How do I share a wireless printer?


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Just bought a new printer, a Kodak that is wireless, this works great for the laptop, which has built in wireless support, but how do I use the printer on my desktop which doesn't have wireless abilities?

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Does the printer not connect via your router? If so, it should just appear in your list of network printers, regardless of whether or not it's wireless.

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The printer should have a display or something with keys to go into setup menu? Or you might be able to do it from the printers software.

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Same as you do a wired printer. :D

Which is to say go to your Control Panel > Printers go to the printer properties and then just share it from there. Then any wired computer has access through your wireless computer.

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Does the printer not connect via your router? If so, it should just appear in your list of network printers, regardless of whether or not it's wireless.

No, it does not connect to the router, but it does have it's own IP address.

The printer should have a display or something with keys to go into setup menu? Or you might be able to do it from the printers software.

I was wondering about that, I know tight now the HP printer that is connected via USB to my desktop is shared over the network so that the laptop can print to it, is it possible to do the same with this one?

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Sure you can always share it manually but this printer is wireless to avoid leaving the desktop on all the time. Just plug it in and go into the menus and type in SSID and password and it'll connect up to the network. You''ll then see it show up under "Network" in Windows 7 and then you can just click it and install it as a network printer.

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Thanks for the help guys! I am attempting to install the driver for the printer now, windows could not find a suitable driver for this device, so I am installing from the CD.

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No, it does not connect to the router, but it does have it's own IP address.

I'm confused, how does it have it's own IP address and not connect to the router? If it has a static IP address or an IP address option of any kind in the printer, then it should be able to connect to the router via wireless or maybe Ethernet. Some cheap printers without a display, make you connect the printer via USB and then via use software on the windows machine from Kodak to connect the printer to the wifi network. Once that is done you should be able to connect to the printer on other machines on your network.

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^ Sorry for the confusion! I meant that it is not connected physically(cable) to the router, it is attached wireless though, when I set it up, it asked how it was going to be connected, wireless or usb, I choose wireless, it scanned for the network, prompted for the SSID, and connected!

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It is connected wirelessly to what? I am assuming to your router, you entered in your wireless SSID and key into the printer to make it wireless right? If so, it is a node on your network and anything, wired or wireless, that has print capabilities and has the proper drivers loaded can print to it.

Bottom line, load the drivers on the other computer, when it comes to the connection portion of it tell it that it is a wired/wireless connection.

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^That's what I did! I had to download the driver package from Kodak, because the CD did not want to load, but I am now able to print to it!

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