wireless printer addition

[KLoopBinaction]

How can I add a printer to my wireless laptop connection.

where do I find the needed address/info for the desired application. \\server\printer\etc

[Jeremy airjer W]

If I remember right my wireless printer automatically searched for signals and I selected my network as default.

[upnorth]

print a configuration page and then add the printer using the IP address for the port.

[LwnmwnMan2]

If I remember right my wireless printer automatically searched for signals and I selected my network as default.

That's what mine did.

[KLoopBinaction]

print a configuration page and then add the printer using the IP address for the port.

How do you print config page? I've had this thing set up before but changed providers and now have a diff router.

[Jeremy airjer W]

Unless you do not have a wireless printer?

[upnorth]

Look in the manual. Or go online and check the online manual. All printers are a bit different even different models from the same manufacturer.

[Sandmannd]

Yep, some are hard to get to for the config page, others are easy, manual should tell ya. Find the IP it's grabing, best case is a way to set the IP static (meaning it won't change when it reboots) so when you install it by IP it will maintain that.

[upnorth]

There a few ways to do this, but without know what you have for a network and other hardware it is hard to say the best way.

[KLoopBinaction]

speedstream router and frontier dsl

[upnorth]

I found a user manual on the web for that router. Not as straightforward as most. I still would try to print the config page for the printer. If you can find that, most network able printers have a web page you can access and then statically assign an IP address.

Another option. Depending on the printer it may have some software that came with the printer to make this easier, I know some have a app that will go our and find the printer.

[KLoopBinaction]

is there a way to pull what needed info off of my desktop hooked up to it, then use that info to then add printer on laptop?

[upnorth]

Probably not. What kind of printer is it?

[upnorth]

Check this out

Bonjour may do the trick for you if your printer is actually on the network. And that will depend on how your wireless security (or lack of it) was setup.

[KLoopBinaction]

Probably not. What kind of printer is it?

Canon L80

[upnorth]

I did some looking and that printer doesn't seem to have the wireless capabilities. You may be able to share it from the computer it is attached to if you have windows networking setup.

[KLoopBinaction]

upnorth,

How would I do that?

my email is

metrouinc at frontiernet.net

[Sandmannd]

Just install the printer on one of your PC's (locally connected through USB or however it connects.) Right click on the printer and choose sharing. Set it so others have full control of the printer. Go to your next PC and go into Network Neighborhood. Click on the the PC that has the printer installed. It should show up under it since your shared it out. I create a short cut to those and then you can just go into printers and install and point to that one. Pretty easy. You can also find info if you go to the microsoft support sight.