Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bob Henson Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.mint Subject: Re: Printer Connections Linux to Windows Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 19:28:44 +0000 Organization: Home Lines: 61 Message-ID: References: <20250121190908.7d831a26e8b01c46d47ba5d4@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net bP7C7+W1Cclnjmuxnq9w4QGBGW5B/IaqWKmvlRd6V7x8cZTKKu Cancel-Lock: sha1:EirmupBFP07HnndUqUueXt2iMMk= sha256:1IzNi6KilrDa2ScgILW39SqWdyp6isqj0EQfv7PkK8w= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <20250121190908.7d831a26e8b01c46d47ba5d4@gmail.com> Xref: csiph.com alt.os.linux.mint:43871 On 21/1/25 7:09 pm, pinnerite wrote: > On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:58:05 +0000 > Bob Henson 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.