System and method for a printer access point
First Claim
1. An information handling system peripheral comprising:
- a housing;
a printer disposed in the housing, the printer operable to accept information from an information handling system and print the information on a print medium; and
a wireless access point disposed in the housing and interfaced with the printer, the wireless access point operable to network the printer and one or more information handling systems in a wireless local area network.
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Abstract
Deploying a wireless local area network of plural information handling systems interfaced with each other and a printer is simplified by integrating printing and networking components in a common housing. For instance, a wireless access point, print server, router and modem are disposed in a printer housing and powered by a common power source. An installation package provided on a portable storage medium, such as a CD or DVD, includes drivers and applications that support interaction of information handling systems with the printer and networking components. The installation package reduces complexity associated with configuration of a wireless local area network by presenting an interface that substantially simultaneously installs drivers and applications for printer and networking components on networked information handling systems.
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23 Claims
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1. An information handling system peripheral comprising:
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a housing;
a printer disposed in the housing, the printer operable to accept information from an information handling system and print the information on a print medium; and
a wireless access point disposed in the housing and interfaced with the printer, the wireless access point operable to network the printer and one or more information handling systems in a wireless local area network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for networking information handling systems and peripherals, the method comprising:
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integrating a printer and a wireless access point into a housing;
consolidating drivers and installation applications for the printer and wireless access point in an installation package; and
running the installation package on an information handling system to bring the information handling system in operable communication with the wireless access point and the printer in a local area network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An information handling system network comprising:
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plural information handling systems having wireless access cards operable to access a wireless network;
a housing;
a wireless access point disposed in the housing, the wireless access point operable to interface with the wireless access cards as a local area network; and
a printer disposed in the housing and interfaced with the wireless access point, the printer operable to accept information from one or more of the information handling systems through the local area network and to print the information on a medium. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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