and because i’m a lazy ass i didn’t read the specs but just read the search engine result.
I also assumed that because 6 years ago i bought a $50 hp envy and it had wifi, this much expensive one is also going to have it
Result: that $250 printer doesn’t actually have wifi
Deserved.
It seeiously blows my mind that people don’t actually open the search results. People like you are the reason there’s a fucking AI summary for everything now.
i was in a physical store and i saw this in clearance, didn’t have time to do the usual spreadsheet where i compare 10 almost identical variants all with a similar price that vary by just one bit.
The same stuff is sold as G2170, G2270, G2470, G2570, G2770, G2870 and G2970, one add something but remove something.
Stated rather harshly, but accurate nonetheless.
Get a brother laser printer
Yeah, that’s the rip off right there, 250$ for a printer and it’s not a Brother? Fuck no.
I paid $45 for mine and it works flawlessly every time.
I bought mine on clearance for $30 20 years ago and I’ve bought toner once since then. I’ve rarely been happier with a purchase.
Unfortunately, reading the specs for a tech product is mandatory. A single sentence in a preview will never tell you everything you need to know; this was an expensive lesson for you. I’d like to second the recommendation for a Brother laser printer.
If it isn’t connected to the internet there a much lower chance of ink janga.
Get a USB cable and a device with WiFi. Install Linux and then setup cups as a print server
I also took 30 minutes of reading the manual before realizing that, yes it doesn’t appear in the wifi network list because it doesn’t actually have wifi connectivity…
edit before someone calls me dumb “u even don’t know how to read the manual”: the user manual is shared with other 10 models and has sections like “how to share the scanner in the network”
the user manual is shared with other 10 models and has sections like “how to share the scanner in the network”
I was so ready to call you dumb, but this is the most annoying bullshit. Makes the manual virtually useless when it has specs for shit that you didn’t buy. Needs to be illegal
I’ve never encountered a manual that didn’t make it clear.
Maybe after reading 30 pages of the manual it might make things clear. But IDK about you, but I don’t want to read through the owners manual for 10 different printers before buying one.
To be fair, the network integration of my printer sucks. I think I’ll just tape a raspberry to it and use it as a print server.
“Honestly, a literal raspberry might do a better job at network integration than your printer right now. Just be careful it doesn’t jam… or jam, you know?”
It’s also possible that the circuitry is there, but not activated in this model.
considering that clicking on “status page” in the printer driver opens http://localhost:58510/index.html in the browser and Windows sees it as “Canon G2070 series HTTP”, I wonder if they took the lazy path and the USB is used as a simple network adapter…
No, it means the printer driver is running a web server to host the status page. Localhost is literally your computer.
Just send it back
i already opened it and filled with ink, if it was from amazon i’d do that, but i bought it from a small business and that would cause a big loss to them, the printheads are now primed and a return is e-waste as they’re going to dry if sitting unused in a warehouse. At work we have many usb to ethernet print servers from the early 00s, they’re now e-waste and i can get one for free (it’s just that wifi is more convenient and i can place it wherever it fits, instead of routing a cable to the switch)
edit: wait… i realized only now that printheads are disposable (they’re removable and not preinstalled) but they don’t sell those as a spare part??? FUCK! Will this be destined to the e-waste collection in 2-3 years???
Even the printers that sell print heads as parts charge 3/4 of the printers price for them.
And, if you don’t print from an inkjet inside of about 6 months they often get clogged.
Laser printers can sit around for a decade fire right up and be fine. Inkjet printers are but for a narrow set of circumstances destined in short-term for e-waste.
So one thing I tend to do when researching a product is search for “<model_name> specs” or “specifications”. I usually try to see if they have a marketing slick or one pager of what the item has to find it out. If worse comes to worse I’ll browse the user manual, if something is ambiguous but majority of the times that search will help me find what I need.
