Make sure you have a functioning USB cable before you begin.
A USB cable is temporarily needed to perform this solution.If your printer is currently connected to the network with an Ethernet cable, unplug the cable. You cannot use your printer on a wired (Ethernet) and wireless network at the same time.
The utilities can be downloaded from the product’s drivers and downloads pages on. The utility will walk you through the process to connect the printer to the Wi-Fi network from your computer. The utilities can be downloaded from the product’s drivers and downloads pages. Perform the following steps to use a wireless setup utility to connect the printer to a wireless network. DocuShare Enterprise Content Management.Print the page to confirm that the printer works.Open Applications and double click TextEdit to create a printer test page. Step Two: Verify the printer's connectivity With the printer selected, click Make Default. Note :If you do not see the screen shown above hold down the Alt/Option key and click More Printers. Note: If you do not see your printer manufacturer or model listed contact the manufacturer to obtain an IPP compatible PostScript Printer Description (PPD) file for the Macintosh. Select the make and model of your printer in the Printer Model field.If you have modified the IP address of your router, then use your router's IP address in place of 192.168.2.1. Note :The Device URI information is case-sensitive and must be entered exactly as it is listed on the Printer location section on the router's Status page. Select Advanced and select or enter the values shown below:ĭevice: Internet Printing Protocol using HTTPĭevice Name: HP Deskjet 990c (example only, select your printer) Hold down the Alt/Option key and click Add. Open Utilities and double click Print Center. Note: You must perform this procedure on each computer on your network to allow printing using the print server on the router. Step Three: Connect Clients to the Wireless USB Print Server You need the address to set up the printer on computers that are connected to your network that you want to have access to the printer. In the Device section of the Status page, look for the Printer status and Printer location information.
The user name and password are case-sensitive. You will need to use these whenever you log on to the router. During the Setup Wizard procedure, you created a user name and password to log on to the router. Note: You are not prompted to log in the first time you connect to the router configuration pages. Click OK to load the router's setup page. When the user name and password window appears, type in the user name and the password you created. Note: If you have modified your router's IP address, enter the new IP address instead of 192.168.2.1. In the location or address line type 192.168.2.1 and press ENTER. Step Two: Get Your Print Server Informationĭisconnect the printer from your computer and Plug the thin rectangular end of the USB cable into the USB port on the router.Ĭonnect the power supply to your printer and turn your printer on. Print a test page to ensure that the printer is working properly.
Install the printer by following the installation instructions included with your printer. Plug your USB printer into one of the USB ports on your computer. Note: If the printer has already been installed on every computer that will use it once it is on the network, skip to Step Two: Get Your Print Server Information.īefore connecting your printer to the print server, it is important to install the drivers provided by the printer manufacturer on each computer that will use the printer. Macintosh OS X 10.3 and later has built-in support for this function. Installing a USB Printer in a Macintosh OS X EnvironmentĪ USB printer can be connected to the router and used as a network printer if you are using an operating system that supports printing to an Internet Printing Protocol (IPP)-based printer.
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