "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-01-22 12:14 -0500
        Re: Printer Connections Linux to Windows Bob Henson <bob.henson@outlook.com> - 2025-01-22 10:26 +0000
          Re: Printer Connections Linux to Windows Edmund <nomail@hotmail.com> - 2025-01-22 11:57 +0100
            Re: Printer Connections Linux to Windows Bob Henson <bob.henson@outlook.com> - 2025-01-22 16:56 +0000
              Re: Printer Connections Linux to Windows EdmundF <nomail@hotmail.com> - 2025-01-22 18:26 +0100
  Re: Printer Connections Linux to Windows pinnerite <pinnerite@gmail.com> - 2025-01-21 19:09 +0000
    Re: Printer Connections Linux to Windows Bob Henson <bob.henson@outlook.com> - 2025-01-21 19:28 +0000

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