Canon Printer Tips – How to set up a Printer on a Network without plugging it into a computer?
Hey i need to be able to print from computers on the network but most of the time our only desktop is turned of because everyone in the family has our own laptops so is there any way to be able to connect the printer to the router and be able to print from any computer? I have a D-Link DI-524UP router and it has a USB port in it. We have a Cannon LBP-810 printer and that has the big chunky old cable as well as the slave cable usb thingy but no network cable and was wondering if i could use it to print connected to the network insted of a computer with it
Best Answer: If the router is made to except usb connections then it should work. If not you need to purchase a usb printer server for the printer. It’s a little pricey and you may just want to connect it directly to the computer instead.
- You can only use a network cable if you want to connect strait to the router, adn then you would need to configure it to be part of the netowrk.
You can’t get cable to make it a network adpater i dont think, because if the printer has a network card, it has something called MAC address, which lets the IP address become it’s own. If it hasnt got that, then it cant become a network. It’s a same as a computer
The other way, which is to plug it to the computer, on the network, if it hasnt got the network card then run through that computer.
I realise you dont want to do that, so u would have to buy a printer that has got a network adapter.