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meara - Oct 09, 2011 7:49:11 pm PDT #18059 of 25501

I have my printer plugged into an apple modem, which is connected to the wireless network in the house. Only two floors here, but if your Ethernet is hooked into the same network, that should work as well.

Er, what do I have to buy to make it work? (I currently have a cable modem and a wireless-without-a-USB-hub downstairs, and a printer with no ethernet plug upstairs).

Vortex - Oct 09, 2011 7:51:28 pm PDT #18060 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Mine was programmed to print wirelessly. When I turned it on, it said "here are the networks I can see, do you want to connect to any of them?" So, I said yes, inputed my password and voila!

le nubian - Oct 09, 2011 7:55:57 pm PDT #18061 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I might google your printer (or see if you have instructions) and see what it recommends for wireless connection.

I have a USB or Ethernet cable on mine that I plugged into the Apple modem. If you do not have a USB port on the printer, then I'm not sure you can do the printer wirelessly (unless you have Vortex's super printer).

meara - Oct 09, 2011 8:06:45 pm PDT #18062 of 25501

I do have USB on the printer, but it's an officey three year old one given to me by work.

I tried googling (HP LaserJet 3050) but didn't see anything immediately applicable to wireless printing.

le nubian - Oct 09, 2011 8:12:43 pm PDT #18063 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

okay, so my printer is older than 3 years and I plugged it into an apple airport express and it served my needs.

you may want to look into an airport express and printer (the manual is online) and see if that will suit your needs.

NoiseDesign - Oct 09, 2011 10:43:15 pm PDT #18064 of 25501
Our wings are not tired

Meara, an Airport Express should work like a charm.

Jessica - Oct 10, 2011 3:27:19 am PDT #18065 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I've had very spotty luck with HP printers and Airport Express, FWIW. Something about Bonjour not playing nice with the drivers.

bon bon - Oct 10, 2011 5:38:54 am PDT #18066 of 25501
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

That's been my experience, too. Can't get Bob's macbook to work with HP via airport express. But I would think if you had two expresses you can hook up the printer directly to the second one via usb, which would work better.

Polter-Cow - Oct 10, 2011 6:14:07 am PDT #18067 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Maria - Oct 10, 2011 7:14:24 am PDT #18068 of 25501
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

This is driving me nuts. It appears that the function lock is on on my work laptop. I have to hit the "fn" + "f5" button to refresh the webpage. I have tried to figure out how to disable this, but google is giving me no real love/solution. There is no fn lock button on my keyboard. It's an HP 630 if that helps.

Please can someone help me figure this out before I chuck it through the wall.

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