Re: [Dorset] connecting a HP printer to my wi-fi network

2021-02-28 Thread CA Wills
These links made me wonder: my HP colour  printer has both Ethernet and 
wireless and is connected directly to the Router.  If the sending 
machine is also connected by wifi/ethernet _as well_, will I get a 
faster transfer of data when printing ?  Or will the fast connection 
take priority (GB Ethernet)? I assume the later?


See you Tuesday evening all being well.  Stay safe.


On 26/02/2021 19:00, Tim wrote:
You can find the manual for the printer here 
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c06266695.pdf page 58 is the WiFi 
and yes you can set it up using the 2 line LCD dispaly



Tim H

On 26/02/2021 11:55, John Palmer wrote:

I have (perhaps unwisely) bought a Hewlett multifunction printer
MFP179fnw. How on earth do I connect it to my home wifi network ?
At present it's a nice stand-alone photocopier, but that's the least
useful part !
HP's documenation is very bare, but says that while I can print from
Linux once it's connected, to set up the connection I need to be using
one of a number of systems of which Android is one. I have an Android
mobile and have installed HP's app, but I'm blowed if I can find the
tool or instructions that I need.

I am trying to get some help from the 'HP user community' but thought I
should try the Linux community as well. I have been very quiet on this
group for many years !

Best wishes,



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Re: [Dorset] connecting a HP printer to my wi-fi network

2021-02-26 Thread Tim
You can find the manual for the printer here 
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c06266695.pdf page 58 is the WiFi 
and yes you can set it up using the 2 line LCD dispaly



Tim H

On 26/02/2021 11:55, John Palmer wrote:

I have (perhaps unwisely) bought a Hewlett multifunction printer
MFP179fnw. How on earth do I connect it to my home wifi network ?
At present it's a nice stand-alone photocopier, but that's the least
useful part !
HP's documenation is very bare, but says that while I can print from
Linux once it's connected, to set up the connection I need to be using
one of a number of systems of which Android is one. I have an Android
mobile and have installed HP's app, but I'm blowed if I can find the
tool or instructions that I need.

I am trying to get some help from the 'HP user community' but thought I
should try the Linux community as well. I have been very quiet on this
group for many years !

Best wishes,


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Re: [Dorset] connecting a HP printer to my wi-fi network

2021-02-26 Thread PeterMerchant

You may find it useful to give the printer a static IP Address in your  Router. 
[WILL] not may!

Are you commenting on my grammar or making a statement of fact?


Not worried about your grammar, mine isn't always the best.

In all of my networking life since TCP/IP came in, printers have had fixed IP 
addresses. In other establishments people may not have done that, but it has 
been easier to manage networks if they are fixed.


I have a Brother wifi connected printer, and I I remember correctly, I had
to connect it via USB to the computer in order to initially configure it. I
have never used the USB since. It has a cobweb across it.

HPLIP mentions using USB to make a direct connection to the printer from the
computer (eg not via a site-wide WiFi Network).  However, only some models
support this anyway and connecting to my home WiFi has always worked fine for
me.


The Brother manual says to connect via USB to configure the device, whether for 
USB use or wireless use. Now that it has been configured, I use wireless 
exclusively and the web interface if I have to do anything on it.  But of 
course this discussion is about HP printers.

Cheers,

Peter


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Re: [Dorset] connecting a HP printer to my wi-fi network

2021-02-26 Thread Terry Coles
On Friday, 26 February 2021 14:23:08 GMT PeterMerchant wrote:
> >> You may find it useful to give the printer a static IP Address in your
> >> Router.  [WILL] not may!

Are you commenting on my grammar or making a statement of fact?  Some Routers 
don't change the allocated IP Addresses for internal devices very often, but 
most do.  However, I was referring to being able to access the Web 
Configuration Page.

> I have a Brother wifi connected printer, and I I remember correctly, I had
> to connect it via USB to the computer in order to initially configure it. I
> have never used the USB since. It has a cobweb across it.

HPLIP mentions using USB to make a direct connection to the printer from the 
computer (eg not via a site-wide WiFi Network).  However, only some models 
support this anyway and connecting to my home WiFi has always worked fine for 
me.

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Re: [Dorset] connecting a HP printer to my wi-fi network

2021-02-26 Thread PeterMerchant

On 26/02/2021 12:29, Terry Coles wrote:

On Friday, 26 February 2021 11:55:36 GMT John Palmer wrote:

I have (perhaps unwisely) bought a Hewlett multifunction printer
MFP179fnw. How on earth do I connect it to my home wifi network ?
At present it's a nice stand-alone photocopier, but that's the least
useful part !


You may find it useful to give the printer a static IP Address in your Router.  
[WILL] not may!


I have a Brother wifi connected printer, and I I remember correctly, I had to 
connect it via USB to the computer in order to initially configure it. I have 
never used the USB since. It has a cobweb across it.

Peter


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Re: [Dorset] connecting a HP printer to my wi-fi network

2021-02-26 Thread Terry Coles
On Friday, 26 February 2021 11:55:36 GMT John Palmer wrote:
> I have (perhaps unwisely) bought a Hewlett multifunction printer
> MFP179fnw. How on earth do I connect it to my home wifi network ?
> At present it's a nice stand-alone photocopier, but that's the least
> useful part !

HP are actually very good at supporting HP Printers; you need to install 
HPLIP.

You don't say which Linux Distro you are using, but with Ubuntu derivatives, 
HPLIP is in the Repositories.

Once you've installed it, fire it up and launch the Device Manager.  You should 
then be able to click on the green + button to add a new device.  Depending on 
the particular printer, you should find it will seek out your printer, however 
out of the three HP Printers that I've owned I had to manually install them 
twice.

You may find it useful to give the printer a static IP Address in your Router.

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Re: [Dorset] connecting a HP printer to my wi-fi network

2021-02-26 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty
We have a HP Envy 4502, which has the ability to set up the WiFi 
connection on the built-in display.


Perhaps yours can do something similar?

The HP drivers and HPlip GUI are very good by the way and work 
excellently for network printing and scanning on Linux.


Hamish

On 26/02/2021 11:55, John Palmer wrote:

I have (perhaps unwisely) bought a Hewlett multifunction printer
MFP179fnw. How on earth do I connect it to my home wifi network ?
At present it's a nice stand-alone photocopier, but that's the least
useful part !
   
HP's documenation is very bare, but says that while I can print from

Linux once it's connected, to set up the connection I need to be using
one of a number of systems of which Android is one.  I have an Android
mobile and have installed HP's app, but I'm blowed if I can find the
tool or instructions that I need.

I am trying to get some help from the 'HP user community' but thought I
should try the Linux community as well.  I have been very quiet on this
group for many years !

Best wishes,


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