Printing labels w no wifi, advice?

[prbs163220]

Lost my phone internet and wifi and I’m unable to print and labels for sales. Provider saying 7 days until someone can come out. Is there a way to connect iPhone directly to a printer or another way ?  I’ve tried with a cable from iPhone to printer directly and software won’t accept it. 

[richard1rst]

Do you have a FedEx near you? They rent computers by the minute. I am also told that many libraries also have computers you can use. Probably other places as well.

Yes, it is a minor inconvenience and maybe a small expense. Offset that against eBay dinging you repeatedly for late shipments.

Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet.

[prbs163220]

I’m doing that w UPS but can’t find a way to save the created label on eBay to print at UPS,,  

[az93]

You can make a handwritten label and stand in line to pay for shipping and buy tracking. Thats super old school, but it would work.

[dhbookds]

 

From here:

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/shipping-items/labels-packaging-tips/buying-printing-shipping-labe...

 

 

QR code shipping labels

If you don't have a printer at home, you can choose the QR code option where available. You'll receive a QR code which you can save to your phone. You can then scan the code at a participating drop-off location to print the shipping label there. Here's how:

1. Go to Seller Hub Orders - opens in new window or tab or My eBay Sold - opens in new window or tab.
2. Select Print shipping label. 
3. Select a shipping service that says "Yes" under QR code. 
4. Select QR code under Shipping label format. 
5. Select Purchase shipping label.
6. Choose if you would like to download QR code. You will also receive an email with the QR code for each label you purchase.
7. Save the QR code on your device and bring it with your package to your nearest drop off location offering Print in store.
   • Find supported locations for USPS QR codes - opens in new window or tab
   • Find supported locations for FedEx QR codes - opens in new window or tab
   • Find supported locations for UPS QR codes - opens in new window or tab
8. Have the retail associate scan the QR code at the counter to print the shipping label and attach it to your package. Some self-service kiosks may also support label printing via QR code.

QR code labels are not currently available in the eBay app. 

[iamalwaysright]

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@prbs163220 wrote:

Lost my phone internet and wifi and I’m unable to print and labels for sales. Provider saying 7 days until someone can come out. Is there a way to connect iPhone directly to a printer or another way ?  I’ve tried with a cable from iPhone to printer directly and software won’t accept it. 

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Wait a minute, I'm a little confused. When you say you lost your phone internet, you meant phone AND internet right? Because your latter idea asking if you can plug your iPhone to a printer would work if your iPhone had a working data plan.

I'm going to assume that you do in fact have a working data plan on your iPhone. Is your printer wifi enabled? If so, you can connect to that printer through your LAN connection which is basically you connecting your iPhone to your wireless router solely to connect to that printer using your wireless network that your wifi uses. Sort of the same way you would share files with devices connected to your wifi, it doesn't use internet.

If that is too complicated, then you can turn your iPhone into a hot spot and connect to your hot spot with your primary ebay printing device, I'm assuming it's a computer. This is rather simple to do, google to find out step by step instructions. Note that depending on your mobile phone provider, there may be a limit on how much data your hot spot can use. If you hit that limit, you'll be throttled on the hot spot. But luckily label printing shouldn't take much data. Good luck.

[prbs163220]

Thanks for the info, my wireless router is dead, no home phone no wifi no internet.  Doing what I can w iPhone.  Tried buying a cable to connect to wifi printer,  it has a USB port.  Went through linking and it won’t recognize the iPhone.  Tried personal hot spot and won’t communicate.    Used to be able to save a label from ebay,  for some reason now I can’t.  If I can save the label I can email to UPS store and they could print for me until this gets cleared up.  Internet provider cancelled my latest appointment without contacting me. 

[iamalwaysright]

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@prbs163220 wrote:

Thanks for the info, my wireless router is dead, no home phone no wifi no internet.  Doing what I can w iPhone.  Tried buying a cable to connect to wifi printer,  it has a USB port.  Went through linking and it won’t recognize the iPhone.  Tried personal hot spot and won’t communicate.    Used to be able to save a label from ebay,  for some reason now I can’t.  If I can save the label I can email to UPS store and they could print for me until this gets cleared up.  Internet provider cancelled my latest appointment without contacting me. 

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What do you mean your hot spot won’t communicate? It might be that your mobile service doesn’t offer you a mobile hot spot, I don’t know what phone service your iPhone is.

Others mentioned going out of your home as there are other ways print. Look into a “pocket Wi-Fi” if you want to stay within the comfort of your home to print. It’s very popular in other countries, but they do have some in the US. Here’s a site I quickly saw. https://roami.ng/mobile-internet/pocket-wifi-usa/

[richard1rst]

You don't need to. When you get to UPS access eBay.com. enter your log in and password and your account will pop up. It will be just like working at home. Then print. When you log out FedEx (and I assume UPS as well) shuts down the computer and scrubs everything you just did so no one else can see it. Just make sure when you log in that you click the button that says "I am using a pubic computer".

[iamalwaysright]

Do UPS places have free Wi-Fi? If the OPs computer is a portable notebook computer they can just use the UPS Wi-Fi to log in with their own device if they are worried about security. Hope there won’t be any sharing IPs issue that might come later though. 
Can’t you just screenshot the postage with your phone and email it as a jpg?

[chris13]

I dont see your printer details, but in case your printer has support for Apple 'Airprint' this thread details steps that allows a peer to peer connection between the iPhone and printers with this support.

Many Apple instructions IMPLY you need wifi but the user here suggests that there are steps for peer to peer access.

Can I print from an Airprint printer with… - Apple Community