I have been on the road in hotels doing contracting work lately. I have a
laptop that has wireless that I use to connect to the hotel's wireless
network. I have a need to print every now and then. Will a wireless printer
fulfill my needs?
"Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message
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>I have been on the road in hotels doing contracting work lately. I have a
>laptop that has wireless that I use to connect to the hotel's wireless
>network. I have a need to print every now and then. Will a wireless printer
>fulfill my needs?
surely a USB printer is all that's needed or am I missing sumut.
or does your comp not have a USB port.
or are you saying you stay in hotels that have wireless printers.
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> "Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message
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>>I have been on the road in hotels doing contracting work lately. I have a
>>laptop that has wireless that I use to connect to the hotel's wireless
>>network. I have a need to print every now and then. Will a wireless
>>printer fulfill my needs?
>
> surely a USB printer is all that's needed or am I missing sumut.
>
> or does your comp not have a USB port.
Yes, the laptop has USB ports.
>
> or are you saying you stay in hotels that have wireless printers.
>
> a deeper explanation might be in order.
I am in a hotel room, using the hotel's wireless. I need access to a printer
in my room.
Mr. Arnold wrote:
> I have been on the road in hotels doing contracting work lately. I have
> a laptop that has wireless that I use to connect to the hotel's wireless
> network. I have a need to print every now and then. Will a wireless
> printer fulfill my needs?
Off hand, you'd be tter with a USB printer.
Sure, you could use a wireless sprint server connecting to a USB
printre, but then you have the problem of setting up IP addys.
Mr. Arnold wrote:
> I have been on the road in hotels doing contracting work lately. I have
> a laptop that has wireless that I use to connect to the hotel's wireless
> network. I have a need to print every now and then. Will a wireless
> printer fulfill my needs?
Be honest now. You just want one of these because it's cool, don't you?
Frankly, I don't think you'll use its esoteric (and ridiculously
expensive) capabilities enough to justify buying one, but it's your
money, friend.
My guess is that a mobile printer-it doesn't make sense to buy one small
enough to pack if you're absolutely going to have to plug it in
everywhere you use it, in my view-that's either Wi-Fi or Bluetooth
capable will set you back maybe $350-400 these days. That's about what
I spent eight years ago for my Canon BJC-50, thinking its mobility and
battery capability would come in handy. I believe I've used it away
from home twice in all that time-and that doesn't count the single
out-of-town trip I took it on. Oh well, at least I *am* using it
wirelessly now; it's hooked to my ancient desktop and shared so I can
print to it from my laptop.
But to answer your question, yes, a wireless printer will fulfill your
needs, but then again, so will using a web-based fax service to send
faxes to yourself at the hotel, or checking ahead to see if the hotel
you're staying it has a printer you can borrow. Once again, though,
it's your money, your shoulder that'll have to schlepp the extra weight
around, and your choice as to whether it's all worth it.
Mr. Arnold wrote:
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> "M60" <Me@Youbtinternet.com> wrote in message
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>> "Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message
>> news:13jumef3egq31f@corp.supernews.com...
>>> I have been on the road in hotels doing contracting work lately. I
>>> have a laptop that has wireless that I use to connect to the hotel's
>>> wireless network. I have a need to print every now and then. Will a
>>> wireless printer fulfill my needs?
>>
>> surely a USB printer is all that's needed or am I missing sumut.
>>
>> or does your comp not have a USB port.
>
> Yes, the laptop has USB ports.
>
>>
>> or are you saying you stay in hotels that have wireless printers.
>>
>> a deeper explanation might be in order.
>
> I am in a hotel room, using the hotel's wireless. I need access to a
> printer in my room.
If you don't want to lug a printer you could upload your documents to
Kinko's.
> Once again, though,
> it's your money, your shoulder that'll have to schlepp the extra weight
> around, and your choice as to whether it's all worth it.
I think that sums it up quite effectively.
There have been plenty of portable printers over the years. The trouble
with them is they tend to be slow and still have all the same hassles as a
regular printer. You're still stuck with carrying paper and spare ink along
with you. Granted, it's a lot less hassle to get ink cartridges these days,
but the portable units still tend to have oddball cartridges. Same deal
with getting blank paper, you CAN, but you still HAVE to expend the
effort/money to get some.
There's also the argument that printers are cheap... so low cost as to be
nearly disposable. If you're in a place for more than a day or so, and
printing more than, say, a hundred pages, it might be cheaper to just buy
something low end and leave it behind. Sort of like it being a LOT less
expensive to BUY a cheap bicycle for a week when you're on vacation instead
of renting one. Then just give it a local kid before you leave.
Mr. Arnold wrote:
> I have been on the road in hotels doing contracting work lately. I have
> a laptop that has wireless that I use to connect to the hotel's wireless
> network. I have a need to print every now and then. Will a wireless
> printer fulfill my needs?
Personally, I have a disposable printer ($29) in my truck and a wireless
print server on it, so when I'm inside somewhere I can print to it.
"Jonathan L. Parker" <jlparker001@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Once again, though, it's your money, your shoulder that'll have to
> schlepp the extra weight around, and your choice as to whether it's all
> worth it.
I have 2 boxes of computer books, a George Forman grill, 3 suite cases and
several other bags I am on the road with in staying in extended stay
hotels -- nothing less than a month stay. So, what's one more box with
something in it? :)
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