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Pixma Wake on LAN
I've got a Canon Pixma MP495 printer which, apart from being deafeningly
noisy, works fine - at the price it works very well, in fact. I'm using it via WiFi from my router with two desktops Ethernet linked to the router and occasionally one laptop via WiFi to the router. The only problem I have with it is that after use, it quickly (few minutes) goes in to power-save/sleep mode. Every time I come to use it again, I have to switch it on again by pressing the on switch once to restore the printer display (but it won't respond at that stage), then again to turn it off altogether, and then turn it on and power up again before I can use it. It connects straight to the router with no problem and works fine from that point. Surely there has to be some way to do "Wake on LAN" or similar from the computers to kick it into life again? I've read the manuals (desperately bad and hard to follow) and I can't find a way to do it. -- Bob - Tetbury, Gloucestershire, UK Dyslexia lures, KO! |
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Pixma Wake on LAN
Bob Henson writes:
I've got a Canon Pixma MP495 printer which, apart from being deafeningly noisy, works fine - at the price it works very well, in fact. I'm using it via WiFi from my router with two desktops Ethernet linked to the router and occasionally one laptop via WiFi to the router. The only problem I have with it is that after use, it quickly (few minutes) goes in to power-save/sleep mode. Every time I come to use it again, I have to switch it on again by pressing the on switch once to restore the printer display (but it won't respond at that stage), then again to turn it off altogether, and then turn it on and power up again before I can use it. It connects straight to the router with no problem and works fine from that point. Hi, I tried some searching online, with no success, in English. The reviews are certainly not flattering: http://www.inksmartshopping.com/revi...ixmamp495.html Surely there has to be some way to do "Wake on LAN" or similar from the computers to kick it into life again? I've read the manuals (desperately bad and hard to follow) and I can't find a way to do it. Does not seem to exist for this printer. Hopefully someone will have more info. Personally, I do not trust any of this marketing hype about fancy support. Even the Ethernet network capability seems broken on many Canon printers, so using plain vanilla USB is still the best option. If you use CUPS under linux or MacOSX, you have networking already, so you can just connect your printer to the print server via USB, the most reliable method. -- Gernot Hassenpflug |
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