Hi again, I don't see a lcd screen on this printer.. I did try and use their so called wireless set up wizzard, but it was asking questions I had no idea what they were talking about!
What you wrote below makes total sense, but unfortunately we just don't have people with working eyes around here very often. The dogs aren't much help! I can usually get this tuff given time and lots of tries. I managed to set up our wireless network myself with the extreme and our cruddy router from our phone company, for example. Here's hope.. Cait On May 5, 2014, at 1:16 PM, Kayaker <sea...@me.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Nice choice. The Brother printers have excellent Mac support. The DW in the > name should mean its' a duplex printer and has wireless support. If that's > the case, then there's no need to hook it up via USB. What you will want to > do is use the wireless support and have it join your network. The bad part > is, you will probably need sighted assistance to connect it to your network > because picking the wireless network is done via the printer and it's LCD > display. Once it's on the network, you can access it via a web interface to > configure additional options like giving it a static IP address. At the very > least you want to give it a DHCP reservation, meaning it will always have the > same IP address when it power cycles and joins your network. This is done via > the Airport Utility. If the printer has a network RJ-45 port in addition to > the wireless support, that would be the best option and would avoid having to > configure it from the printer's horrid LCD interface. > > If it does have a ethernet port, going to the airport utility and looking at > the connected devices, you should be able to discover your printer's IP > address, then entering that in Safari will take you to the web configuration > page for brother printers. > > There's a lot here that's techno speak, but bottom line is to network the > brother printer with an ethernet cable if its' supported, and if not use the > wireless option. You should not have to use USB via the extreme. > > Did I mention Brother has great Mac support? > > Best, > --k > Faith doesn't give you the answers, it merely stops you from asking the > questions. > > > > On May 4, 2014, at 4:12 PM, Caitlyn and Maggie <caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Well, Ray, I managed to get it connected to my mac without sighted help. >> I can see everything so far in the print and fax and scanners section of the >> system prefs. However, I am still trying to figure out how to get it >> working on my network via my airport extreme. >> I do have it networked on my mac and my husband can access it on his mac as >> well. >> hth, >> Cait >> >> On May 4, 2014, at 12:13 PM, Ray Foret Jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >>> Tell me, is that Brother printer of yours accessible via Voice Over? By >>> which, as you will gather, I mean can one access the conection to Wifi and >>> so forth via the printer preferences window? >>> >>> >>> Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind >>> built-in! >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! >>> >>> On May 4, 2014, at 11:08 AM, Caitlyn and Maggie <caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi There! >>>> so, OK, I feel like a total dweeb now! >>>> We found out that the HP printer we had was discontinued. It was the >>>> 1505. We couldn't find drivers for it or anything. >>>> >>>> We went out and got a brother hl 2270 dw and now I have that connected to >>>> my mac via USB but would love to get it connected to our network through >>>> the extreme. >>>> Cait >>>> >>>> On May 3, 2014, at 10:28 PM, Kayaker <sea...@me.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> When you say it is a network printer and you attached it to your airport >>>>> extreme, did you do it by USB or by ethernet? It is hard to give you any >>>>> feedback without the exact HP model number. If you plug the printer into >>>>> the USB port, you need to configure it with the Airport Utility app. If >>>>> it is a ethernet connection, you will have to assign it an IP address >>>>> which may not be as easy without sighted assistance. >>>>> >>>>> Feel free to contact me off list for specifics on your model. >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> --k >>>>> >>>>> Faith doesn't give you the answers, it merely stops you from asking the >>>>> questions. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Apr 30, 2014, at 4:46 PM, Caitlyn and Maggie >>>>> <caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I'm asking this here again since I didn't see a response yet. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm trying to get a printer on my network. >>>>>> >>>>>> We have a airport extreme that we want to attach an hp printer to. it's >>>>>> supposed to be a network printer. >>>>>> I've already attached the printer to it, but it doesn't show up on the >>>>>> network. >>>>>> We also can't seem to find any drivers anywhere for the printer. >>>>>> anyone have any suggestions? >>>>>> Thanks! >>>>>> Caitlyn >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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