Scotty_B
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My mum has a Dell laptop with WIFI and she bought a WIFI printer.
However problem is she can't connect to the printer via the laptop but the printer works fine when wired to the main desktop PC.
She has a router for the internet which is working fine, does she need to connect to the printer via the router?
Any ideas?
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Richie
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You need to configure the printer with the WIFI settings and WEP/WPA/WPA2 key, then it shows up if UPNP network devices are enabled.
The included CD usually makes it as simple as possible for the newbs.
Is it an Epson?
[Edited on 17-09-2009 by Richie]
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Scotty_B
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It's a Kodak printer.
Do I connect through the router same as the internet?
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Cosmo
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Yeah, the printer wont connect directly to the laptop (unless its also a bluetooth printer?), so it will have to go via the router.
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willay
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
Yeah, the printer wont connect directly to the laptop (unless its also a bluetooth printer?), so it will have to go via the router.
Depends on what wireless mode is being used, i.e. ad-hoc or infrastructure
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Cosmo
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Yeah I meant to put that in there 
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willay
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stick to dresses.
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by willay
stick to dresses.
wifi enabled dresses ftw.
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Scotty_B
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As I understand ad-hoc would only enable one connection, not internet and printer, is this correct?
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Richie
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No the system just goes direct to the device.
All devices would have to be in ad-hoc mode for this to work - you can set routers to do this.
However, if you read the guide right for the Kodak printer then you wont need to change anything on the laptop or router - you just need to configure the printer correctly to the Wifi network!
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James_DT
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Assuming it's the 5200 series, instructions here:
http://wwwuk.kodak.com/global/en/service/publications/urg01081toc.jhtml?pq-path=15542
Configuring Printer > Configuring Network
[Edited on 17-09-2009 by James_DT]
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Scotty_B
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It's a Kodak ESP 7, if that helps.
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James_DT
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http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=9103/13657/13637&pq-locale=en_US
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/service/publications/urg00976toc.jhtml?pq-path=13657/14012
One of those will have the correct setup procedure. Connect it to whichever wireless network comes from your router.
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Scotty_B
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Thanks.
Reading through those it seems it can either be wired to the desktop via USB or setup as wireless, not both.
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James_DT
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Not sure. Presumably, though, the desktop connects to the router somehow, so it'd have access to the printer wirelessly anyway?
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Richie
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It will support direct and network printing.
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Scotty_B
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Finally got the laptop connected to the web and printer via WIFI everything works fine.
Only problem now is the internet has stopped working on the desktop. 
IPV4 is local on the desktop and internet on the laptop if that makes a difference?
again any help would be great......
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