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difference between wireless and wifi printer?

  • 11-06-2012 11:12pm
    #1
    macjohn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 531 ✭✭✭


    My local electrical store has a wifi printer and a wireless printer (that is way cheaper), in simple terms what is the difference between them? The girl in the shop didnt know.
    She raised that maybe the wireless worked over bluetooth not wifi?


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  • #2
    Sup08
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    There should be no difference.


  • #3
    fionny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭fionny


    Can you get the make / models for us to check?


  • #4
    Sam Mac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,227 ✭✭✭Sam Mac


    No difference.


  • #5
    GerardKeating
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    Sup08 wrote: »
    There should be no difference.

    In theory, a wireless printer could be bluetooth rather than WiFi, but not seen many Bluetooth printers.


  • #6
    macjohn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 531 ✭✭✭macjohn


    Thanks so much folks, great to have people who know what they are talking about. (on some sites people just offer uniformed opinions)

    fionny wrote: »
    Can you get the make / models for us to check?

    They have an
    - epson stylus sx 435 @ €54.95 which is described as "wireless print/scan copy"

    or

    - epson stylus sx 535 @ €89.95 - described as "wi-fi all in one, print/scan /copy wirelessly.


    She said they were out of stock of stylus sx 235 which she said usually retails in the €73.95 - €77.95 range

    Have a voucher for this store so most likely to buy there unless their prices are way out.


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  • #7
    fionny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭fionny


    Sx435:

    Wi-Fi Small-in-One - Print, scan and copy wirelessly
    Printing Resolution 5,760 x 1,440 DPI
    Printing Speed 33 pages/min Monochrome, 15 pages/min Color, 54 seconds/photo 10x15 cm

    Sx535

    Wi-Fi all-in-one - Print, scan and copy wirelessly
    Prints Double Sided
    Printing Resolution 5,760 x 1,440 DPI
    Printing Speed 36 pages/min Monochrome, 36 pages/min Color, 20 seconds/photo 10x15 cm

    Not alot in them to be honest, unless you want to be printing alot of colour regularly, in which case you should probably look at spending more money.


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