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Print from iPAD without Airprint or WiFi [migrated]

Consider the following configuration I have a Wifi iPAD without 3G support. I also have an HP printer without WIFI support. My printer supports USB I am planning to buy a 3G Wifi Router I ...
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Printer over the network

The printer is able to accomodate 10 users printing at the same time, but there are almost 30 users connecting to the printer. I just want to ask, is there a way or is this possible if the driver of ...
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Why can this one user not print to a printer that someone else in the same office can print to?

Ok, here's the details guys: I have 2 users in one room Hooked up to an Epson Printer. The printer is relatively old, old enough that it has to be plugged into the Old Printer port in a relay box ...
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Printing PDF causes printer to go Offline (A data transmission error occurred.)

We have a fleet of new Canon LBP 6680 printers which are running fine except for one person. In fact, I'm not convinced it's a Canon printer issue as the problem she is having also occurs on the new ...
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Configuring Network WiFi Printer from Ubuntu with DHCP

I'm trying to use an EPSON WF2530 printer over wifi from my laptop Everythings fine until the printer gets turned off and on and the router assigns a new (different) IP address via DHCP. I can run: ...
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Connect lan printer to wlan on seperate networks

We have two modems in our offices providing two different internet connections. One modem is linked to an ethernet switch which connects 10 PCs and a printer together. The other Modem is connected to ...
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Print job lost at spooling on a different user account?

So we have an alficia rico printer at my workplace. I just started on the job and when I had my account made for me I guess there is a conflict with the drivers? I have looked for a file in the ...
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How to set account and password in Linux for using a network printer

I am using both Linux Mint and Windows 7 on my laptop. I can use the network printer in my office area flawlessly in Windows 7, which seems to use the LPR protocol and requires my ID and password. ...
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Create a Batch file to backup and restore Network Printers for All Users

I have an XP machine with multiple profiles. These profiles sometimes have different printers mapped to each user. Example: User A has network printer 1, 2 and 5 mapped. Printer 2 is default. User B ...
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Hp C7250 printer problems

My HP C7250 printer keeps losing its wireless link to my computers and now also has a "Improper Shutdown" message that won't go away.
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Can I wake up PC/laptop on remote printing request?

I have an old Epson printer that does not have network adapter, only a USB socket. I have also a computer with network card. I could combine them to put this printer in my local network, but then I ...
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Hooking up a multifunction printer via network and USB

I have a Dell 2155CDN Multifunction printer that is hooked up through our network. But when using the scan feature, it is terribly slow, and I assume it has something to do with it scanning through ...
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Windows 7, Printer is unavailable until PC reboot

We are having a problem that I haven't seen before and can find no answers to online. A desktop running Windows 7 is unable to print using network printers. When the user tries, no matter what ...
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Brother 8880DN Scanning

We have a client with a Brother MFC 8880DN connected up to their server via USB and shared out, which is printing fine and all is well. It's really a short question more so than anything - in order ...
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Suggestion for connecting “wireless printer” to network: router downstairs, printer upstairs

Let me explain myself: my so called wireless printer requires a LAN cable connection to the router in order to connect to the network and to make it available for printing from other computers. The ...
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How can I get network printer autodiscovery working on a LAN network?

I am working in a small company running Windows 7 with Active Directory, and we have two self-hosted printers on the network (a Dell 2335dn B&W MFP, and a 2155cn color MFP). I can connect to ...
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Lion: unable to print on network printer (badge authentication)

I'm on OS X Lion: I would like add network company printer, I add it by system preferences (printer, add network printer:windows) but if I send a job I can't found it on printer job list. The printer ...
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A switch and router between the printer and PC that want to print but cannot

IP 192.168.1.5 has a wireless connection to a Linksys router (192.168.1.1) which then is connected to a switch. The switch is connected to a server (192.168.0.2). My printer has IP address of ...
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Large documents spool, but don't print

Well - essentially I have a network printer on a Std. TCP/IP port which has been working flawlessly for the last 6 months or so. Recently though it's been (randomly) failing when trying to print large ...
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Rename a Network Printer in Windows 7

I have a server. The server has some printers connected. It all drivers for x32 & x64 OS plus all defaults set. The server also manages the print queue. I have many workstations, all need to use ...
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Shared Printing Preferences Fail

I currently have a problem with a printer that is being shared through 3 other computers. One machine is the host and it shares to the others. On one of the computers, whenever I select printing ...
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Taking too long to print to network printer

Recently my office has been having some problems with our network printer. Four computers and the printer are connected to a switch. All four of them can print documents. There is no router or ...
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Network printing solutions for printers unsupported in a 64bit O/S

We have a small (>10) network of Windows computers, mostly running 32bits XP and one HP LaserJet 2840 printer plugged in (via USB) to one of the XP computers. The computer that has the printer ...
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How to enable printer settings over Jetdirect on HP 4100N

I have a HP 4100N printer and I am using it over network. Previously I was able to access the printer settings over internet, but now the only thing visible is Device Info and Networking. I can ...
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Share a printer between Windows and Linux

I have a Canon LBP2900 printer. I have connected the printer with my desktop PC running windows xp and shared it. I have Ubuntu in my laptop and connected to the local network. Is there any easy way ...
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Remote access for network printer

I have a network printer (HL-2250DN) that I want to also reach from outside the home network. In the network it is reachable by 192.168.0.103 Now I used a DNS service to map my external IP to a ...
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Is it possible to find a printer's physical location in a building by its IP adress?

I am in a school with probably 200+ computers and I did an IP scan among a certain range and found three or four printers. I was wondering if it would be possible to find these printers in the school, ...
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Prevent Network Printers Automatically being added to 'Devices and Printers' in Windows 7

I think my question is a duplicate of this one, but the original question was never properly answered (the steps described are for Windows XP). I am aware of the option to "Turn off Network ...
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How do I install a network printer for all users on a windows 7 computer?

I have a Windows 7 computer. There is a second computer (xp) that has a printer attached to it and is shared. On the Windows 7 computer I install the printer as a network printer (not tcpip port, ...
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Mac file won't print properly on Win 7 networked printer

I have an HP Photosmart 7150 networked on a Win7 PC. I followed the below directions to set up the share on my Mac with SnowLeopard. My issue is that a file that is, say 700 kilobytes gets transmitted ...
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Connecting a wired network printer to a wireless router talking to another?

The scenario: Multi-function printer located in copy room - back of building MFP has network port Existing wireless router near front of building Existing wireless router has internet connection ...
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Unable to access network shares and network printers even if I am able to ping them

I can't see network shares neither print to network printers even if I am able to ping the network resourcers. Printer are installed correctly but then when I send a page to printer it simply doesn't ...
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All printers stop responding after approx 1 hr

After my computer is on for about an hour or so the network printers stop responding (I can no longer see any of the printers). Any attempts I make to print results in non-response by whatever program ...
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How to make a Ubuntu print server?

I am using Intel Core i3 Windows XP as OS, and I have installed Ubuntu in VMware. Am planning to make the ubuntu as the print server which could run in the VMware and give the privilege to users to ...
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Do any of the HP printers have implement printer sharing?

I've seen several (home grade) HP prints that have network port and allow connecting to them via that. However I haven't seen any way to use it without installing the printer specific drives. This ...
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Sharing a printer on Windows home network

I have a home network, and I'm trying to share a printer connected to one of the PCs. The wireless modem through which the internet comes through doesn't reach the entire house, so we have another ...
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Can you share a LAN printer from a Windows 7 homegroup to a Windows Vista domain?

I have a work laptop computer at home running Windows Vista that is on work domain group that it uses when it connects to a work VPN. The laptop is on a local LAN that has a connection to the ...
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How to get Mac OS X to use a printer shared by a Windows XP machine

I've got a Windows XP machine sharing a printer for everyone on the network, but now I'm trying to get a Mac OS X machine to print to the printer shared by this Windows XP machine. Does anyone know of ...
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How to get this printer working in Windows 7 over a network?

Here is the setup: Router Windows XP 32-bit Windows 7 64-bit The XP machine has a Lexmark printer physically attached. I have installed the x64 drivers for the printer installed in Windows 7. ...
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How can I scan the local network for connected devices? (Mac OS)

I'm basically looking for something like this but available on Mac. I am trying to connect a new workstation to our wireless multifunction printer and I'm having a hell of a time getting the device ...
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How to connect the printer HP 2575 to a network?

I have 2 PCs and a router and I want to connect my HP 2575 to this network. So, I found a network cable and I connected the printer to the router. I access the router and I can see that the printer ...
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I have a wireless Canon P560 and my computer can't find it

The printer is wireless and I haven't connected it via USB. I set the configurations for the Wi-Fi access point in the printer and it connected to my Wi-Fi. I have AT&T as the service provider and ...
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Multifunction printer / scanner that can *easily* be accessed over the network

A few more details: Network scanner is the most important function; the less software it requires to play with OSX the better (looking at you, HP) Decent-ish printer is a nice to have; ideally with ...
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Install printer across profiles on Windows XP?

I am using gprint as a shell call to print pdf files. I have to install the network printer first, but the program runs under a different account. Is there anyway to install a network printer under ...
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Kyocera Mita KM-4030 Network Printer EXTREMELY slow to print from Windows 7

I have a network with 4 computers and 1 server. The server is running Windows 2008 x64 Standard (Domain Controller). IT IS NOT A PRINT SERVER. The four client computers print directly to the printer, ...
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Share Printer/ Scanner Across Network

I am looking for a printer+ scanner device that any computer on my network can print, without switching on other computer. Usually, the way we setup a printer is that we have a host computer that ...
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File and Printer Sharing, in 10.0.0.x

I have a strange problem: When I assign addresses of the form 10.0.0.x to my computers, file sharing (smb) does not work. When I assign them addresse of the form 192.168.1.x it works... OS is XP ...
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What is a good low-impact network printer/scanner? [closed]

I want a printer that doesn't require me to install a bunch of custom software of each PC on the network. I want to just Add Network Printer from each Windows PC, and be done. I want a scanner that ...
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Epson Artisan 800 on Ubuntu/Linux

Update for Ubuntu 10.04: Printing should work 'out-of-box', scanning still needs the newer sane backend. Looking for a known good way to setup an Epson Artisan 800 on Ubuntu specifically or any linux ...
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Recommended Apple Airport Printer [closed]

Can anyone recommend a laser printer/copier/scanner that can hook up easily to an Apple AirPort network?

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