Wireless Printing

[Jack]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

Sorry..I posted this under printer and fax also as I'm not sure of the proper
forum.

My present laptop(Toshiba) connects to my home network through a wireless
Siemens card to the Siemens speedstream router.The router has a print server.
I have a Canon BJC-85 hooked to the router via a parallel cable.

When I purchased the first Toshiba laptop I could not for the life of me
manage to install the printer as a network printer...so I just installed it
as a local printer by plugging the cable into the LPT1 port and later changed
the port to SCC702_P1 Shared port and everthing worked fine.I can print from
another room.

I bought a new Toshiba laptop(802.11 wireless) for my wife and have the same
issues again.I can't install as a network printer but the new computer has no
LPT1 port on it so I can't do as I did with the first one.

The printer is a BJC-80. If anyone can offer any help or suggestions as to
how I can install it as a network printer on the new computer it would be
much appreciated.

How would I find the printer address/URL?

Thanks....Jack

 

[Clark]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

Did you get an administration utility to use on your laptop for the print
server?

Do you have the printer drivers loaded on the laptop?

If the laptop can talk to the router, it should be able to see the print
server, I assume you have checked your manual, but have you gone to the
website for hints. Some companies have very good how tos. The manual
should tell you how to reach the printer port.

Clark

"Jack" <Jack@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CC1AD362-89FC-4D79-BBAE-A4C6013E3557@microsoft.com...
> Sorry..I posted this under printer and fax also as I'm not sure of the
> proper
> forum.
>
> My present laptop(Toshiba) connects to my home network through a wireless
> Siemens card to the Siemens speedstream router.The router has a print
> server.
> I have a Canon BJC-85 hooked to the router via a parallel cable.
>
> When I purchased the first Toshiba laptop I could not for the life of me
> manage to install the printer as a network printer...so I just installed
> it
> as a local printer by plugging the cable into the LPT1 port and later
> changed
> the port to SCC702_P1 Shared port and everthing worked fine.I can print
> from
> another room.
>
> I bought a new Toshiba laptop(802.11 wireless) for my wife and have the
> same
> issues again.I can't install as a network printer but the new computer has
> no
> LPT1 port on it so I can't do as I did with the first one.
>
> The printer is a BJC-80. If anyone can offer any help or suggestions as to
> how I can install it as a network printer on the new computer it would be
> much appreciated.
>
> How would I find the printer address/URL?
>
> Thanks....Jack
>
>