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Wireless Printer Support:

First you must have the two pieces of information before you start installing a printer i.e. the name–or SSID–of your network, and the password if the network is secured.

Automated Installation
Printers with LCD control panels usually let you configure the wireless connection directly from them. The printer will detect networks within range; you then select your network and enter the password, and you’re good to go.
You may also enter the network information during the traditional, CD-based automated installation. If you attach the printer to the router via ethernet, you can configure the wireless using a Web browser.

Manual Installation
Normally, your printer’s installation software will take care of the IP address and firewall settings. However, if you have to install a printer manually, here’s what you need to know.

Setting the IP address: By default, your router (or server) generally assigns IP addresses by DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). The addresses may stay the same, but if your network uses DHCP, they might be reassigned when you attach new devices to the network. In most cases, if your printer’s IP address changes, your network will lose track of the printer and you won’t be able to print.
You have two ways to ensure that your printer (or any other device) always gets the same IP address. The first is to assign a static IP address via the printer’s control panel or Web-based configuration pages. Try to assign an address that’s well below or above the range of addresses that your router is using for DHCP. You may have to limit the range. Note the static IP address for future reference, as you will no longer find it in the DHCP table.
Some routers (and all servers) let you reserve the IP address for the printer based on its MAC address (Media Access Code), a string of hexadecimal numbers unique to each network device. You may find the MAC address in the router’s DHCP table, in the printer’s system menu, or on the device itself; check for a label that may also include the product’s serial number and other identifiers. The advantage to this approach is that you can see the IP address of the printer when you view the DHCP table.

Adjusting your firewall security setting: If a firewall’s security is set too high, it may prevent your printer from talking to your router or PC. Disable the firewall to see if it’s the problem. If it is, try adjusting its security settings to a lower level.
Checking the wireless security protocol: Your router’s security protocol could be the old-fashioned WEP (Wireless Ethernet Protocol), the newer WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access), or one of a few other flavors and versions. If the printer installation routine asks for the wireless security type, you will need to look it up on your router’s configuration pages or in your router’s documentation.

Installing Without a CD
You can add the printer to your operating system using the OS’s own add-printer routine. For you to do this, the printer must be present on the network–that is, you must have properly configured the wireless settings on the printer or via its Web configuration interface.
If the printer is on the correct network, then your operating system’s discovery software (on a Mac, go to System Preferences, Print & Fax; in Windows 7, go to Start, Devices and Printers, or Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, Devices and Printers) should find it, and in many cases install the drivers for you. If the OS fails to do so, you’ll need to download the drivers from the vendor’s Website. In the latest version of Mac OS X and in Windows 7, the automated procedure is reliable; in some cases on older operating systems, it’s not.

If the OS doesn’t find the printer in a search, the fallback method is to add the printer as a local printer (normally USB) and then assign it a standard TCP/IP port–specifically, an IP address port. You’ll need to know the printer’s IP address or device name for this method to work. In OS X, you can add the printer as an IP Printer. You’ll need to download any required drivers manually.