Wired USB Printer to Router via Ethernet to USB Adapter

aladdin on 04/01/2023 - 21:19

hi guys

I have got the TPLINK AX73 which usb port is not supporting printing.
I wonder if i can get ethernet to printer usb adapter to connect it to ethernet port of router and hopefully be able to connect it wirelessly.
if it possible?
Thank you

Computing

Comments

  • scotty on 04/01/2023 - 21:44
    +5

    I don't think you can just get a USB to ethernet adapter to get your printer online. You'll need some kind of "USB print server".

  • GordonD on 04/01/2023 - 21:46

    Such a device does exist. It is called an ethernet to USB printer server. It is a long time since I've seen anyone use one which comes from a time way back when ethernet was only 10/100 Mb/s.

    https://www.amazon.com.au/StarTech-com-100Mbps-Ethernet-Netw…

    These days printers have wifi. It works a lot better than a printer server.

    What sort of printer have you got?

    • aladdin on 05/01/2023 - 01:02

      Brother mfc1810

  • GordonD on 04/01/2023 - 21:55

    I am at a total loss as to why my postings above were unpublished. I googled for a printer server, and published a link to it it, with a comment that printer servers are not generally used these days, wifi is.

    GordonD on 04/01/2023 - 21:55 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
    • ModeratorRichardL on 04/01/2023 - 23:11

      Our system filtered your Amazon link and automatically removed your comment as affiliate spam.

      https://www.amazon.com.au/StarTech-com-100Mbps-Ethernet-Network-PM1115U2/dp/B016A4MSA4/ref=asc_df_B016A4MSA4/?tag=googleshopdsk-22&linkCode=df0&hvadid=463597213340&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4188442647568134589&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9070825&hvtargid=pla-493437855967&th=1

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  • AustriaBargain on 04/01/2023 - 22:16
    +1

    You could find an old AirPort Express, apple wifi device. Can plug speaker into it to so you can jam to some tunes while printing. Apple don't sell networking stuff anymore so it'd have to be used.

  • OMGJL on 05/01/2023 - 00:57
    +1

    usb itself won't work, what make you think a non-smart adapter would make it work? oh it doesn't support usb, so let's add another layer of magic ethernet and somehow it would magicaly translate the usb signal and slap on a ip address.

    Sorry for being sarcastic, it bring my memory back back when I work for a computer store and deal with this very question every week —— where some insist it will most definitely work, and agreed to not bring it back if it's not compatible as they've got told already, yet still bring it back and acting like a cry baby.

    • ThithLord on 05/01/2023 - 09:19

      what if OP plugs a Telstra 4GX USB Modem into the USB port on the printer…?

      • OMGJL on 05/01/2023 - 13:44

        how about OP plugs a computer into the usb port on the printer :)

  • BobD on 05/01/2023 - 07:41

    USB to Ethernet adapters need a software driver. It is built into Windoze 10/11 but printers don't provide it. Buy a printer with Ethernet or use the WiFi like someone suggested.

  • avoidfullprice on 05/01/2023 - 09:49

    Plug your printer to an unused laptop/desktop, and then just share it on windows…

    Low cost and high success rate

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