How do I connect a laptop & printer with IrDA ?

External Since: Feb 07, 2005 Posts: 6

As the title says. I have been using a Canon printer with my laptop using a
cable. I have recently got a new laptop which only has USB ports which are
uncompatible with my printer cable. I have tried an adaptor which didn't work
as Canon said it probably wouldn't & they cannot supply a suitable cable. The
printer is apparantly enabled with IrDA. My laptop runs XP, do I need to
install / download anything to make these devices compatable.

Any help greatly appreciated
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Thanks

Graham

External Since: Mar 16, 2005 Posts: 516

Graham wrote:
> As the title says. I have been using a Canon printer with my laptop using a
> cable. I have recently got a new laptop which only has USB ports which are
> uncompatible with my printer cable. I have tried an adaptor which didn't work
> as Canon said it probably wouldn't & they cannot supply a suitable cable. The
> printer is apparantly enabled with IrDA. My laptop runs XP, do I need to
> install / download anything to make these devices compatable.
>
> Any help greatly appreciated
> --
> Thanks
>
> Graham

The bigger question is does your LAPTOP have irDA? Infared was once
popular in the pentuim 1 era, but it never really took off. Most modern
laptops are not equipped with it (very little over 300mhz even has it)
.. Look for an infrared port. Looks like the shiny black panel on a
remote control.

Another way to tell, is look in the device manager, and see if there's
an entry for "infared devices"