wireless printing from tablet to printer ? possible?

[Soundguy]

Isn't progress great?

kinda great.

It has killed my typing skills.

give me a full 101-104 key kb and I can actually type 90+ WPM pretty good. stick me on a lil thumb button or touch screen and ugh.

my wifes iphone I used for years hated me. I got an older asus pad a while back and that was marginally better.. not much..

now poof. 2 weeks and we have windows phones and tablets...

 

[sshaw]

HP has some printers with "HP Wireless Direct" printing. This allows a direct connection between a tablet and the printer without using a WiFi router. This should allow your wife to print directly to the printer without involving the school network.

Wireless direct | Wireless Printing Center | HP® Official Site

Alternatively, a printer with Bluetooth would work too. Bluetooth is a direct connection and doesn't involve the network. The Nokia tablet would need to support printing over Bluetooth though.

Good luck.

 

[Soundguy]

hmm.. interesting. Iknow the nok has BT.. will see what printer she has.

plan B is a usb dongle or docking port for use of a thumbdrive. unfortunately.. nok relesed the tablet without ANY of it's accessories ready yet. go figure.

 

[sshaw]

If she needs to use her existing printer, and it has WiFi but doesn't support Bluetooth or Wireless Direct, then she could simply bring in her own WiFi router and setup a private network between the netbook, tablet, and printer. A cheap $30 or $40 router should work.

 

[s219]

Our iPads and iPhones support direct to printer wireless printing, so I'd assume other tablets can do it too.

 

[Soundguy]

hmm... never messed with something like a lil private network like that.. an option i guess.

 

[Soundguy]

Our iPads and iPhones support direct to printer wireless printing, so I'd assume other tablets can do it too.

i wonder if that is via NFC pairing or?

 

[Daver1963]

If the netbook is your wife's, here's how to change it to a Wi-Fi hotspot and maybe the tablet will connect to it:
PASTUBBS - PA's Work Log: Turn Your Notebook/Netbook Into A WiFi Hotspot

HP has an Android app to print to HP printers.

How to Print from Android Mobile Devices | HP Support

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hp.android.printservice

 

[WM75Guy]

Whatever happened to the good old days of serial cables. USB 3.0 is suppose to be backwards compatible to 2.0 without drivers. You can use a USB micro b 3.0 male to USB type A female, you will just get 2.0 speeds. Here is one such adapter, it's 3.0 on both ends but the 2.0 USB flash should work. You can also stick a micro b 2.0 plug in a 3.0 receptacle, again you just get 2.0 speeds. The larger side of the 3.0 receptacle is the same as the 2.0 receptacle. To use a 3.0 adapter and get 3.0 speeds you may need a special driver from Nokia.

SuperSpeed USB 3 0 Type A Female to 3 0 Micro B Male Converter Adapter AU3A2 MCB | eBay

More info on 3.0.

USB.org - FAQ: Basic Information

Good luck and keep smiling.

 

[aczlan]

hmm... never messed with something like a lil private network like that.. an option i guess.

If the printer doesn't have the option to create a wireless access point, $5 at the local thrift store will get you a basic wireless router that you can connect the printer and the tablet to.

Do you have the make and model of the printer? Many printer manufacturers (Xerox, HP, Epson and Canon for example) have Android apps to let you print over just such a network.

Aaron Z