Printer cable to computer or USB to modem?


Markg2

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Brother printer replacing HP. Wireless with 4 computers. CenturyLink DSL modem & Google MESH base all in the same room.

Persistent wireless problems with the HP 8740 (the HP 8710 just fine).

I want to protect against the Brother losing wireless connection at the worst moment so I'm going to connect the Brother with cable just to be sure.

I've got a choice. Run a printer cable from the Brother to the primary, desktop computer or connect the Brother with a USB ethernet to the modem.

Is there an obvious preference, aside from the Brother then being device on the home network, between the two wired (in addition to wireless) connections?

Mark
 
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Using a USB to Ethernet adapter? Haven't tried it except for a Notebook with a failed wireless adapter. I have an HP LaserJet Pro and an HP OfficeJet Pro connected directly to my Wireless Router via Ethernet cable. Any computer I install the printers on can use them whether Wired or Wireless/Wi-Fi. Most times Win10, Win11 and Linux pick them up automatically for the basics, even Windows Fax and Scan. There are printers that have Wireless Direct and I've only had to set up one client with 2 computers to use it.
 

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Win 11 Home, Version 21H2, OS build 22000.97800

Brother printer replacing HP. Wireless with 4 computers. CenturyLink DSL modem & Google MESH base all in the same room.

Persistent wireless problems with the HP 8740 (the HP 8710 just fine).

I want to protect against the Brother losing wireless connection at the worst moment so I'm going to connect the Brother with cable just to be sure.

I've got a choice. Run a printer cable from the Brother to the primary, desktop computer or connect the Brother with a USB ethernet to the modem.

Is there an obvious preference, aside from the Brother then being device on the home network, between the two wired (in addition to wireless) connections?

Mark
Hi there

another solution - but it means at least 1 machine needs to be on while printer is attached is to connect the printer to 1 machine and then share the printer. That will normally work -- but the disadvantage again is that if the computer hosting the printer is disconnected the printer will become unavailable to the rest of the network.

Change names etc to reflect current OS's.

Here's basically an OLD (really old) OLD post I made with XP and W7 on sharing a printer across a network when printer attached to a physical computer

(Networking from Printer attached to Win XP PC to Win 7 - Windows 7 Help Forums)

still works today.

....Old Old post from me on W7 Forums ---- as above link.

I've posted on this before but to share Printers attached to XP computers with either X-64 or X-32 versions of W7 is SIMPLE. These instructions are for the Printer attached to the XP machine (but works in reverse as well).

("Stand alone" Network printers can be done slightly similarly BTW).

assume the computers are call XPMACHINE and W7MACHINE.

1) Ensure Printer on XP machine is shared - assume it's called SHAREDPRINTER.

2) On the Network Browsing on your W7 machine ensure you can "See" the Printer share.

Now on the W7 machine do the following (doesn't matter if it's X-86 or x-64).

3) Control Panel==> add LOCAL (Yes LOCAL) printer. I know it's on a Network but hold your horses -- what we are actually doing is "Poodlefaking" the W7 machine into thinking it's running the printer.

4) Create NEW port==>Local port

5) Portname is \\XPMACHINE\SHAREDPRINTER

6) Now W7 will load a driver and you'll be able to print on the XP machine.

Simple


(For a "Network stand alone printer") at 4) chose TCPIP port
and at 5) enter the IP address.


If the printer is on the W7 machine and you want to print on the XP machine then do the same instructions on the XP machine --
port name in this case will be \\W7MACHINE\SHAREDPRINTER

Cheers
jimbo
 
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Thanks but needing the one computer on is a deal killer - Mr. Murphy vs. my wife.

Just to be certain, I run the Ethernet cable from the computer to one of the open, yellow Ethernet ports in the image?

Mark
 

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Yes.
 

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I have a couple of Brother laser printers connected via Ethernet to my gateway, which is Motorola MT8733. (That serves as a modem, wireless router, and VoIP device.) The Ethernet connections aren't via USB adapters. You Brother printer has no Ethernet port? What model is it?

I can access the printers from devices on the wireless network. No PC need to remain active.
 

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I used to connect my printers using a USB cable to my main desktop computer. I am glad I am now using a wireless connection for the printer because sometime I would forget to turn that computer on. Note that even this does not work sometimes because I still have to remember to turn the printer on. :oops:

BTW, my printer can also be hooked up with either a USB or Ethernet cable but wireless works so well I figure why bother.
 

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As @bobkn states, It's not USB - it is Ethernet.

The good thing about this method is that all computers (and other devices, frankly, that have access to your network) can print at any time to the printer. I've used this method with an older HP LaserJet as well as 3 Brother Laser printers, 2 of which are AIO type devices.

Go with the wired network, skip the wireless. You'll be much happier in the long run.

Some advice:

  1. Make sure to use a static IP address (either directly on the device, or else statically assigned from your Google Mesh via the app on your mobile device).
  2. Remove all instances of the drivers for the printer that you're taking out of the equation
  3. Remove any instances of the drivers for the replacement printer and start the installation from scratch after using the wired Ethernet connection. With Windows 11 trying to auto-manage your devices, if there ever comes a time that it cannot find the wired printer, it may decide to do something stupid and try to use an older printer that is no longer there, and will gum up the print queue something fierce sometimes.
  4. With the new drivers for the Brother printer, you can use either the driver only package, or else the full driver package, both available from Brother's website. Be sure to follow the instructions during the installation to get a good setup.
HTH
 

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If all these printers are network capable and close to each other, I would assume they all have a LAN port.
If this is the case, I would connect all the printers over LAN to a small network switch. and then connect the switch to your router. And then completely disable Wireless for the printers. All printing traffic would go through the router, and you would decrease WiFi interference by a huge factor at your home.
 

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Also another note: Since you have a DSL Router and a Google Mesh in same room. Make sure each of the wireless Access Point devices are locked to separate WiFi channels. If all the APs are on same or parallel channels, they will all interfere with each other, and you get a lot of dropouts. Same happens if you let the APs automatically adjust the channels. The channels will eventually overlap and you get dropouts.
 

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    Asus PRIME Z270-A
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    EVGA GTX1080Ti FTW 11GB
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Bobkn--

It's a Model: MFCJ5855DW. It has an Ethernet port. I connected a cable from the printer port to the CL modem. No matter what I tried during setup, it could not find the printer. That's when I threw the towel in and connected each computer separately using WiFi.

johnlgalt--

All your suggestions 1-4 were in effect.

End of Story--

I've used HP printers for at least 30 years. This Brother printer prints, copies and scans quicker than even the 8740.

More importantly, setting up with WiFi was simple and straightforward. Everything that the instructions said to do worked.

And then there's scanning. Oh boy what a relief. Whereas, as far as I'm concerned, HP engineers must sit up at night trying to out do each other making the scan install a 'process'. The Brother's scan app doesn't try and sell you ink or supplies, isn't cluttered with useless garbage and makes scanning a straight forward process. Just like HP's ScanEtended used to be but is not (for Win11) wrapped up in HP Smart.

Mark
 

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    Model: 20ENCTO1WW (U3E1) Verson: SDK0J40697 WIN
    Memory
    16.0GB Single-Channel Unknown @ 1064MHz (15-15-15-36)
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA Quadro M1000M
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Hard Drives
    SAMSUNG MZNLN512HCJH-000L1 (SSD)
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Norton
    Other Info
    Machine is not compatible with Windows 11
I've used HP printers for at least 30 years. This Brother printer prints, copies and scans quicker than even the 8740.

More importantly, setting up with WiFi was simple and straightforward. Everything that the instructions said to do worked.

And then there's scanning. Oh boy what a relief. Whereas, as far as I'm concerned, HP engineers must sit up at night trying to out do each other making the scan install a 'process'. The Brother's scan app doesn't try and sell you ink or supplies, isn't cluttered with useless garbage and makes scanning a straight forward process. Just like HP's ScanEtended used to be but is not (for Win11) wrapped up in HP Smart.

Mark
I agree that HP tried hard to get you to sign up for an ink subscription. I don't have that problem anymore because I simply don't install the HP Smart app like they want me to. Instead, I install the Basic Driver. They label it for "Professional Use only". That is an insult because it really means it is only for people that are smart enough to ignore their BS. BTW, at the end of the basic driver installation HP tries one last time to get you to install the HP Smart app. You are then forced to abort the process to avoid that. That is OK because the driver installation has already finished.

I just checked and see that the HP Smart app has somehow been installed. That is OK because I never use it anyways.

HP OfficeJet Pro 6975 All-in-One Printer Software.jpg
 

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    Windows 11 Pro 23H2
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    Laptop
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    ASUS TUF Gaming A15 (2022)
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    AMD Ryzen 7 6800H with Radeon 680M GPU (486MB RAM)
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    Micron DDR5-4800 (2400MHz) 16GB (2 x 8GB)
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    NVIDIA RTX 3060 Laptop (6GB RAM)
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    n/a
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    15.6-inch
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    1920x1080 300Hz
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    2 x Samsung 980 (1TB M.2 NVME SSD)
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    n/a
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    Wireless Mouse M510
    Internet Speed
    1200Mbps/250Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Malwarebytes
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    Windows 11 Pro 23H2
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    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom build
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    AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
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    ASUS PRIME X370-PRO
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    G.SKILL Flare X 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4
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    ASUS ROG-STRIX-RTX3060TI-08G-V2-GAMING (RTX 3060-Ti, 8GB RAM)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung S23A300B (23-in LED)
    Screen Resolution
    1080p 60Hz
    Hard Drives
    2TB XPG SX8200 Pro (M2. PCIe SSD) || 2TB Intel 660P (M2. PCIe SSD) ||
    PSU
    Corsair RM750x (750 watts)
    Case
    Cooler Master MasterCase 5
    Cooling
    Corsair H60 AIO water cooler
    Mouse
    Logitech K350 (wireless)
    Keyboard
    Logitech M510 (wireless)
    Internet Speed
    1200 Mbps down / 200 Mbps up
    Browser
    Firefox, Edge, Chrome
    Antivirus
    Malwarebytes (Premium)
    Other Info
    ASUS Blu-ray Burner BW-16D1HT (SATA) || Western Digital Elements 12TB USB 3.0 external hard drive used with Acronis True Image backup software || HP OfficeJet Pro 6975 Printer/Scanner
Interesting. But... as they say, I have so had it with the company. I'm delighted to have now donated the machine to others and now have a Brother that is indeed brotherly ;-).
 

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  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
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    Laptop
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    Lenovo P50 -- 20ENCTO1WW
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    Core i7-6700HQ @ 2.60GHz
    Motherboard
    Model: 20ENCTO1WW (U3E1) Verson: SDK0J40697 WIN
    Memory
    16.0GB Single-Channel Unknown @ 1064MHz (15-15-15-36)
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA Quadro M1000M
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Hard Drives
    SAMSUNG MZNLN512HCJH-000L1 (SSD)
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Norton
    Other Info
    Machine is not compatible with Windows 11
Another nice thing about Brother printers is you can access a maintenance/settings page from any browser by entering the printers local IP address into any browser,

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    Windows 11
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    PC/Desktop
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    Ryzen 5 5600
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    MSI B550 Tomahawk
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    Patriot Viper 4 Blackout Series 3600 2x8GB
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    Sapphire RX 5600 XT
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    Philips 278E1A
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    3840x2160
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    XPG SX8200 240GB M.2 PCIe Gen3x4 NVMe
    Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB
    Seagate 500 GB
    WD Black SN750 500GB
    PSU
    EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G3
    Case
    Deepcool CK500WH
    Cooling
    Deepcool Castle 280EX, plus 3 140 MM case fans (2 in front, 1 in rear)
    Keyboard
    Logitech G213 Prodigy
    Mouse
    Logitech 305
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