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Does

https://www.google.com/search?q=Canon+MF216n+airprint

help, perhaps?


On 08/07/2021 13:44, Wade Garrett wrote:
[...[> The bad news:

I could not print wirelessly from a Chromebook, iPad, or iPhone...none
of which could see the printer when connected to the spare router's
network.

A Dell Windows laptop could see the printer but I could not install a
working printer driver to it so it would not print.

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On 7/5/21 9:37 AM, Wade Garrett wrote:

I want to set up a Canon MF216n Ethernet printer as a wireless printer.

I have a spare router to use-- though that router would not be able to
be connected to the internet. That's because my gateway is several rooms
away from where the printer is as that is where the internet cable comes
into the house.

So I connect the printer to the router-- then what?

I disconnected the printer from my iMac by removing the USB cable, then connected the printer to the spare router with an Ethernet cable, and
changed the selected WiFi network on my iMac to that router's network.

The good news:
I was then able to add the printer to my iMac and print to it wirelessly.

The bad news:
I could not print wirelessly from a Chromebook, iPad, or iPhone...none
of which could see the printer when connected to the spare router's
network.

A Dell Windows laptop could see the printer but I could not install a
working printer driver to it so it would not print.

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In article <sc6oe3$q0o$1@dont-email.me>, Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net>
wrote:

The bad news:
I could not print wirelessly from a Chromebook, iPad, or iPhone...none
of which could see the printer when connected to the spare router's
network.

you need airprint for ios devices. most printers in the past 5+ years
have it, and for older printers, you'll need an airprint server on the
network.

A Dell Windows laptop could see the printer but I could not install a
working printer driver to it so it would not print.

does canon provide one?

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On 2021 Jul 08, Wade Garrett wrote
(in article <sc6oe3$q0o$1@dont-email.me>):

On 7/5/21 9:37 AM, Wade Garrett wrote:

I want to set up a Canon MF216n Ethernet printer as a wireless printer.

I have a spare router to use-- though that router would not be able to
be connected to the internet. That's because my gateway is several rooms away from where the printer is as that is where the internet cable comes into the house.

So I connect the printer to the router-- then what?

I disconnected the printer from my iMac by removing the USB cable, then connected the printer to the spare router with an Ethernet cable, and
changed the selected WiFi network on my iMac to that router's network.

The good news:
I was then able to add the printer to my iMac and print to it wirelessly.

The bad news:
I could not print wirelessly from a Chromebook, iPad, or iPhone...none
of which could see the printer when connected to the spare router's
network.

A Dell Windows laptop could see the printer but I could not install a
working printer driver to it so it would not print.

if you have two different networks, a device on one net ain’t gonna see a device on the other. You would have to change the net that the iPad/whatever
is on for it to see the second net. I suspect that the Dell could see the printer because it was on the second net. I would recommend connecting the
two routers by Ethernet, and put one into bridge mode, and thereby setting up just one net.

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You may be able to to connect it to the one WiFi and via USB to
the PC on the other from which it is shared. Works on my setup
for a Canon MF8200C and a Mac.

el

On 2021-07-10 15:02 , Wolffan wrote:

On 2021 Jul 08, Wade Garrett wrote
(in article <sc6oe3$q0o$1@dont-email.me>):

On 7/5/21 9:37 AM, Wade Garrett wrote:

I want to set up a Canon MF216n Ethernet printer as a wireless printer.

I have a spare router to use-- though that router would not be able to
be connected to the internet. That's because my gateway is several rooms >>> away from where the printer is as that is where the internet cable comes >>> into the house.

So I connect the printer to the router-- then what?

I disconnected the printer from my iMac by removing the USB cable, then
connected the printer to the spare router with an Ethernet cable, and
changed the selected WiFi network on my iMac to that router's network.

The good news:
I was then able to add the printer to my iMac and print to it wirelessly.

The bad news:
I could not print wirelessly from a Chromebook, iPad, or iPhone...none
of which could see the printer when connected to the spare router's
network.

A Dell Windows laptop could see the printer but I could not install a
working printer driver to it so it would not print.

if you have two different networks, a device on one net ain’t gonna see a device on the other. You would have to change the net that the iPad/whatever is on for it to see the second net. I suspect that the Dell could see the printer because it was on the second net. I would recommend connecting the two routers by Ethernet, and put one into bridge mode, and thereby setting up just one net.

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