Can this printer work from a laptop thru Linksys? My current HP does, but it needs to be replaced.Had no trouble connecting the old printer to my Dell.Any help would be apprectiated.Thanks Can this printer work from a laptop thru Linksys? My current HP does, but it needs to be replaced.Had no trouble connecting the old printer to my Dell.Any help would be apprectiated. » Read More Can this printer work from a laptop thru Linksys? My current HP does, but it needs to be replaced.Had no trouble connecting the old printer to my Dell.Any help would be apprectiated.Thanks « Show Less
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I use this printer from my wireless laptop through a TrendNet router and a keyspan usb server (lets me use a printer, scanner and any other usb device wirelessly through my router). If you only have the printer you could plug in a plain usb print server to use with any router. It does not come with wireless capability built in. Print servers are under $20.
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I would like to know answer to exact same question. Did you ever find out anything?
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I can only tell you whant happened to me. I purchased this product to attach my HP Laserjet 4L to one of my laptops and then use my wireless connection to print from other computers and devices. I tried it with two laptops, one using XP and one using Vista. Bot computers created multiple occurances of Laserjet 4L in the printers file. At first my other computers were able to connect through the wireless and print. But when the computer swithced to a different Laserjet 4L file then I could not print from the other computers. I am not sure if the problem was with my versions of windows, my laptops, or this device. If you are using it for only one computer, it will probably work.
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I just read this post from the product review section on amazon from "Traveler". Hope this section of his review helps with your problem as well. DJ UPDATE JANUARY 23, 2012: After over 5 hours with the HP Help Center, not arriving at a solution to the printing errors and scanning problems, I was ready to return the printer to HP. However, I persevered. The printing was perfect as long as I did not let the error messages bother me. The scanner was not functional. Then a few days ago, I came up with an idea. IPv6 has been in the news lately due to the lack of internet addresses under IPv4. I wondered if my laptop and desktop were using the same IP versions. Sue enough, the laptop that did not have problems was using IPv4 and the desktop had IPv4 and IPv6 activated. So, I disabled IPv6. Ever since, the printing errors have disappeared and the scanning functions perfectly! YEAH! I am not ready to declare 'VICTORY' yet, but after a few days, everything is still good. So, I will raise the product rating from 3 to 4. Too bad that the HP Help Center and their diagnostic software could not have saved me so many hours of frustration.
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Wireless connection has not been successful for me. I have mine on an ethernet connection, and that is working out. I do have to connect via USB to configure the printer, however. The setup is kind of kludgy, but it works. It does require an intel-based mac to have full functionality, but will work with older models using a generic postscript driver.
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The original drivers it came with would be useless unless you have a very old computer. We have needed to upgrade our drivers several times over the years with changes of OS. HP has done a good job maintaining generic drivers that work with the old printers. We use ours by network printing, so none of the computers are directly connected to it.
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Yes. at least I connect to my Canon MG5400 wireless printer. I honestly dont know about other printers but commonly every laptop or tablet with wireless function will connect to wireless printers. Since the system is Win 8, you can install corresponding drive software with the printer, I dont think this is a problem. However I will try to connect to another printer. If it cannot connect, I will let you know shortly. Thanks for asking.
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Marci, the printer would have to be connected direct to a computer in order to work with no internet service. It would only work from the computer to which it is connected.
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I used an HP printer with a USB connect. The computer found and loaded the drivers, no problem. I just had to go into the control panel and change the default printer.
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Usually hooking up a printer to a computer requires a printer cable (and they are usually some sort of USB). If your printer has an ethernet port you might be able to connect it to the router so that all devices can connect. If it is a wireless printer you can connect to it wirelessly. Probably just need to install the software on each device.
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No to "can the printer be connected to the network wirelessly." It has to be connected with an ethernet cable to your router.ie. printer---cable---router is how it is connected.Great printer though.
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I purchased 4 PC's for my business. So far so good. I've haven't had any problems. I'm very happy with them. As far as it working with your printer, I would suggest you contact Dell directly.
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Donna, I had many problems making it work with anything wireless. I'd go through long, involved resetting the device with HP support and it would work for a day or so then stop. Repeat the process for another days use. I finally gave up and just use it as a USB printer. When the expensive ink cartridges run out, I'm throwing it in the recycling. Without a doubt that will be its finest moment.
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I am pretty sure it is not compatible. I had a Dell 925 AIO printer which I loved, but had to buy a new printer compatible with Windows 7 when I purchased a new Dell computer. One note: If you want a printer for photos, I would NOT recommend the Dell V525 wireless AIO. (See my review for same on Amazon by Judy - NOT A PHOTO PRINTER.) I love to print photos, but the ink smeared on the paper - always! Tech support eventually informed me this is not a photo printer! I replaced the V525 in a matter of months with an HP 6520 e-AIO series printer and am satisfied with it.
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It's a network capable printer. You can use an Ethernet cable to connect it to your router. Any computer connected to your router, whether by Ethernet cable or wirelessly using wifi, can install and use this printer. So if your laptop connects wirelessly to the internet using your router, your laptop can add this printer and then use it wirelessly. You can also connect the printer directly to your computer using an Ethernet cable.
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I don't see why the printer wouldn't work. I'm sure all you would need to do is download a driver from Dell's website if it didn't work right away. I have not heard any plans to phase out Windows 7 just yet. But even if they were to, it wouldn't make a difference in my opinion. I just recently bought this computer with Windows 7 Pro and I upgraded/downgraded (whichever way you want to look at it) to Windows 7 Home Premium. In my opinion, it's the best OS that Windows ever created. I now have 3 computers with this OS and never once have I had a problem with it. I wouldn't worry about Win7 being phased out unless you rely on customer support or something like that.
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I actually never tried to connect a printer. I was try to use it as a wireless hard drive sharing port.... It didn't work so I sent it back. Good Luck! It may work for printers..
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I think that the paper catch is malfunctioning. I would return the printer and get a replacement. Mine works fine BTW Also, if you are not able to use the wireless feature you may have made an error setting up the printer. It isn't connecting properly to your wireless router. When you get a replacement check the user manual that Dell has online for instructions about making the wireless connection.