The communication between the printer and the computer is very important. That communication process is how your document moves from the screen to the paper. When the printer is not communicating with ...

Connecting a laser printer to your office network makes the printer available to employees or colleagues who use the same network, allowing them to print documents, presentations and photos from a ...

There are four basic ways to connect a printer to a computer. It’s important to understand these before purchasing a printer or a new computer. Most old printers connect using a parallel port on the ...

The experience of connecting hardware devices to computers can vary across hardware and systems. USB printers, especially, haven’t typically been super convenient for connecting with a Windows ...

Back in the old days, if you wanted to use a printer, it needed to have a hard connection to your computer. That wasn't so bad if you had a private home office, but if you had family members that ...

It's common to connect a printer to a computer with a USB cable, but this limits printer access to only one computer, unless you take additional steps. If you want to make your printer available to ...

When you take into account its purchase price and all of the consumables it requires–toner or ink, paper, imaging drums, and more–you may find that a printer is one of the most expensive pieces of IT ...

Your printer may be offline because it has many moving parts, and there are many different ways it can fail.

Sometimes, you may need to turn a physical document into a digital file, either to keep a copy on your computer or send it to someone via email. If you have an all-in-one or multi-function printer, ...

Q: My HP printer is on our Cisco Linksys Wi-Fi router in my wife’s office at one end of the house. My computer is in the other end of the house and is connected directly to the CenturyLink cable modem ...