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‎10-20-2022 11:17 AM

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Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Simple issue I am sure for this community, I am trying to find which cab/e/connections i require to connect my 'new'  HP LaserJet P2035 printer to my router. Intending to use the printers male USB A port into the routers female RJ45 port. Simple but I'm making a meal of it and getting confused looking for the appropriate cable connections... I do possess a cable with a USB A female connector with a male USM A plug on if that helsp. Many thanks, 

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‎10-20-2022 12:20 PM - edited ‎10-20-2022 12:21 PM

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You cannot simply plug a USB printer into a network port, that does not work. You need a USB print server. The server plugs into your network and the printer plugs into the server.

 

Product like this: https://www.amazon.ca/StarTech-PM1115UW-Wireless-Network-Ethernet/dp/B00M77UME8/ref=sr_1_4?qid=16662...

 

You can check your router to see if it has a USB port on it and if it does, determine from manuals if it will support a printer.

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