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<blockquote data-quote="RSteve" data-source="post: 565411" data-attributes="member: 164"><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Printing directly from a Chromebook, for the most part, requires wireless, wi-fi printing. In the past when I wanted something printed I went to my hard wired Windows laptop. I've been wanting to connect a wireless printer for my Chrome machines. Some years ago I bought a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Brother-HL-2270DW-Compact-Wireless-Networking/dp/B00450DVDY/ref=asc_df_B00450DVDY/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=198063223856&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2892160720152807365&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9019549&hvtargid=pla-384858337151&psc=1" target="_blank">Brother HL-2270DW Compact Laser Printer</a>. Time flies and I never got it installed. There's no way I could do it myself. I viewed several videos and all they did was confuse me. Today, my older daughter came to my house, confident that she could tie everything together. In two weeks, she transitions from 18 years teaching physical education, to I.T. Specialist.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">The first statement she made when I brought the boxed printer up from the basement, "Dad, you bought this printer in 2014. What's the hurry?"</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">It took time, a Windows PC with a rom drive, etc. to get the printer talking to my router and this helpful, but incomplete set of <a href="https://blog.joeldare.com/installing-a-brother-hl-2270dw-laser-printer-in-chromeos/" target="_blank">instructions</a></span></p><h3><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-size: 18px">INSTALLING A BROTHER HL-2270DW LASER PRINTER IN CHROMEO</span></span></h3><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-size: 18px">POSTED ON <a href="https://blog.joeldare.com/installing-a-brother-hl-2270dw-laser-printer-in-chromeos/" target="_blank">NOVEMBER 29, 2019</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-size: 18px">I recently purchased a Chromebook running ChromeOS and I needed to install my Brother HL-2270DW black and white laser printer. Getting it installed took a little bit of trial and error but here are the steps that worked for me.</span></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-size: 18px">Open the Settings app</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-size: 18px">Select <em>Printing</em> under <em>Advanced</em></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-size: 18px">Click the <em>Set up</em> button next to the <em>Brother HL-2270DW</em> which should automatically be listed under <em>Available printers to save</em></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-size: 18px">Select <em>Brother</em> as the <em>Manufacturer</em></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-size: 18px">Select <em>Brother HL-2170W</em> for the <em>Model</em> (this was the closest one)</span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-size: 18px">The new printer should now be listed under <em>Saved printers</em>, but it probably won’t work, yet. We need to modify the settings a little bit.</span></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-size: 18px">Select the dots next to the <em>Brother HL-2270DW</em> and choose <em>Edit</em></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-size: 18px">Edit the <em>Address</em> field and change the port (the number after the colon) from <em>631 </em>to <em>9100</em></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-size: 18px">Change the <em>Protocol</em> to <em>AppSocket (TCP/IP)</em></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-size: 18px">Click <em>Save</em></span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-size: 18px">Your printer should be working now. Give it a test print.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">My daughter said she could not imagine all of the writer's trial and error to get everything working together. I'm really surprised that she could work through some real roadblocks.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RSteve, post: 565411, member: 164"] [SIZE=5]Printing directly from a Chromebook, for the most part, requires wireless, wi-fi printing. In the past when I wanted something printed I went to my hard wired Windows laptop. I've been wanting to connect a wireless printer for my Chrome machines. Some years ago I bought a [URL='https://www.amazon.com/Brother-HL-2270DW-Compact-Wireless-Networking/dp/B00450DVDY/ref=asc_df_B00450DVDY/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=198063223856&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2892160720152807365&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9019549&hvtargid=pla-384858337151&psc=1']Brother HL-2270DW Compact Laser Printer[/URL]. Time flies and I never got it installed. There's no way I could do it myself. I viewed several videos and all they did was confuse me. Today, my older daughter came to my house, confident that she could tie everything together. In two weeks, she transitions from 18 years teaching physical education, to I.T. Specialist. The first statement she made when I brought the boxed printer up from the basement, "Dad, you bought this printer in 2014. What's the hurry?" It took time, a Windows PC with a rom drive, etc. to get the printer talking to my router and this helpful, but incomplete set of [URL='https://blog.joeldare.com/installing-a-brother-hl-2270dw-laser-printer-in-chromeos/']instructions[/URL][/SIZE] [HEADING=2][FONT=courier new][SIZE=5]INSTALLING A BROTHER HL-2270DW LASER PRINTER IN CHROMEO[/SIZE][/FONT][/HEADING] [FONT=courier new][SIZE=5]POSTED ON [URL='https://blog.joeldare.com/installing-a-brother-hl-2270dw-laser-printer-in-chromeos/']NOVEMBER 29, 2019[/URL] I recently purchased a Chromebook running ChromeOS and I needed to install my Brother HL-2270DW black and white laser printer. Getting it installed took a little bit of trial and error but here are the steps that worked for me.[/SIZE][/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=courier new][SIZE=5]Open the Settings app[/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=courier new][SIZE=5]Select [I]Printing[/I] under [I]Advanced[/I][/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=courier new][SIZE=5]Click the [I]Set up[/I] button next to the [I]Brother HL-2270DW[/I] which should automatically be listed under [I]Available printers to save[/I][/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=courier new][SIZE=5]Select [I]Brother[/I] as the [I]Manufacturer[/I][/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=courier new][SIZE=5]Select [I]Brother HL-2170W[/I] for the [I]Model[/I] (this was the closest one)[/SIZE][/FONT] [/LIST] [FONT=courier new][SIZE=5]The new printer should now be listed under [I]Saved printers[/I], but it probably won’t work, yet. We need to modify the settings a little bit.[/SIZE][/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=courier new][SIZE=5]Select the dots next to the [I]Brother HL-2270DW[/I] and choose [I]Edit[/I][/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=courier new][SIZE=5]Edit the [I]Address[/I] field and change the port (the number after the colon) from [I]631 [/I]to [I]9100[/I][/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=courier new][SIZE=5]Change the [I]Protocol[/I] to [I]AppSocket (TCP/IP)[/I][/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=courier new][SIZE=5]Click [I]Save[/I][/SIZE][/FONT] [/LIST] [FONT=courier new][SIZE=5]Your printer should be working now. Give it a test print.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=5]My daughter said she could not imagine all of the writer's trial and error to get everything working together. I'm really surprised that she could work through some real roadblocks.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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