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[Digerati]

One disabled vet to another=peace.

Well, technically, I'm only 30% so that does not count for much but a small break on my federal taxes. That said, thank you for your service.

[Tomk]

I hate people like that!

 

If he can pass the vetting for security clearance, he could get one of the better government jobs out there - especially after he gets Mandarin down.

He told me he got offered a job as an interpreter for INS but he wasn't interested.  He does get called by local police some times.

[Peter1]

I have a situation a bit off the beaten path. My wife has a chromebook which I do not like but she cannot deal with windows at all. She loves its simplicity. She uses it to travel b/c of its alleged security.  We each have android phones, Samsung galaxy S5.  Then there is my old desktop.

I spoke with Epson and after after dealing  with a few people the consensus  was that I use  iprint for the phones, and cloud ready for the chromebook. 

I do like the way I used to set up for my laptop, before it died. 

 

I am confused about networking in this resect. My router seems to connect with other devices to be within my secure home network which is protected by the passphrase within the router.

Now I know I do not articulate as well as you,Tom, nor do I use the exact PC terms as Digerati but am only trying to explain things the best I can. 

 

If I use wirelessly is it roughly true that the ethernet cable involves the printer to the router and although I setup the wireless feature within the printer, it is the router that continues to connect with the phones and the Chromebook or laptop? To connect to these devices I have to enter to correct passphrase to make connection? I don't think the chromebook has his capacity but have not tested it.

 

When I became pretty much confine to the house, I started to learn about computers to fill my time. I then learned Spanish to continue to keep busy and to encourage my grandchildren. I can hold my own in Spanish speaking environments sort of as a tourist would do.

Between meds for pain and age I cannot be as brisk as I once was but must keep pushing so I do.

Yes, I know people who cannot relate and it is only the dialect and not the language itself that is the problem.

I lived for 60 years in a  city in new England where Portuguese was the predominant language yet never picked it  up which I consider a missed opportunity.

I guess I am torn between new things like iprint and cloud print but they seem to be what Epson is leaning to.

If my idea about wireless is close to the mark, I may give this a try.

[Tomk]

 

If I use wirelessly is it roughly true that the ethernet cable involves the printer to the router and although I setup the wireless feature within the printer, it is the router that continues to connect with the phones and the Chromebook or laptop?

Correct.  If you set it up as a network printer, and connect to the network wirelessly, for all practical purposes it is the same as if you connect the printer to the network with an ethernet cable. You can send it a print job from any computer connected to the network - with proper driver installed.

 

 

To connect to these devices I have to enter to correct passphrase to make connection?

To connect any device to your network via wifi... you would need the correct passphrase.  The passphrase is to secure your wireless access.  Any device that is connected to the network via ethernet cable would not need the passphrase as it is not connecting to the network via wifi.  Technically, you don't need a passphrase to connect to the printer, you just need a passphrase to connect to your network via wifi.
 

 

I do like the way I used to set up for my laptop, before it died.

 

What was that setup?  How is it different to what you are doing now?

 

I don't think the chromebook has his capacity but have not tested it.

 

It does appear that printing from a chromebook is an issue.  Until recently, you apparently had to print using google cloud print and it only worked if you had a cloud ready printer.  There are now, possibly, other options. http://www.techrepub...m-a-chromebook/

If you choose to go the cloud print route... it appears that there is an app for that for your android phones.

 

Here is an article that discusses the mumble jumble of printing from phones. https://www.howtogee...print-and-more/
 

 

trying to explain things the best I can.

 

You do fine.  I was just saying that whenever there is a conversation... several things happen.  There is what I say, what I think I said, what you heard, and what you think I said.  Sometimes all 4 of these are different.  What I meant - in my in-eloquent way - is that when someone on a forum misinterprets what you said, or requests clarification or restatement... don't feel like you did something wrong.  Doing the "best you can". is all that can be asked and that goes for the people responding also.  Sometimes doing the "best they can" is unhelpful, though the desire to be helpful still exists - they are just working with incorrect data.  You ask a fair number of questions here.  I think, correct me if I'm wrong, that you usually get the answer to your question.  That being the case, you must do a pretty good job of explaining what it is you want.