Large Format Plotter WiFi / LAN issue on Laptop

[John Naylor]

We have a SOHO Office network with several large printing devices:

Canon 5535I MFP - handles both LAN and WiFi connections at the same time
Canon TM-305 Large Format Plotter- handles both LAN and WiFi connections but NOT at the same time

Right now in order to print from the lappie, I have to yank the cable from my workstation and plug it into the laptop. Was wondring if anyone has ever used a"

"RJ45 Gigabit Port, Dual Band Wireless Bridge for WiFi to Wired Ethernet Adapter" Such as the one linked here:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CC21YTZP

Laptop supports WiFi 6 802.11ax at both 5.0 and 2.4 GHz as does router.

Anyone have any experience with these devices on a large format plotter ?

 

[Solaris17]

We have a SOHO Office network with several large printing devices:

Canon 5535I MFP - handles both LAN and WiFi connections at the same time
Canon TM-305 Large Format Plotter- handles both LAN and WiFi connections but NOT at the same time

Right now in order to print from the lappie, I have to yank the cable from my workstation and plug it into the laptop. Was wondring if anyone has ever used a"

"RJ45 Gigabit Port, Dual Band Wireless Bridge for WiFi to Wired Ethernet Adapter" Such as the one linked here:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CC21YTZP

Laptop supports WiFi 6 802.11ax at both 5.0 and 2.4 GHz as does router.

Anyone have any experience with these devices on a large format plotter ?

literal garbage

I cannot fucking stand this thing.

 

[John Naylor]

The manufacturer's rep said "they don't work" and I was prepared to leave it at that. But, If it was only asked to do the one thing every once and a while was prepared to give it a shot. And yes, I saw your review on Amazon but there also 64% giving it 5 stars. I guess it depends upon what you are asking it to do. I have no interest in doing several of the things you mentioned .... just have the one task in mind ... printing AutoCAD drawings. No need to extend, bridge other than the one purpose.

All Printers and Plotters are currently on the LAN and all files on are stored on a Win 7 Pro Workstation that serves double duty as a file server. The two new Win 11 Pro Laptops could be used with the 3 or 4 old extenders and routers on a shelf somewhere somewhere. But that kills the portability of the laptops; using printer sharing from the laptops to the workstation will work ?

Can one"share" a network LAN printer by going thru a PC that already has aLAN connection close by ?