If the actual printer that you looked at is supposed to be "wireless," 
then you got bad information from the "GEEK SQUAD," of else it was not 
labeled correctly.

I have an HP 9100 series wireless printer that works great without being 
connected to any computer.  (I use "Network Magic" to easily network my 
house.)

Dean Kukral


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon Totty" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 2:26 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Wireless Network Printers


I apologize if this is a dumb question, but lately my ability to ask 
dumb questions is increasing with age.  I've become interested in 
printers with so called built in wireless network capabilities.  My idea 
was that I could set this type of printer up "free standing" and my wife 
could print to it from anyhwhere in the house.

Today, I checked them out at Best Buy, only to be told that the printer 
can only be accessed through a computer - it must be connected to a 
computer.  If that is so, then what is the advantage of the built-in 
network card in the printer?  Couldn't I achieve the same result merely 
by having the computer on the network and designating the printer as a 
shared resource?

Am I missing something here?

Gordon Totty

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