In order to use a wireless printer, you must set it up as a network printer. Here’s how it works.
Set up a network printer in Windows
Time needed: 3 minutes.
Setting up a network printer under Windows is quite simple:
Go to the printer control panel
Windows 10: Right-click on the Windows logo at the bottom left and select “Settings”. Then click on “Devices” and on the right “Devices and Printers”. Windows 8: Call up the Control Panel by typing “sys” on the Start screen – then the Win8 search opens with the search result for the Control Panel. Select the item “Show devices and printers” there. Windows 7: Press the Start button at the bottom left of the screen and select the “Devices and Printers” item on the right.
Add your printer
Now click on “Add Printer” at the top of the window (see picture). Select the lower item “Add a network printer” there. Afterwards all available network printers will be searched.
Confirm the selected printer
If the printer was found, click on it and confirm your selection by clicking on “Next”.
Name your printer
Now you can give the printer a name to make it easier to find it. Then click on “Next”.
Select the printer as a default
Finally, you can choose if you want to select the printer as default printer. To do this, place a check mark in front of the said box. Finally, click on “Finish”.
Printing via Wi-Fi network – this is how it works
After setting up your wireless printer, you can print your documents via the Wi-Fi network. Before you will be able to print and scan wirelessly, you will also need to connect all other devices (i.e.: PC, mobile device) to the same Wi-Fi. You should then find the printer on your PC or mobile device as a normal printer, which you can use like a regular printer, when you are in the same Wi-Fi network.
