Autoselected print paths

A method for installing and printing to a printer comprises:

• autodiscovery of connection paths between a computing device and the printer;
• creating a connection list of the connection paths;
• ordering the connection paths in the connection list according to a rank to produce the ordered connection list, the ordered connection list being stored on a memory of the computing device;
• selecting image data stored in the memory of the computing device to print;
• selecting a target printer;
• autoselecting a connection path between the computing device and the printer from the ordered connection list, in which autoselecting the connection path comprises sequentially evaluating connection paths on the ordered connection list to select a highest ranked available connection path;
• communicating image data from the computing device to the printer over the autoselected connection path using communication hardware;
• receiving the image data by the printer through the autoselected connection path;
• and
• printing the image data.

A computing device comprising:

• a memory;
• image data stored in the memory;
• an ordered list of connection paths to a printer stored in the memory;
• a processor for accessing the ordered list of connection paths to the printer and for autoselecting a connection path to the printer from the ordered list of connection paths;
• and
• communication hardware for transmitting the image data through the autoselected connection path to the printer.