Printer Question

[Phil]

On 28/08/13 11:59, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 August 2013 21:46:13 Phil did opine:
>
>> On 27/08/13 21:30, Paul Cartwright wrote:
>>> On 08/26/2013 08:15 PM, Robert Holtzm wrote:
>>>> Looking at their web site I see  no inkjet printers. I have no
>>>> experience
>>>>
>>>   > with laserjets. How do they work with long (weeks/months) periods
>>>   > of inactivity?
>>
>> I bought a HP Laserjet Pro 100 colour printer because HP printers are
>> well supported under Linux and I was sick of throwing good money away on
>> dried up ink cartridges. I use my printer perhaps once a month and it
>> hasn't missed a beat.
>>
>> The printer works well with a USB and Ethernet connection but it's not
>> discoverable via my wireless network, not even under Windows. So I
>> suspect that my router (a Technicolor brand) is not compatible.
>> Otherwise I'm happy with my printer.
>
> Many routers do NOT by default allow the wifi radio access to your local
> network, mainly because that is a security hole a drive by hacker can

The instructions say to simply press the WPS button on the router and 
then, within two minutes, a connection with the printer will be established.

I can live without a wireless connection but it would have saved me 
running an Ethernet cable to the printer.

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Regards,
Phil