and because i’m a lazy ass i didn’t read the specs but just read the search engine result.
I also assumed that because 6 years ago i bought a $50 hp envy and it had wifi, this much expensive one is also going to have it
Result: that $250 printer doesn’t actually have wifi
If it isn’t connected to the internet there a much lower chance of ink janga.
Get a USB cable and a device with WiFi. Install Linux and then setup cups as a print server
So one thing I tend to do when researching a product is search for “<model_name> specs” or “specifications”. I usually try to see if they have a marketing slick or one pager of what the item has to find it out. If worse comes to worse I’ll browse the user manual, if something is ambiguous but majority of the times that search will help me find what I need.
Unfortunately, reading the specs for a tech product is mandatory. A single sentence in a preview will never tell you everything you need to know; this was an expensive lesson for you. I’d like to second the recommendation for a Brother laser printer.
It’s also possible that the circuitry is there, but not activated in this model.
considering that clicking on “status page” opens http://localhost:58510/index.html in the browser and Windows sees it as “Canon G2070 series HTTP”, I wonder if they took the lazy path and the USB is used as a simple network adapter…
No, it means the printer driver is running a web server to host the status page. Localhost is literally your computer.
Get a brother laser printer
While this is perfect for documents and prints where picture quality doesn’t matter, OP mentioned later that they bought it specifically for photos.
You can use laser for photos but it looks like shit, so inkjet was the right way to go here
Yeah, that’s the rip off right there, 250$ for a printer and it’s not a Brother? Fuck no.
I paid $45 for mine and it works flawlessly every time.
I bought mine on clearance for $30 20 years ago and I’ve bought toner once since then. I’ve rarely been happier with a purchase.
Honestly why buy a printer? Consumer grade sucks and printing is typically .10 a page
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if I didn’t have a printer I would need a standalone scanner, which costs almost the same amount
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Driving to Staples to print a $0.10 page wastes $50 worth of time and gas
A cheap printer pays for itself very quickly.
I guess it depends where your printers are.The library is a mile from me and cost .1. My work also has free printing.
I don’t think it’s worth it in how quickly ink dried out. Those higher tier ones that print thousands per cartridge are worth it but expensive.
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I specifically bought this to print photos, ink is not ridiculously expensive like other models, is like $150 per liter, which is still high considering that’s colored water, but not the usual $5000 per liter.
To be fair, the network integration of my printer sucks. I think I’ll just tape a raspberry to it and use it as a print server.
“Honestly, a literal raspberry might do a better job at network integration than your printer right now. Just be careful it doesn’t jam… or jam, you know?”
It’s worth preserving.
You might end up in a sticky situation.
If it does work, though, it’ll be pretty sweet.
Just send it back
i already opened it and filled with ink, if it was from amazon i’d do that, but i bought it from a small business and that would cause a big loss to them, the printheads are now primed and a return is e-waste as they’re going to dry if sitting unused in a warehouse. At work we have many usb to ethernet print servers from the early 00s, they’re now e-waste and i can get one for free (it’s just that wifi is more convenient and i can place it wherever it fits, instead of routing a cable to the switch)
edit: wait… i realized only now that printheads are disposable (they’re removable and not preinstalled) but they don’t sell those as a spare part??? FUCK! Will this be destined to the e-waste collection in 2-3 years???
Even the printers that sell print heads as parts charge 3/4 of the printers price for them.
And, if you don’t print from an inkjet inside of about 6 months they often get clogged.
Laser printers can sit around for a decade fire right up and be fine. Inkjet printers are but for a narrow set of circumstances destined in short-term for e-waste.
Ewww ink jet.
I also took 30 minutes of reading the manual before realizing that, yes it doesn’t appear in the wifi network list because it doesn’t actually have wifi connectivity…
the user manual is shared with other 10 models and has sections like “how to share the scanner in the network”
I was so ready to call you dumb, but this is the most annoying bullshit. Makes the manual virtually useless when it has specs for shit that you didn’t buy. Needs to be illegal
This is also why you get search results that seem like this model has wifi.
