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Thanks. I know the printer has an ethernet port. That's how I used to connect it to my HP laptop. It's a great printer, but old (I think I got it in 2006) and I don't know about USB.

If it will connect usefully to the Livebox and the Mac can see it on the network AND I can download some Mac software from the Canon website, I should be in business.
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I don't think the livebox will support a USB printer.. just USB memory devices, but the quickest way to be sure is connect it to the livebox and see if it appears in the connected devices.

If it doesn't work, the piece of kit you need is one of these...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VONETS-VAP11G-WIFI-BRIDGE-FOR-SKY-ANYTIME-XBOX-PS3-/230629580185
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It depends on the LiveBox and the firmware revision. You need a LiveBox 1 (sort of wedge shaped), if the firmware is quite old then you need to enter the LiveBox interface by using 192.168.1.1, enter your password then look for Live Printer and switch it on. You should however be aware that there were lots of problems with this function and it was removed from later versions of LiveBox 1 and was never an option with LiveBox 2 (this is the oblong one with the corner cut off).

If your printer has an Ethernet connector (RJ45) then as you suggested the best way is to use a cable to the LiveBox and nstall the software on your computer.

 

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Thanks, everybody, and especially for that last link. It looks as if I do have a Livebox 2 and, going to the Canon website, it seems as if I can connect my printer by USB.

So I may have 2 options, connect to Livebox (which would in some ways be the most convenient as we have 3 laptops) or direct to the Mac.

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[quote user="Marifrançoise"]How do I find the http address for my printer? I have typed in every option I could think of (starting with http://livebox) and keep getting a "bad address" error message.[/quote]

it should be:

http://livebox:631

did you follow all the steps outlined in the Orange help page?

For Mac OSX http://assistance.orange.fr/partager-une-imprimante-usb-avec-la-livebox-2-47.php#6

Danny

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Danny, that didn't quite work for me as the example they give for the address for the Livebox is incorrect (you need to use 192.168.1.1. But I did manage to get a connection. The weird thing now is that I can print from my Word and Excel (for Mac) programs, but when I try to print PDFs or directly from a webpage, I get an error message that seems to be specific to Canon printers (mine is a Canon).

Will try again tomorrow.

Still, thanks.

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Good that you are getting somewhere but.... in case it is useful for others too, it seems you are confusing some things.

192.168.1.1 or http://192.168.1.1 or http://livebox is the address of the livebox (i.e. access to the configuration pages of the livebox) and any of these forms should be recognised. They all point to the same place while...

192.168.1.1:631 or http://192.168.1.1:631 or http://livebox:631 in just the same way is the address of the printer.

The port 631 is being used by the livebox. Something like a street number assigned to the printer.

don't know if that helps or just confuses more!

Danny

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Thanks, Danny. For some reason my computer won't accept anything that starts with http:// as a valid address for a printer connection. I'll try adding :631 to the address and see if that helps.

I'm getting and 306 Connection Error message when I try to print PDFs and I understand that is common with Canon printers. May have to download another driver.
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  • 3 weeks later...
Thanks for trying to help. I did manage to connect from the Mac, but could only print Word and Excel documents (no PDFs and nothing from web pages) and couldn't get any connection at all from the HP laptop.

I finally gave in a bought a printer with WIFI. Found a good home for the old printer.
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