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  #3484905 28-Apr-2026 08:44
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This is all too hard, looks like you have windows authentication issues, and an old windows 10 box

 

just get a cheap printer with an ethernet port and talk to it directly via IP

 

Office Jet 8120e is like $90




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  #3484976 28-Apr-2026 12:14
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Nope, not replacing the printer/scanner, I only got it last year and it cost me $500. And all my machines are now running 11.

 

I guess I was just hoping to install updated drivers on the desktop and everything would work as before, but I'll just have to install the HP Smart thing on the boy's desktop machine so he can print as well (although I don't think he does).

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  #3485026 28-Apr-2026 12:39
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quickymart:

 

I only got it last year and it cost me $500. And all my machines are now running 11.

 

 

At $500 surely it has an ethernet port?

 

 




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  #3485027 28-Apr-2026 12:52
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  #3485043 28-Apr-2026 14:18
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nztim:

 

quickymart:

 

I only got it last year and it cost me $500. And all my machines are now running 11.

 

 

At $500 surely it has an ethernet port?

 

 

 

 

It does, but the issue was getting a remote machine on the network to connect to it wirelessly.

 

Anyway, it seems to be all resolved now.

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