How to print from my Android phone (Samsung Galaxy A32) to a Canon Pixma G2510, the printer is connected by usb to a WiFi repeater (an old repurposed router, now functioning as a mesh repeater, a Fritz!Box 3490) part of a WiFi mesh in my home, the mesh master being a Fritz!Box 7530 WiFi router. There is one other mesh repeater in the network, a Fritz!Box Repeater 3000.
The address of the mesh repeater with the printer connected to it via usb is 192.168.178.31, and the location of the printer in my Linux network is 192.168.178.31:9100.
I can print from any of my WiFi or LAN connected Linux machines on the home network, to the Canon printer, So I am assuming that the problem is not with the printer, but no matter what I try in the Android phone, the printer is not found. The mesh repeater identifies the printer, connected to its usb socket.
I have tried using the Canon app, and also the Canon Print Services app in the phone but they don't find the printer either, even if fed the above location in various forms and it is not listed in the available printer options by either of those apps.
I've tried to access online chat from Canon but that isn't functioning.
Is it possible to print from Android with this setup in the same way that I print on it with my Linux machines?
I am fairly new to smart phones and Android.
All advice gratefully received.
The address of the mesh repeater with the printer connected to it via usb is 192.168.178.31, and the location of the printer in my Linux network is 192.168.178.31:9100.
I can print from any of my WiFi or LAN connected Linux machines on the home network, to the Canon printer, So I am assuming that the problem is not with the printer, but no matter what I try in the Android phone, the printer is not found. The mesh repeater identifies the printer, connected to its usb socket.
I have tried using the Canon app, and also the Canon Print Services app in the phone but they don't find the printer either, even if fed the above location in various forms and it is not listed in the available printer options by either of those apps.
I've tried to access online chat from Canon but that isn't functioning.
Is it possible to print from Android with this setup in the same way that I print on it with my Linux machines?
I am fairly new to smart phones and Android.
All advice gratefully received.
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