PaulOttCarruth Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 Have a new baby on the way in March, so I'm getting booted out of my office (which is becoming a nursery). I'm being forced into a smaller space without a lot of extra room. Would like to be able to throw my printer in a closet or some other out-of-the-way location in the house and print to it without running cables. Any suggestions? I've run a couple searches and have turned up very few answers. I have a Dell laptop (non-Bluetooth enabled) and a iMac G5 (bluetooth-enabled), which I would also like to hook up if possible. Printer is a very new HP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seattle LawDawg Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 Have a new baby on the way in March, so I'm getting booted out of my office (which is becoming a nursery). I'm being forced into a smaller space without a lot of extra room. Would like to be able to throw my printer in a closet or some other out-of-the-way location in the house and print to it without running cables. Any suggestions? I've run a couple searches and have turned up very few answers. I have a Dell laptop (non-Bluetooth enabled) and a iMac G5 (bluetooth-enabled), which I would also like to hook up if possible. Printer is a very new HP. 1303280[/snapback] Am I correct that you don't want any wires running to it? I have my printer physically connected to one computer but can print from any number of computers that connect to my wireless network. Physically attaching it to one just allows me to map it. I believe HP does have a wireless server that you can attach to the printer but I don't know a lot about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulOttCarruth Posted February 3, 2006 Author Share Posted February 3, 2006 Am I correct that you don't want any wires running to it? I have my printer physically connected to one computer but can print from any number of computers that connect to my wireless network. Physically attaching it to one just allows me to map it. I believe HP does have a wireless server that you can attach to the printer but I don't know a lot about it. 1303298[/snapback] I could connect the printer to my mac; however, I'm leery about how difficult it would be to get my Dell and the Mac to network together wirelessly. Would rather avoid hooking the Dell to the printer directly. So I guess the short answer is "yes" I would prefer not to have any wires running to it. Though I am open to alternatives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman_Nick Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 Why not set up your wireless router in the closet as well, and then connect the printer to a linksys print server. You could cable it then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulOttCarruth Posted February 3, 2006 Author Share Posted February 3, 2006 Why not set up your wireless router in the closet as well, and then connect the printer to a linksys print server. You could cable it then. 1303336[/snapback] Thanks. That's what I was looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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