How do you connect to a printer into the computer without the cable?

Answer 1

If it uses either a parallel or serial port, then you could by a "T - Switch".

Additional optionYou can network 2 computers together (direct connection), and just use File & Print sharing. Make sure you use a "cross-over" cable to connect the two PCs, or use wireless networking.

Answer 2

1. If the printer & router have Cat5 network (LAN cable) connection

Connect all your PC's to the router.

Connect the printer to the router.

Enter the router's set up. The IP address for the port you use for the printer must be fixed/reserved. Example : Printer connected to router port 2. You decide to reserve Port 2 IP address as 10.0.0.2

On the physical printer, enter the printer's LAN set up. You must fix/reserve the same IP address for your printer's LAN port which you defined above in the router set-up. After powering down the printer, it must remember & keep this IP in setup.

In your computer's firewall. If you are using Windows or third party firewall, enter a rule/exception to allow your PC to freely talk to the IP address you just reserved for the printer.

On each PC enter Printer Setup. Create a new network printer. You will need to specify the IP address of the printer (look at printer ports, you may need to define a new TC/IP port, for example IP_10.0.0.2) set up will guide you through this. All you need is the IP address to find it (eg http://10.0.0.2)

This procedure is tested and works on Windows XP, for the Brother MFC series printers and Netgear internet Cable router. It should work on other hardware & Operating systems too.

2. If the printer and router have a wireless network connection

The procedure is similar to above. Essentially, you must define and fix the IP address your printer connects to on the router. This static IP address must be defined within the physical printer set up, on the router set up, in your firewall set up, and finally in your PC's printer setup.

3. If the printer connects directly to one PC (via USB for example), and is shared with other PC's via a router.

You need to use print sharing and local/home networking to do this.

The solution for this is covered in another question.

Refer to Wiki Question "Sharing a printer between two computers through a router one computer is desktop another is laptop. desktop connect to cable modem and router.laptop is wireless.window versions are window XP n Vista?"

Answer 3

Set manually an ip address (192.168.1.2 will work just fine) for your printer and remember or write it down. Do the same for you laptop (192.168.1.3). After that press Win + R, type in the window cmd and press Enter. In cmd window type ping 192.168.1.2. If you see response. Close the cmd window. And use add a network printer option in our Control Panel.

It might require some time before it starts working.

Answer 4

It depends... If your printer supports wireless communication you need to make sure that you configured it properly. If it does not have a wireless card you have at least 2 choices. First one is connect the printer to one of your computers and share it within your working group. Or if your router has a printer server, and your printer is USB you can connect the printer to the router and use the router settings to configure the print server for your needs.

Answer 5

It is possible, if the wireless printer in question supports ad hoc mode or (peer-to-peer connectivity), not just infrastructure mode. Ad hoc mode allows wireless devices to communicate with one another directly, and without the use of a DHCP server, or a router in this case.

This type of wireless network would be considered a WPAN (Wireless Personal Area Network).

Answer 6

Connect the printer to one of the computers and share it over the network.

Answer 7

Yes, you can. You assign for both ip addresses from the same network (manually). And using Add hardware wizard add the printer. It might very tricky to do.

Answer 8

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