I am all proud of myself. I just installed a new printer via our home
Wi-Fi network and was actually able to get both the Windows laptops
(Vista and Win7) and the iMac to print to it over the network. I didn't
bother with the CD that came with it ... just downloaded the drivers and
utilities from the manufacturer's website. (the owner's manual said to
use either method)

This is a major accomplishment for me, maybe not so much for you guys
that do this all the time.

No more USB wires and I can put the printer in another room.

On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 20:43:25 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:


I am all proud of myself. I just installed a new printer via our home
Wi-Fi network and was actually able to get both the Windows laptops
(Vista and Win7) and the iMac to print to it over the network. I didn't
bother with the CD that came with it ... just downloaded the drivers and
utilities from the manufacturer's website. (the owner's manual said to
use either method)

This is a major accomplishment for me, maybe not so much for you guys
that do this all the time.

No more USB wires and I can put the printer in another room.


My new printer is still sitting in the box. I keep telling myself it's so I can use up the rest of
the ink in the old machine. But...maybe it's just fear.

In article , says...

I am all proud of myself. I just installed a new printer via our home
Wi-Fi network and was actually able to get both the Windows laptops
(Vista and Win7) and the iMac to print to it over the network. I didn't
bother with the CD that came with it ... just downloaded the drivers and
utilities from the manufacturer's website. (the owner's manual said to
use either method)

This is a major accomplishment for me, maybe not so much for you guys
that do this all the time.

No more USB wires and I can put the printer in another room.

The technology, integrating a wi-fi enabled printer into a home network, is getting better
every year. My daughter wanted a printer for school and I bought here an HP Envy 4500 for
$79.00 at MicroCenter. Cheap enough to throw away and buy another one when you run out of
ink. She was able to set it up via wi-fi herself.

On 2/12/14, 8:43 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

I am all proud of myself. I just installed a new printer via our home
Wi-Fi network and was actually able to get both the Windows laptops
(Vista and Win7) and the iMac to print to it over the network. I didn't
bother with the CD that came with it ... just downloaded the drivers and
utilities from the manufacturer's website. (the owner's manual said to
use either method)

This is a major accomplishment for me, maybe not so much for you guys
that do this all the time.

No more USB wires and I can put the printer in another room.



Would you equate this with your first experience as a teenaged boy being
able to unhook a bra one handed?



--
Sarah Palin is watching the Sochi Olympic Games from the front porch of
her house.

On 2/13/2014 7:48 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 2/12/14, 8:43 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

I am all proud of myself. I just installed a new printer via our home
Wi-Fi network and was actually able to get both the Windows laptops
(Vista and Win7) and the iMac to print to it over the network. I didn't
bother with the CD that came with it ... just downloaded the drivers and
utilities from the manufacturer's website. (the owner's manual said to
use either method)

This is a major accomplishment for me, maybe not so much for you guys
that do this all the time.

No more USB wires and I can put the printer in another room.



Would you equate this with your first experience as a teenaged boy being
able to unhook a bra one handed?





No, the Wi-Fi setup was easier and cheaper.

On 2/13/14, 7:53 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/13/2014 7:48 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 2/12/14, 8:43 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

I am all proud of myself. I just installed a new printer via our home
Wi-Fi network and was actually able to get both the Windows laptops
(Vista and Win7) and the iMac to print to it over the network. I didn't
bother with the CD that came with it ... just downloaded the drivers and
utilities from the manufacturer's website. (the owner's manual said to
use either method)

This is a major accomplishment for me, maybe not so much for you guys
that do this all the time.

No more USB wires and I can put the printer in another room.



Would you equate this with your first experience as a teenaged boy being
able to unhook a bra one handed?





No, the Wi-Fi setup was easier and cheaper.






--
Sarah Palin is watching the Sochi Olympic Games from the front porch of
her house.

On 2/13/2014 7:53 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/13/2014 7:48 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 2/12/14, 8:43 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

I am all proud of myself. I just installed a new printer via our home
Wi-Fi network and was actually able to get both the Windows laptops
(Vista and Win7) and the iMac to print to it over the network. I didn't
bother with the CD that came with it ... just downloaded the drivers and
utilities from the manufacturer's website. (the owner's manual said to
use either method)

This is a major accomplishment for me, maybe not so much for you guys
that do this all the time.

No more USB wires and I can put the printer in another room.



Would you equate this with your first experience as a teenaged boy being
able to unhook a bra one handed?





No, the Wi-Fi setup was easier and cheaper.


USB printers are definitely tougher to install. You need to plug in the
USB cable And wait for the computer to set it all up. Wireless printers
don't need any human intervention.