By: Parmu Malika
You can cause your printer to synchronize with the computer without wires
using a router that uses a printing server. You can either apply a disjointed
wireless printing server or you can link a print host to a LAN output via a
wireless routing device. You could also prefer to purchase a printer that
already has a wireless printing server built into it. It can at times work out
more inexpensive to purchase a printer with the capacities to do this, rather
than buying the additional hardware necessary to set it all up.
Here is one scenario that may help, bearing in mind that I do not know your
network configuration so it may be a little presumptuous.
1- All computers should use wireless network adapters, the printer should
come with built in wireless connection too
2- The router should support wireless connection for at least four
computers
3- Your wireless printer will join the network as a fourth computer and as a
result will be seen by the other computers to use
The following steps need to be taken in case you want to use a wireless
printer with your computer.
Use a Router
The router should be such that it serves the purpose of a printing server.
Alternatively, we can also use a separate wireless printing server, which will
not need any router as such. Otherwise, the print server has to be connected to
a local area network via a wireless routing device, called router.
There are printers available that have wireless printing server built into
it. In that case, separate router is not required. Therefore, it is advisable to
buy a printer with such a built in soft and hardware, as it is cheaper than
going for a new routing device or any other necessary hardware to set up the
wireless printer.
However, if you want to attach a printer through a wireless router, you need
to do the following.
Click on the control panel, then on the "add hardware" and on the list coming
up select the printers. When the printer list comes up, select your installed
printer name. The printer must be connected to the router before you add it to
the list as explained here. Sometimes any blocking software like firewall etc.
has to be turned off before you start this procedure as it may stop the
router/printer installation process.
Share your printer on a wireless network
It does not require any miracle to have a printer on wireless network.
However, every computer connected with the network needs to have a printer
installed on it. There is also a possibility of making your printer as a" shared
printer" for such network. For doing so, you must follow the following
steps:
Click on the control panel of your computer. Connect on the alternative
"printers and other hardware installed" and notice the list that comes up.
Select the printer you have from this list and then click the button "share this
printer". Once the sharing window appears, click on the radio button, next to
share this printer. You must enter a share name and then press OK.
Therefore, the single printer for the entire network becomes a wireless
printer for all the computers on the network. No matter, whether a computer is a
laptop or a desktop computer.
Hence, to move more towards a cleaner working environment, we have the
"Wireless Printers". Every user is now interested to use the wireless gadgets
nowadays and printers come on the top of this list as a wireless printer can
help us to do remote printing as well. The technologies stated above can
facilitate a wireless printer connection without any problems.