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Printing over WiFi to an Ethernet network printer
I have a Canon MF4880dw network printer connected to my Netgear AC1750 Model R6400 router via an Ethernet cable. Network printing works fine over Ethernet wired connections, but I have not been able ...
Apologies to those who tried to help. I'm afraid that I wasted your time. I did NOT have my printer connected via Ethernet, so of course, wireless devices couldn't find it over the network.
When I bought the printer in 2014 I originally connected it with an Ethernet cable to my router that I had at the time, but sometime after I bouught the Netgear R6400 router in 2015 I changed to a USB cable to the new router (due to a shortage of Ethernet ports) and used the Netgear printer server software to print over the wired network. Forgot that. I left the Ethernet cable plugged into the printer, but didn't check to see if the OTHER end was still plugged in to the router. Duh.
I have switched back to an Ethernet cable connection to the router and all is well now.
Thanks for your help and support. Sorry to have taken your time.
Apologies to those who tried to help. I'm afraid that I wasted your time. I did NOT have my printer connected via Ethernet, so of course, wireless devices couldn't find it over the network.
When I bought the printer in 2014 I originally connected it with an Ethernet cable to my router that I had at the time, but sometime after I bouught the Netgear R6400 router in 2015 I changed to a USB cable to the new router (due to a shortage of Ethernet ports) and used the Netgear printer server software to print over the wired network. Forgot that. I left the Ethernet cable plugged into the printer, but didn't check to see if the OTHER end was still plugged in to the router. Duh.
I have switched back to an Ethernet cable connection to the router and all is well now.
Thanks for your help and support. Sorry to have taken your time.
BillPet wrote:Apologies to those who tried to help. I'm afraid that I wasted your time. I did NOT have my printer connected via Ethernet, so of course, wireless devices couldn't find it over the network.
Odd. My printer does not do Ethernet. But it does print over wifi. So Ethernet is not a prerequisite for wifi printing. I guess it depends on the model.
Playing around lately, I have found that setting up a wifi printer is not the easiest thing I have done lately.
And Canon's documentation and support apps are clunky to say the least.
In my case, the printer works with a wifi connection to the modem/router. I can then print to the printer with a wifi link to the router.
Glad it worked out. It just shows that not two printers, or networks, are the same.
