wi-fi printer

[Mike Shaw]

On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Paul Lemmons <paul at lemmons.name> wrote:
> -------- Original Message  --------
> Subject: Re:wi-fi printer
> From: "Mike Shaw" <mdshaw89 at gmail.com>
> To: "Kubuntu Help and User Discussions" <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: 01/09/2009 10:02 AM
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Brian Norman Wootton
>> <Brian.Meg at btinternet.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> But how do you get into the machine to do the initial configuration? I
>>> mean,
>>> setting the WiFi network ID and password?
>>
>> I have an "HP Photosmart C4380 All-in-One Printer" which has a
>> wireless G interface besides USB.  And the HPLIP software cannot
>> perform the initial configuration for wireless.  SO UNLESS YOU HAVE A
>> WINDOZE BOX YOU CANNOT SETUP THIS PRINTER FOR WIRELESS!
>>
>
> Simply not true.
>
> The entire networking setup, including wireless can be setup on the setup
> menu on the printer itself. This has been true on every one of the printers
> I have setup. I always setup my Linux connectivity first to test the printer
> because it is so much easier than the Windows setup. Once I have it working
> with Linux I setup any Windows machines that need access.
>

Okay - if that's true you won't giving me a menu walkthrough to do
this for the C4380?

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