Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

2009-09-16 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 15 September 2009 20:50:52 Joseph L. Casale wrote: My home network doesn't have any wireless access points (to slow) and I was iSCSI booting my wkst for a while:) Now I need to setup a printer so I was going to get an HP Photosmart C4580. I print to my HP all-in-one via wireless,

Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

2009-09-16 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 16 September 2009 00:34:19 John R Pierce wrote: get an ethernet printer, sheesh. It's not always that simple. Sometimes an extra cable connection is just not an option. My HP7180 works perfectly by wireless, including scanning. Anne -- New to KDE4? - get help from

Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

2009-09-16 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 16 September 2009 05:56:32 Frank Cox wrote: hey may not clog, but they do dry out after a while. I just brought a deskjet back into service after two years of non-use, and it printed immediately on the existing cartridges. Anne -- New to KDE4? - get help from

Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

2009-09-16 Thread cornel panceac
2009/9/16 Anne Wilson cannewil...@googlemail.com On Wednesday 16 September 2009 05:56:32 Frank Cox wrote: hey may not clog, but they do dry out after a while. I just brought a deskjet back into service after two years of non-use, and it printed immediately on the existing cartridges. it

Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

2009-09-16 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 16 September 2009 09:20:47 cornel panceac wrote: 2009/9/16 Anne Wilson cannewil...@googlemail.com On Wednesday 16 September 2009 05:56:32 Frank Cox wrote: hey may not clog, but they do dry out after a while. I just brought a deskjet back into service after two years of

[CentOS] Wireless Printing

2009-09-15 Thread Joseph L. Casale
My home network doesn't have any wireless access points (to slow) and I was iSCSI booting my wkst for a while:) Now I need to setup a printer so I was going to get an HP Photosmart C4580. The HPLIP page shows no network support:( I _was_ going to use a USB wireless nic I have and setup an ad-hoc

Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

2009-09-15 Thread Rainer Duffner
Am 15.09.2009 um 21:50 schrieb Joseph L. Casale: My home network doesn't have any wireless access points (to slow) and I was iSCSI booting my wkst for a while:) Now I need to setup a printer so I was going to get an HP Photosmart C4580. The HPLIP page shows no network support:( I _was_

Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

2009-09-15 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Does that actually work the way you intend it to? I have my doubts... It should, others do it:) Buy a wireless AP and save a lot of trouble. Is your time worth nothing? Depends who you ask:) At home, I'll do next to just about anything, heh... ___

Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

2009-09-15 Thread Rainer Duffner
Am 15.09.2009 um 23:05 schrieb Joseph L. Casale: Does that actually work the way you intend it to? I have my doubts... It should, others do it:) Hm. So you can setup networking to an USB-stick without an OS? I thought you needed to load the firmware onto the stick before it does

Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

2009-09-15 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Hm. So you can setup networking to an USB-stick without an OS? I thought you needed to load the firmware onto the stick before it does anything useful at all. Apparently the HP's support this, at least some quick searches show people with success. Of course I haven't tried it:)

Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

2009-09-15 Thread Rainer Duffner
Am 16.09.2009 um 00:09 schrieb Joseph L. Casale: Hm. So you can setup networking to an USB-stick without an OS? I thought you needed to load the firmware onto the stick before it does anything useful at all. Apparently the HP's support this, at least some quick searches show people

Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

2009-09-15 Thread John R Pierce
Joseph L. Casale wrote: My home network doesn't have any wireless access points (to slow) and I was iSCSI booting my wkst for a while:) Now I need to setup a printer so I was going to get an HP Photosmart C4580. The HPLIP page shows no network support:( I _was_ going to use a USB wireless

Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

2009-09-15 Thread Joseph L. Casale
get an ethernet printer, sheesh. I actually wanted wireless because of the location I want to put it:) I have a Brother MFC7345N (Costco version of the 7340 with an ethernet interface) on my home LAN, is a BW Laser, color scanner, copier, fax, both flatbed and sheet feed scanning/faxing/copying.

Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

2009-09-15 Thread Frank Cox
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:20:00 -0700 Bill Campbell wrote: One good thing about the HP splatjets is that they are designed so they don't clog after long periods of inactivity. They may not clog, but they do dry out after a while. I have a HP fax machine that uses a black inkjet cartridge and

Re: [CentOS] Wireless Printing

2009-09-15 Thread John R Pierce
Frank Cox wrote: On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:20:00 -0700 Bill Campbell wrote: One good thing about the HP splatjets is that they are designed so they don't clog after long periods of inactivity. They may not clog, but they do dry out after a while. I have a HP fax machine that uses