got a new wifi printer can i print to it from my 4155?

[zilla31]

got a new wifi printer over the weekend (waaaaaay cool) and i was wondering if there is anyway i can print to it from my PPC? to print to it frm my laptop wirelessly, i had to install some "special" software with the drivers.....

[applejosh]

I think the HP printer software (somewhere on HP's site) works over the network. I know I was able to print to a windows shared printer via wi-fi, and I think there are other protocols (eg TCP/IP) that are supported. Assuming there's a compatible driver included withe the HP software, you should be good to go.

I think the product is called HP Mobile Printing. It's free.

Cheers!

[zilla31]

hm i know that sometimes a "compatible" driver doesn't have to be the exact model (and the 6800 isn't in the HP mobile printing package).... anyone know how i can find out which one to try that IS there that might work?

[applejosh]

What printer model do you have?

[zilla31]

HP 6800. it's not in the driver list that comes with HP mobile software but i'd love to get it working - that printer is sweet!

[applejosh]

I can't speak with any certainty to this, but I looked around, and the Linux driver for that printer appears to be the same as the 55xx/5600/5800 series printers. Don't know if that's because more than one type of communication protocol exists in the driver or if the 6800 is the same/similar to those printers. I don't know if choosing that driver in the HP Mobile printing configuration would yield good results or not. Might be worth a try, though. If you start getting garbage printing out, then guess not (and turn the printer off before you waste paper/ink). Might try the 6100 series as well. Regardless, I doubt you'll get all the features of printing from the desktop, but it might be good enough to print docs, etc.

Found the Linux info here:

http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/productssupported.php

Proceed at your own risk, standard backup procedures apply, yada yada yada...Good luck.

[zilla31]

i'll give that a try and report back.

[NewiPAQUser]

It’s not a big deal. Really I’m sure you can do it on your own. Just get the soft from HP Mobile Printing http://www.hp.com/go/pocketpcprint. Anyway if you have problems setting it up you can try my Tutorial / Pictorial as another point of reference
http://www.wifizard.com/tutorialsXP/mobile-printing-pocket-pc/index.htm
Cheers,
Ivan