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  • do wirelss printers require wifi

    From vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 26 14:41:59 2024
    My wireless printer shows up on my debian.ubintu/caelinux and android
    devices, but they don't seem to know to print to it.

    Must I get a wifi router?

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  • From Carlos E.R.@21:1/5 to vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co on Mon Feb 26 16:26:37 2024
    On 2024-02-26 15:41, vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:
    My wireless printer shows up on my debian.ubintu/caelinux and android devices, but they don't seem to know to print to it.

    Must I get a wifi router?

    Depends on the printer. Read its manual. Does it support ad-hoc WiFi?

    Then you need to publish all diagnostics and information you have on the problem, we can not help otherwise.

    This is off-topic here, anyway. You should ask in a Linux group for
    learning how to print on Linux, how to connect a particular printer to it.

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  • From Dan Purgert@21:1/5 to vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co on Mon Feb 26 15:21:34 2024
    On 2024-02-26, vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:
    My wireless printer shows up on my debian.ubintu/caelinux and android devices, but they don't seem to know to print to it.

    Must I get a wifi router?

    Gotta have a wifi network to talk to a device over WiFi...

    Some models *may* offer their own WiFi or NFC network for "WiFi Direct" printing. Check your manual.

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