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Printer to PC via Wireless USB?

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I have a large printer in a different room. No way to move it from there. The Printer has a USB port. Normally you use a USB cable to connect the two.

How would I connect the Printer to the PC via wireless?

About 15 meters distance between the two.
 
What printer do you have? Got a spare/extra wireless router/access point laying around?
 
adriantrances said:
Printer also has Ethernet port if that matters.
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Skillz said:
What printer do you have? Got a spare/extra wireless router/access point laying around?
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My thoughts exactly, using the ethernet port will be easiest. If running a cable isn't an option then the second post comes to play. Aka: load up dd-wrt, openwrt or some other kind of third party firmware and throw the thing into bridge mode and plug the printer in there.
 
It's a Brother printer, but not your regular paper printer.

So I could connect the ethernet cable into a router/access point? And then have that connected to my wireless router via WiFi ?

PC and Wireless Router (TP-Link, can't use anything else and I don't want to mess with DD-WRT) are both in the same location. Printer is 15 meters away from both PC and Wireless Router as I mentioned earlier.
 
adriantrances said:
So I could connect the ethernet cable into a router/access point? And then have that connected to my wireless router via WiFi ?
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If you have a spare wireless router then yes it's possible. However, most stock router's do not allow bridging in wireless. So you're most likely going to need some kind of solution to get them connected wireless which is why DD-WRT was recommended. If you don't have a spare router then you'll be better off just buying the wireless print server.
 
Skillz said:
If you have a spare wireless router then yes it's possible. However, most stock router's do not allow bridging in wireless. So you're most likely going to need some kind of solution to get them connected wireless which is why DD-WRT was recommended. If you don't have a spare router then you'll be better off just buying the wireless print server.
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The USB one right?

Thinking about getting this from Amazon ( great returns ) to see if it works.

http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-WPS510U-150Mbps-Wireless-Detachable/dp/B003CFAU0U
 
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