Wireless Printing - Don't Understand - HELP

You need a wireless print server. Or a wireless access point with a built in print server. An Airport Express would work...

 

get a usb print server. it basically converts the usb out from your printer to ethernet so it connects to your router. of course, that wouldnt work if you want your printer somewhere besides next to the router.

i use a netgear ps121 or something.

 

I've never managed to get a wireless print server to work with the mac

I just use an Airport Extreme base station

 

If you've already got wireless, all you should need to do is attach your printers' USB to the wireless router (assuming it has a usb port) and bob's your uncle! Use Bonjour to connect.

yt

 

http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/bonjour/

It is free for winblows peecees, but it comes with OSX

 

Let us know if this is enough info to get you going. I can't remember how to set it up (or even if you have to set anything up) and I'm not in a place right now where I can test it out.

yt

 

This is actually very easy to do...Go to: System Preferences->Print&Fax In the Print&Fax pane click the "printing" tab.
You should see two windows. Under the window on the right click the + sign. There you'll find the Printer Browser.
Click the "Default Browser" (oh and make sure that your printer is on!). Your printer should be on the list and click "add".
Basically, you're done.
When you print, you should get a drop down menu like the one I'm attaching. That's where your Bonjour printer is!

note: you can get to the Printer Browser much faster by going through File->Print->Printer-> Add Printer from any program

 

The instructions given earlier should be correct. I would check if there are settings on your BT homehub to see if there is a configuration that turns on the USB. Do you have your printer drivers installed on your Powerbook? (It shouldn't matter, the printer should show up in that browser even without the drivers) As you said, you have it plugged in right, so I would venture to check the settings on the Homehub.

 

I found the following in the BT HomeHub support page.

 

Doesn't sound like it was made for a printer.

You probably need to just get a network printer adapter or hook it to another computer and share it from there. My only experiences with network printing is the latter and it works well.

 

I have been trying to print via my BT Home Hub for hours now, with no result.
I have an Airport Express base station plugged into my Home Hub via ethernet port for streaming music from my MacBook Pro. Printing with Bonjour via Airport works straight away, but when I plug the printer into the Hub, nothing shows up, so I'm guesing, that the USB port on the BT Hub are either not for attaching the printer, or simply don't support Bonjour.