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Is there a bigger pain in the but than a wireless printer?
Posted on 6/9/16 at 2:29 pm
Posted on 6/9/16 at 2:29 pm
I swear have both in the network and half the time they don't do shite. Can't be found, etc. drives me fricking inane. Why this rant, because it saves a printer from going out the window. 
Seriously just going to buy a printer for the desk. So tired of non stop problems from these fing HP printers. I can see it on the network. My computer can't see printer as being on. Neither of them.
These things only happen when you need something now. I emailed my printer and then it printed but it's too dumb to be able to print the file I need without a PC.
Wireless printers, scratch that off the list of technology i am done with. From now on it's USB only.
F this shite.
Seriously just going to buy a printer for the desk. So tired of non stop problems from these fing HP printers. I can see it on the network. My computer can't see printer as being on. Neither of them.
These things only happen when you need something now. I emailed my printer and then it printed but it's too dumb to be able to print the file I need without a PC.
Wireless printers, scratch that off the list of technology i am done with. From now on it's USB only.
F this shite.
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Posted on 6/9/16 at 2:35 pm to Napoleon
Get a brother printer and be done with it 
Posted on 6/9/16 at 2:38 pm to BACONisMEATcandy
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Get a brother printer and be done with it
I tried that - it can be an AH on the wifi, too. It's settled down, lately, but the first few months, I had to threaten it with a hammer a couple of times.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 3:07 pm to Napoleon
Printers in general are my worst enemy. I don't even bother having one at home anymore, if I need copies or a print I go to the FedEx store.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 3:13 pm to Napoleon
I've had Brother and Epson without any issues at all. It's probably your router or pc.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 3:42 pm to seawolf06
my FIL has the HP Officejet 6500. It is pretty great
Posted on 6/9/16 at 3:45 pm to Napoleon
This for a business or personal? This is my business and you are wasting your money with that crap anyway. Much better options.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:02 pm to Tigeralum2008
I have that one. We have to turn it off and back on for the computer to find it again if it hasn't been used in a while. Not really that big of a deal, but kind of a pain.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:59 pm to Napoleon
I've had nothing but issues over the years with HP printers at the house. Would always have to run the HP print/scan doctor shite...
I concur and advocate for Brother in the home....i bought a new MFC Brother that I chose the wrong model and it only has wireless, but it works like a champ....installed easily for multiple windows and mac laptops...scans directly to shared folder on NAS...
I concur and advocate for Brother in the home....i bought a new MFC Brother that I chose the wrong model and it only has wireless, but it works like a champ....installed easily for multiple windows and mac laptops...scans directly to shared folder on NAS...
Posted on 6/9/16 at 5:08 pm to BabySam
I have an Epson 400xp I can print from laptop or phone without issues. 
Posted on 6/9/16 at 5:11 pm to Tigeralum2008
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my FIL has the HP Officejet 6500. It is pretty great
I got one that looks similar it's an 8600 with no problems. It even has it's own email address and I can email it shite to print.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 5:55 pm to weadjust
If you guys are buying hp, brother, Lexmark for business purpose you just as well be burning 100 dollar bills.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 7:42 pm to Napoleon
I've had a Brother, Lexmark, and now an HP. Have had similar experiences as OP with all 3. HP has been fine though for the past year or so.
I've always just connected via usb cable when I had problems.
I've always just connected via usb cable when I had problems.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 9:15 pm to airfernando
I just install through the USB and then share it as a network printer so all the computers on the network can use it. But I have no need to print anything from my phone.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 9:21 pm to Napoleon
Mine is a Hp and I can't get it to print wireless about 65% - I should go back to the hardware setup
Posted on 6/9/16 at 9:30 pm to Napoleon
I found out a year that the best thing to do is assign the printer a static IP address.
I haven't had any problems since.
This link is for an HP printer but setting up a static IP is still the same. Scroll down to the Solution Three: Static IP section
LINK
I haven't had any problems since.
This link is for an HP printer but setting up a static IP is still the same. Scroll down to the Solution Three: Static IP section
LINK
This post was edited on 6/9/16 at 9:32 pm
Posted on 6/9/16 at 10:59 pm to jeff5891
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I found out a year that the best thing to do is assign the printer a static IP address.
I've done the same with a Brother Laser & Brother Inkjet wireless. I rarely have problems with these. (Using Vista on an old laptop & linux desktop)
Posted on 6/10/16 at 9:58 am to 2tigergo
It took me about six months to get my HP P1102w set up to the point where it would print regularly, but now I'm golden. I don't recall now because it was a few years ago, but my guess is that the static IP address is what made it more reliable. Love the printer now, but man, I was ready to chuck it out the window until then.
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