How To Add Printer On Wireless Network Connections
Wireless network connections have become the buzzword in the IT sector as well as for corporate firms and homes. There was a time when printers had to be separately connected to the printer port on your laptop of PC but things have changed now. There are different ways of adding your printer to wireless network like:
You Can Share The Printer From Your Computer
This is the least expensive option of connecting your local printer to your laptop or a computer using a wireless LAN connection. Once the printer is on wireless LAN, it can be accessed from any of the other computers on the network. This will work well if you have a server PC or a desktop on LAN. To make sharing possible on Windows, you will need to do the following:
- Click on Start
- Go to Control Panel menu
- Click on Printers and Fax icon
- Select printer that you want to share
- Click on File menu
- Click on the Sharing menu
Now you can add your wired print or a wireless print server. Wired Print Servers
To make this connection possible, you will need to buy a dedicated network server for print. You can plug the network print server to the Ethernet port that is present on the WAP (Wireless Access Point) and then connect the printer to it. Wireless Print Servers
To make this connection possible, you will need to buy a dedicated wireless network print server. Connect the network print server to the wireless network and finally connect your printer to it. Different printers come with different technologies and have different requirements. You should first check if your printer is compatible and can be added to wireless network connections. Let's look connecting a deskjet or an inkjet printer through a router to a wireless network. The salient point of a wireless connection is that you won't get entangled in the web of wires or cables. Here is a step-by-step method that you can follow: - The first thing that you need to check is if your printer is wireless network compatible. You can read the instructions manual to find out if it supports Bluetooth or Wi-Fi (802.11x). - The next step is to add network support to the inkjet or deskjet printer. If the printer is not on wireless then you can do the same using a RJ-45 Jack to connect to the wireless router. - Once the printer is on the network, you can install the printer driver on all the computers sharing the wireless network connections. - Once the necessary driver has been installed, you can access your printer from any of the computers after sharing it on windows. You can share it on Windows by: Start>Control Panel> Printers and Other hardware>printers and fax> Once the printer shows on all the computers, you can check if it is working or not by printing a test page. Imagine what life would have been without wireless network connections!
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