Printer help request from Wakefield

amazeer Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,029 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 24 May 2014, 6:45 am

#991554

I have a canon mp560 wireless printer
I have an android phone
I have a windows 7 PC

I cant print

How can I get the PC to talk to the printer? I have portable wifi set up on phone. PC is obviously talking to the phone. I entered portable wifi details to printer. But PC doesnt see printer or vice versa. The doesnt appear to be working as a router 🙁 Is this possible to do?

Yogie Moderator Custom Title Time!

1,608 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 24 May 2014, 2:56 pm

#991583

Check on google play for a printer app to suit the Canon MP560 and download it if there is one.

The printer and phone then need to be connected to the PC as well and make sure that you can print from the PC forst. It is best to use the disc that came with the printer to do that.

Good luck.

Yogie

amazeer Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,029 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 24 May 2014, 8:13 pm

#991596

wasnt much point on my part posting a help request if I didnt check for a reply. Thanks anyway.

I have got a USB cable for it... somewhere. At least I did once upon a time. Maybe I left it at wakefield last year. At home the printer is on wireless, once a year it goes for a ride. And as is Murphy's Law, just as I was ready to print the last few things and go, the printer completely ran out of ink (yep I was ignoring all the warnings). No worries I will get ink from woolies on the way and print at goulburn... but then I couldnt find the cable. It was after 6:30 and JB hifi had closed, nearest officeworks is 1/2 away in the wrong direction. It was the perfect storm, but struggled through with hand writing and writers cramp.