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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: HP 1109W printer
From:       DennisG <dwgallien () gmail ! com>
Date:       2020-12-20 21:59:04
Message-ID: 410eed5e-d92f-15ae-1aab-7278a28817db () gmail ! com
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On 12/19/20 3:18 PM, Carl Spitzer {L Juno} wrote:
> It says wireless but is there a way by laptop to directly connect 
> without it being on a network just one printer and one laptop no network?
>
> HP did not seem to have help but for Winblows and MAC,

Perhaps you already have this info, but if not just fwiw . . . HP has a 
peer-to-peer (p2p) technology that is called "HP Wi-Fi Direct" (since 
2014) that is now an industry standard.  Previously there was "HP 
wireless direct" (less functionality, 2011-2014).  It is built into most 
HP wireless printers.  The support page indicates that this works with 
iPhone and Android smart phones.  Not what you asked for, but maybe a 
workaround via dropbox or?

Your are right about the laptop, the HP driver on W$ or Mac is required, 
and with that the connection is straightforward.  I haven't seen 
anything that indicates that the HP linux binary plugin adds this 
support.  That said . . .

On Linux there are articles on the web which describe it working by 
using wpa_supplicant, where essentially one of the two devices is acting 
as an AP.  I've read that the P2P functionality is in some distro stock 
versions of wpa_supplicant, but in others it must be re-compiled to add 
that (can't say which about openSUSE).  And also, your laptop NIC needs 
to support P2P.  This is fairly advanced stuff, but it is possible.

--
dg
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