From: johnwilliamson@btinternet.com   
      
   On 24/02/2024 23:34, vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:   
   > Ubuntu sees wireless printer. I connect to it.   
   > Shut off printer and ubuntu complains printer is not there.   
   > But how do I print to it?   
   >   
   > I was told I need WiFi. But I use plain text dialup so I gave up.   
   > But when it complained pritner was shut off, I wonder.   
   >   
   Wireless printers often have both wifi and Bluetooth connections, if you   
   have a router, wifi is fairly easy to sort out, and some printers even   
   have a "wifi direct" setting. Not much help if you don't have infra red   
   on your computer, but I was pleasantly surprised a while ago when an HP   
   printer on the other side of the room woke up when I accidentally told   
   my phone to print a web page.   
      
   If you have Bluetooth available at both ends, the makers should have a   
   Linux driver to let you connect.   
      
   If all else fails, very few printers do not have a USB connection.   
      
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