(11/04/13 3:21), Doug Browne wrote:
> To make a wireless printer work, it has to receive an Internet signal.

and Brian Ferguson wrote:
 > EPSON Epson Stylus Photo TX710W @ Brian's iMac

I just wasted Monday trying to get my vintage 2001 HP LaserJet working 
over Ethernet and AppleTalk to 2 computers recently upgraded from 10.5 
to OSX 10.6. In the end the solution was as expected early in the day, 
but took awhile to figure out. Perhaps this will help. (BTW, I'm no 
networking or OSX expert.)

Brian's note shows Snow Leopard being used.

- AppleTalk was abandoned in 10.6. Printer connections were pushed to 
USB and IP connections.

- Printers shared thru USB (i.e., another computer) can only be used 
when the computer to which the printer is connected is awake.

- Printers connected thru an IP connection (like an Airport Base 
station) can be accessed by any computer on the network, but the 
computer needs to know the IP address of the printer, which (I read 
elsewhere) must be static. A signal from or a connection to the Internet 
is not needed.

Here's my configuration and what was needed to get the printer going 
from every computer on the network.

A wire runs from the Base Station to a separate building and connects to 
a Linksys hub. The printer and a computer are connected to different 
ports on the hub by Ethernet. The BS assigned an address of 10.0.1.5 to 
the computer, and 10.0.1.6 to the printer. Printing a configuration page 
for the printer got me the IP address.

++ In the Printer preferences, click + to add a printer, and click IP to 
select the type of printer connection. (All printers OSX can find 
automatically, including those shared through other computers, are in 
the Default tab.)

++ In the Protocol popup, select IPP (Internet Printing Protocol).
In the Address field, enter the IP address (10.0.1.6 in my case) and tab 
out.
++ OSX should go looking for the printer at that address. Change the 
Name and Location as desired. Select a different driver if desired, but 
the appropriate driver *should* be automatically selected. Sharing this 
printer through a computer is not necessary (although possible).

Not sure how to get the address assigned by BS to the Epson printer, but 
there should be some config file that could be printed or accessed from 
the printer setup menu. Use that address to configure the printer 
connection.

The only devices needed to print are then the computer, printer, and 
Base Station.

++ To connect to the Epson via WiFi, you probably have to disconnect the 
USB cable and there may be a printer-side setting to tell it to use WiFi 
(but I'm guessing it automatically detects this). I don't have a WiFi 
printer, so can't check anything. The printer may be automatically 
detected (added to the Default printers) when the USB cable is 
disconnected and WiFi enabled -- in which case the IP configuration 
above is unnecessary bc the printer can be selected from the Default list.

If either of the above work, delete the previous "printer" for the Epson 
from the printer list by selecting it and clicking (-) to avoid 
confusion later.

Apple's help files and KnowledgeBase were decidedly unhelpful and 
non-knowing.

HTH

Cliff Bender