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Can any usb printer be used on wireless network?
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Soundhound
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Nov 9, 2006, 10:14 AM
 
I have an extreme base station and several aiport expresses. I set the printers up to be used wirelessly and they show up in the Bonjour list, but I can't get them to print. They are a Brother HL-1440 and a Canon i850. Am I doing something wrong, or do printers have to be network compatible or something? thanks!
     
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Nov 9, 2006, 07:58 PM
 
The DRIVERS need to be network aware, and that's the problem-not so many printer makers make their drivers network ready.
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Nov 9, 2006, 08:24 PM
 
how do you find out if the drivers for your printers are network aware, or if you need to download network aware driver's updaters or whatever?
     
   
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