> considering your phone likes connecting to cell phone towers (and thus disconnecting from your printer) I don't know what kind of weird broken phones you hav

> considering your phone likes connecting to cell phone towers (and thus disconnecting from your printer) I don't know what kind of weird broken phones you have, but every smart phone I've ever used has had no trouble connecting to things on local networks via wifi even when not in a cell deadzone. Your objection sounds made up to me.