How does wireless scanning work? I'm thinking of getting this printer for wireless printing and scanning to any of my 3 computers (2 macs and 1 pc). I currently have a 4 year old HP USB printer hooked up to an airport express for wireless printing. With that setup I can print wirelessly but I can't scan without going USB to a computer.Can this printer scan wirelessly? If it can, will the scan only show up on one of the computers (I'm guessing one I setup as main) or any of the three connected or all three? How would this be managed? Thank you. How does wireless scanning work? I'm thinking of getting this printer for wireless printing and scanning to any of my 3 computers (2 macs and 1 pc). I currently have a 4 year old HP USB... » Read More How does wireless scanning work? I'm thinking of getting this printer for wireless printing and scanning to any of my 3 computers (2 macs and 1 pc). I currently have a 4 year old HP USB printer hooked up to an airport express for wireless printing. With that setup I can print wirelessly but I can't scan without going USB to a computer.Can this printer scan wirelessly? If it can, will the scan only show up on one of the computers (I'm guessing one I setup as main) or any of the three connected or all three? How would this be managed? Thank you. « Show Less
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I find that you can scan much easier, both wired and wireless, by going to the 6500's web interface and choosing the Web Scan feature.The printer's web interface can be found by entering its IP address in the address bar of your favorite browser, e.g., http://192.168.0.65You can locate the IP address by printing a configuration page from the printer.The limitations of using Web Scan are that you can only scan letter-size or smaller with 4 predefined color selections. But it should work for 95% of your typical scanning needs.If you choose to start a scan from the printer itself, you must choose which computer to send the scan to from the printer display. I find that you can scan much easier, both wired and wireless, by going to the 6500's web interface and choosing the Web Scan feature.The printer's web interface can be found by entering its IP address in the address bar of your favorite browser, e.g., http://192.168.0.65You can locate the IP address by printing a configuration page from the printer.The limitations of using Web Scan are that you can only scan letter-size or smaller with 4 predefined color selections. But it should work for 95% of your typical scanning needs.If you choose to... » Read More I find that you can scan much easier, both wired and wireless, by going to the 6500's web interface and choosing the Web Scan feature.The printer's web interface can be found by entering its IP address in the address bar of your favorite browser, e.g., http://192.168.0.65You can locate the IP address by printing a configuration page from the printer.The limitations of using Web Scan are that you can only scan letter-size or smaller with 4 predefined color selections. But it should work for 95% of your typical scanning needs.If you choose to start a scan from the printer itself, you must choose which computer to send the scan to from the printer display. « Show Less
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It can scan via the wireless connection. You have to open the HP Solution Center on your computer. Then scan the document. I believe you can only connect and therefore save the scan to on computer. Check out the online HP manual at http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c01669504.pdf
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This printer features an ethernet connection, meaning it can be networked and used by multiple computers. If you are using the USB connection, you would need to connect it to a print server for sharing. I recommend the networked option. The guide should include a walkthrough for setting it up.
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I just tonight got it working wirelessly on a MacBook Pro and iMac.Both are running Snow Leopard.The secret is ... on Snow Leopard you do not have to install any software. Snow Leopard detects it automatically (Bonjour?) and just sets everything up as needed when you need. I never used the CD included with the printer.I love it so far. It is working great for printing and scanning.
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I can't even get this printer to print wireless from my computer 12 inches away and with an airport express sitting right on top of it.... Sorry I'm of no help to you, but if you learn anything about getting it to work wirelessly with Mac, please post and let me know.
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You can print over a wireless network but you cannot send documents from the printer to a computer. You have to buy the extra piece which is about $100. Didn't opt for it, but may in the future. If you have a USB drive, you can just scan documents onto the Drive and pull it up on the computer.
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Short answer: No. You cant. sorry. Long answer: I don't believe you will be able to get this working. You could try to print wireless via Airport Extreme USB (remember it wasnt successful - my info is atleast 2 years old). Maybe there is a newer version..
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Yes it does.... flawlessly. You need to install the software that comes with the printer. Part of that software will put an icon on your desktop that starts the scan process. For the first time scanning across the network - that is what I have found does a good job. After you complete your first scan - then you can use the buttons on the printer to initiate a scan to PC. I love these printers.. I have installed several and they all work great!!! Good Luck!!!
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I havent figured out how to scan .. I assume there has to be some programming between it and my laptop ... So only use it for printing and copying. Any advice?
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The HP Easy Scan software I downloaded doesn't seem to have a duplex mode for scanning. I'm using a MAC with OSX 10.11 You can either go to the printer through System Preferences and click on the scan button, or use the Image Capture Utility in Applications and select the printer... both of these seem to work for duplex scanning. No problems yet.
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To scan to different computers, the printer and the computers have to be on the same subnet. This did not work for us because we use multiple subnet since our network is large. The computers will be displayed by the computer name. So you could make a chart listing each user with the computer name and tape it to the printer. FYI - You can scan to Network Folders if you have a file server or you share a folder out. MAX is 10 Network Folders. If you enter the email addresses in there the MAX is 15. You can manually type in a email address once the MAX is reached but it will not save. So it is best to use but Network Folders and email address together. To scan to different computers, the printer and the computers have to be on the same subnet. This did not work for us because we use multiple subnet since our network is large. The computers will be displayed by the computer name. So you could make a chart listing each user with the computer name and tape it to the printer. FYI - You can scan to Network Folders if you have a file server or you share a folder out. MAX is 10 Network Folders. If you enter the email addresses in there the MAX is 15. You can manually type in a email address once the MAX is reached but it will not... » Read More To scan to different computers, the printer and the computers have to be on the same subnet. This did not work for us because we use multiple subnet since our network is large. The computers will be displayed by the computer name. So you could make a chart listing each user with the computer name and tape it to the printer. FYI - You can scan to Network Folders if you have a file server or you share a folder out. MAX is 10 Network Folders. If you enter the email addresses in there the MAX is 15. You can manually type in a email address once the MAX is reached but it will not save. So it is best to use but Network Folders and email address together. « Show Less
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As it turns out, I own a small external USB DVD drive. I have 3 different printers, 2 HP and 1 Canon, all of which are WIFI connected with my wireless router. By using my USB attached external DVD drive I was able to install each of my printers from the CD that came with each printer and they are working perfectly. If you don't have an external DVD drive, then most printer websites contain install packages for downloading and install. Hope this helps. Byron
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We use Macintosh computers for our printer. We have it linked it to our airport which is the router for Macintosh computers. All our computers can then print from anywhere in the house.The HP technical people are helpful. You need to tell them it's an business printer, not a personal home printer. Whatever they can't help you with would involve your network company. The machine is designed for Windows machines first so I would imagine it supports Windows 7 or 8.
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We have three laptops wirelessly connected to a PIXMA MP560, one running VISTA and the other two runnnh XP. It is possible to print from all three laptops. However, it is only posible to initiate a scan from the two laptops running XP. If a scan is initated from the VISTA machine a message comes up saying it cannot connect to the scanner. Any suggestions as to what the problem might be welcomed.
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I just tonight got it working wirelessly on a MacBook Pro and iMac. Both are running Snow Leopard. The secret is ... on Snow Leopard you do not have to install any software. Snow Leopard detects it automatically (Bonjour?) and just sets everything up as needed when you need. I never used the CD included with the printer. I love it so far. It is working great for printing and scanning.
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Wireless connection has not been successful for me. I have mine on an ethernet connection, and that is working out. I do have to connect via USB to configure the printer, however. The setup is kind of kludgy, but it works. It does require an intel-based mac to have full functionality, but will work with older models using a generic postscript driver.
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There are two different HP Officejet 4500 All-in-One Printers..........One will print WIRELESS, and one that will NOT...It has to say (Wireless) right after the Model number of the printer other wise, it will not print wireless. Hope this helps...........
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At this point in time my printer has gone offline and its to much a hassle to upgrade . I would buy another one already upgraded. By this I mean the operating system I have us outdated I can't print wireless or get it to work . Not even hp tech line could get it to work. Hope that helps , they need to rewrite the program my opinion