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Re: Printer Connections Linux to Windows

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On 22/1/25 9:37 am, Edmund wrote:
> On 21-01-2025 19:51, Bob Henson wrote:
>> On 21/1/25 4:34 pm, Edmund wrote:
>>> On 21-01-2025 14:58, 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
>>>
>>> What kind of cable connection to the printer, USB or network?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> USB
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Bob
> 
> I was afraid if that :-)
> If your router has a USB printer port I would definitely use that
> instead of another computer between it, that would be my 1st option.
> Note : I am not sure if all USB ports on routers are suitable for that.
> If absolutely nothing else works, reading the (router) manual might tell
> if you can use a USB port for it.
> 

> 2nd option is to use the router WiFi to connect to the printer.

That's what I'd like to do - if I can do that here, I can do it on other 
systems elsewhere. It would appear from reading round that a direct WiFi 
connection from the Linux laptop to the printer is not possible.

> I wouldn't say that your setup cannot work, but option 1 and 2 is more
> direct and then everything on the network can use the printer without
> the need of booting another computer.

Quite.

> Anyway a very long time ago I connected a cannon printer for a friend
> option 2, it took me some time to get it working but eventually, it did.
> 

Mine is old and has never been easy to configure for WiFi - hence my 
desktop intermediary method.

> If you want the persist on the windows USB connection I would
> check/search for a windows print server option that might need to
> switched on/allow access from your laptop.
> 

I've now found that I can do it as I described in another post. This is 
what my partner's Windows 11 laptop does normally (my desktop is never 
turned off), but without any complicated setting up such as I described 
- it just happens automatically on our Windows 11 setup. However, I'm 
going to dig out my manuals and see if I can add the printer to the 
router USB - just because it's "nicer". It would be nicer still to 
connect the router and printer by WiFi, but I've never succeeded in 
doing that despite many attempts (time for a new printer?), hence my 
current clumsy method.

Regards,

Bob



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Tetbury, Gloucestershirel, UK

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