spodosaurus wrote:
Hi guys,

I know there are several groups that are better suited to this post,
but the collective experience here has been valuable to me over the
years so I thought I'd drop a post in here, too. I'm helping someone
get their new Epson TX800FW wireless printer going. It works fine via
USB. I can ping it from Vista. However, even when I set the printer
port to point right at the printer (ip address or name) Vista cannot
print to it, and the network printer search does not find it. Any
ideas? I've never played with one of these beasties before.

Don't know this specific printer but generally wireless printers need to be
connected to a pc via ethernet (wired cable) for initial setup.
The printer needs to be first configured for connection method (which will
be wireless).
Wireless security settings and method of obtaining ip will have to be set.
Of course the printer will need a wireless access point (wireless router) or
wireless pc card set up as access point to connect to once wireless is
activated and configured.