I know you guys are smart. I need a Bluetooth printer for on site. No wifi print from my phone.

Any suggestions? Not looking for ferrari's. Just a printer/ copier

If anybody answers this.. please throw in a little explanation of how printers can work WIRELESS when the PC its drawing from does NOT have a wifi network.   My father is zero tech savvy and got a new PC and a printer and I absolutely know for a fact he does not have a wifi network set up yet his printer is working wirelessly.    he said a neighbor came over and connected it.   How can you work wirelessly without a wifi?  (and I doubt his PC has Bluetooth).

 

Do some modems nowadays send out a signal anyway?  do you just type the SSN number of the modem/router into the printer and voila it works?

Im sure other offer as well, but HP has printers with 'HP Wireless Direct' that allows a pc, phone or tablet to connect to it without a wifi network.

 

http://www8.hp.com/us/en/m/campaigns/wireless-printing-center/wireless-direct.html

HP DJ 2540 Wireless All-in-One Color Photo Printer (Discontinued By Manufacturer) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E3KP79C/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awd_ZaF9wb4H6FVVY

 

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I know my obd2 scan tool sends out its own wifi. Does this printer also?

Im sure other offer as well, but HP has printers with 'HP Wireless Direct' that allows a pc, phone or tablet to connect to it without a wifi network.

 

http://www8.hp.com/us/en/m/campaigns/wireless-printing-center/wireless-direct.html

Thank you! Pointing me in a direction

Ahhhh I think I get how it works. It's the PRINTER that has it's own wifi signal. It's not the router. The PC finds the printer... Not the printer finding the network.

I assume it works just like how my Phone connects to my GoPro Camera.  The GoPro actually creates a wifi hotspot and the phone locks onto that wifi signal.

Haven't set it up yet on site.

Howard, one of my wife's point and shoot does this.( actually the other one did it also, then she dropped it....)