Printer Question

[dedog45]

I just bought the Canon Pixma MP510 as part of the printer rebate when I bought my MBP. I would like to use the printer wirelessly at college, but the bluetooth card you can buy with it is about $50 (more than I paid for the printer). Is there any other way I can use it wirelessly with my new MBP? Thanks for your help.

 

[FJ218700]

if you have your own airport or possibly another wireless router with usb out, you may be able to connect the printer to it and see it over your local network

 

[gsahli]

The driver for most Canons is USB only. Airport Extreme/Express get around this by redirecting USB driver output to the USB port on the Extreme/Express. So get an Extreme/Express. And remember it's for printing only. No scanning via Extreme/Express.

About Bluetooth - printing only works if the print driver has that built-in. You need a CUPS driver to use the built-in CUPS Bluetooth protocol on OS X.