Configure the PIXMA MG3540 wireless connection. Connecting the printer via Wi-Fi.

Wireless printing on the printer will help get rid of unnecessary wires and install the printer in a convenient place. This article will discuss current ways to connect the printer via wi-fi. with step-by-step instruction.The simplest connection of the printer to the Wi-Fi network is to use a router. It must have a set of specific functions that allow you to create a connection.

First you need to connect the router to the network and configure it so that a wireless network appears in the room. Now you can proceed to setting up the printer directly.

Method 1. Connect the printer to wireless network  Wi-Fi with built-in wizard.

An installation wizard will help you connect your printer to a prepared wireless network.

! What you need to know before you start setting up:

WPA password or WEP encryption key, which will be the password itself wi-Fi networks;

Network Name (SSID).

Before creating a wireless configured network using a router, you need to go to work on the printer settings. To do this, go to the menu " Customization"And select the option" Network". Next, the setup wizard will display information about available networks for connection. Next you need to choose the name of your created network. If the printer can not find the desired network, then its name must be entered manually, taking into account the case of letters. After selecting the desired network, the printer will request a WEP encryption key or WPA password. They are also case sensitive. The print device connects to the wireless network and you can now send various tasks to print.

Thus, connecting the printer to Wi-Fi does not take much time. The connection process takes only a few minutes. The main thing to prepare for work is to find out whether the equipment supports the required technologies and, of course, have a working and configured Wi-Fi network with a known password and name.

It is possible to connect the printer to your Wi-Fi router with a USB port using the built-in Print Server - it connects the printer to the router and allows access to it from any client computer on your network.

Connecting the printer to the router

In order to install a printer through a router, you must connect the printer to the USB port of your router. In this article I will explain how to connect an Asus RT-N56U Wi-Fi router and a printer in Windows 7. You can also connect a printer to this router using a special utility:

The utility allows you to automate the connection and configuration of a network printer and works only in Windows. Next, I will tell you how to connect the printer through the router manually.

Attention! Make sure your printer model is supported by the router! Check if the printer is compatible with the Asus router.

Connect a network printer in Windows 7.

Check the connection of your printer using the web interface by opening any browser and enter the address bar http://192.168.1.1. In the window that appears, enter the login and password (admin and admin, respectively).

In the next window, you must select the printer port (see. Fig. 4). Go to point "Create a new port"  and select the item in the drop-down list Standart TCP / IP Port.

After pressing a button "Further"  The printer setup wizard will ask for the printer’s IP address on the network, the printer’s IP address corresponds to the router’s IP address 192.168.1.1. Enter it in the field Name or IP Address  and uncheck the item "Interrogate the printer and select the driver automatically". Click "Next".

A window will open "TCP / IP Port Search."Wait until a window appears asking you to enter additional port information.

Select device type Normal (Generic Network Card)and click Next:

Now you need to install a driver for the printer. Choose your model from the list or click the button. "Install from disk ..."  and in Explorer, specify the path to the file with the driver. Then click Next. Enter any printer name and click Next again. A window will appear with the printer installation process after which the installation wizard prompts you to configure printer sharing via the local network.

Choose an option "There is no shared access to this printer"  and click Next. The wizard will inform you that the driver has been successfully installed and will suggest using the default printer. Now it remains to press the button "Done"and configure the port properties.

Open the menu Start - Devices and Printers.Find your printer, right-click and select "Printer Properties".Go to tab "Ports",check the port that you created earlier and click on the button "Configure the port ..."

In the TCP port settings, select the LPR protocol and set the Name. Now click "OK"  to save the settings.

If you have your own printer with the ability to communicate over WiFi, and you are going to connect it via a Wifi access point, you will have to work hard. So, speaking about how to connect the printer via WiFi, we note that it is impossible to do this directly, but if there is a USB cable, then everything is easy and simple. Difficulties may occur when setting up a WiFi access point. Often, users do it incorrectly, so below we will provide you with detailed instructions on how to connect the printer via WiFi.

Wifi Printer Connection Procedure

Consider the detailed step by step instructions:

• Turn on the printer by selecting the "options" and the next Wi-Fi connection point.
• Choose a Wi-Fi router, click "YES". Then choose “quick setup”.
• Enter the encryption key of the wireless network Wi-Fi, which we previously asked, setting up a Wi-fi router.
• We check and then confirm the WEB key entered by us. And when the printer is connected, it will flash in blue. If this does not happen, then recheck the key that you enter again, because, most likely, there is an error.
• We insert drivers, they went complete with the printer, and we start.
• Select "Easy installation", then everything is unchanged and select "Install". After that, choose the second option if you connect via a USB cable, and the first option if you connect via Wi-Fi or a network cable.
• Click "Next" to start the driver installation process. After that, the search for the printer on the network will begin, and then click "Next" again.
• After finding your printer on the network, click "Next." Then the registration of the printer driver itself begins.
• Now we only need to measure the performance of the Wi-Fi wireless network connection. Put a tick and click "Next". And if the connection is good, then insert the paper and print out the files of interest to us. If the connection is bad, which happens very rarely, then you will have to wait until it normalizes and only after starting the printer to print the files. It does not take much time, so do not worry.

Now you will have no difficulty in how to connect the printer via WiFi. After all, the instruction is quite simple and accessible to everyone. And all its implementation will take no more than half an hour. But you should not treat this instruction formally, remember that the exact execution of it will help you to do this work successfully and without negative consequences for your technique. It’s hard to imagine a person who can do everything right without instructions, agree. Although, perhaps, such craftsmen are.

Do you feel like a mosquito caught in patina when you enter the room, from top to bottom, entangled by wires? Togo and look stumble and something overturn yourself. Or break the "sacred" connection of some devices, and they will stop working. Disorder.

Of course, you can’t do without wires, but some of them can be safely removed. Why, for example, pull the cable from the printer to the PC, if you can send documents to print by air? Today we will talk how to connect the printer via WiFi router (router) to any device that supports wireless communication.

As a whole

  In order for the print function to be available not on one, but on all of your home network computers equipped with Wi-Fi modules, as well as on mobile gadgets, you need to connect the printer directly to the router. This can be done in any available way: via USB, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, as long as both devices have at least one common interface. And of course, so that the router supports the printer.

If the devices do not have the same connection interfaces or the router does not recognize your model, they can also be connected, but only through an intermediary. That can be an intermediary, I will discuss further.

Direct USB connection

The main mass is for communication with the outside world only a USB port. The same jack should have a router.

Connection order:

• Turn off the power of both devices, as a working router, most likely, will not be able to identify the printer.
• Connect the USB-cable to the jacks of the devices, then turn on the router and after a couple of minutes - the printer (this time must be sustained in order for the first to be loaded).
• Using a LAN port or wireless connection, connect the router to the computer through which you will configure.

• Enter the control panel of the router by typing in the browser address bar the IP address 192.168.0.1 (used most often) or the one indicated on the label or in the device instructions.

• Log in by entering the administrator's login and password in the next window (the pre-set data for the first entry is also indicated on the label attached to the bottom of the router).

• Make sure the router has identified a printing device. With proper recognition, it will appear in the " Network map»(Network map).

Wireless connection

Printers equipped with Wi-Fi or Bluetooth network modules can be connected to the router even easier. If both devices support WPS (QSS) - technology for auto-connecting devices via Wi-Fi, just press the corresponding button on the one and the other (no more than 2 minutes should pass between pressing) or enter a pin code that the access point will issue: the method depends on the specific implementation technology.

If WPS is not supported, we do it as usual: we find our access point in the list of networks accessible to the printer and enter the password.

A Bluetooth connection is also not a big deal: we enable the option on that and the other device and, after establishing the connection, enter a one-time access code.

Setting up printing on a computer

Now we come to the main thing - setting up the function of wireless printing on a PC. Let us analyze it on the example of Windows 10.

• Run from the menu " Start" attachment " Options". Select the section “ Devices».

• From the list of equipment choose " Printers and scanners". Click " To add».

• Since the device is connected to the router and not to the PC, it will not be detected. Click the button " Required not listed».

• In the window " Search by other parameters"Note" Add printer byTCP /IP address».

• Further from the list Device type"Choose" TCP /IP". In field " Name orIP»Enter the local network address of the router - the one that you enter into the browser to enter the admin panel. AT " Port name»Do not need to write anything - the same IP will be copied there. Checkbox " Interrogate the printer and find the driver automatically»Must be removed.

• The installer will notify you that "this device is not found on the network." It should be so. In section " Device type"Choose" Special"And click the" Options».

• In the settings of the standard port monitor, we note the LPR protocol and in the “ Queue Name»Write any value.

• Now it’s time to install the print driver. Use the DVD supplied with the device for this DVD or download the driver from the manufacturer’s website. In the next window, click the button " Install from diskAnd follow the instructions.

• In section " Using shared printers"Put a mark near the item" No public access».

This completes the setup. After the message about the successful completion of the operation, print a test page.

The same steps will have to be repeated on each computer and laptop on the home network from which you are going to print files.

How to print from Android and iOS mobile devices

For printing co smartphones and tablets for Android it is convenient to use the free service Print n Share Pro

Programs are not free, but inexpensive. In addition, you can use mobile utilities for a specific brand of printer, created by the manufacturers themselves: Canon, Epson, HP, Brother, Dell, Samsung, Xerox, Ricoh, Lexmark, etc. By the way, such utilities are also available for Android.

What to do if the printer cannot be connected to the router

  In situations where the printing device cannot be connected to the router due to the lack of common interfaces or support, as already mentioned, an intermediary will be needed. In his role one of the computers can act (with the printer it will be connected via USB, and with the router via the LAN port) or such a device as an external print server. For example, this:

The task of such a box is not only the physical association of incompatible devices, but the expansion of functionality (alas, but many routers limit printing support to the print itself). When you connect a print server, you will be able to access scanning features (if your device includes a scanner), ink level monitoring, head cleaning, two-sided image printing, and more. He will help out in a situation where mobile gadgets do not see the printer.

Options, as you can see, are many. Choose any and free your living space from unnecessary wires.

Nowadays, Android devices are becoming more common due to their advantages. With a smartphone, you can not only enter the Internet, make calls, play games, and so on. You can also print from Android via WiFi. It is very convenient, especially for students and people who work with documents.

How to print text, picture or web page from an Android device

There are several ways to print with an Android device:

• Printing from Android to a WiFi printer is a direct connection between a smartphone (tablet).
•   to google account.
• Connecting via USB - via an OTG cable.
• With help remote control  Android via the Internet from a computer.

About that documents using non-Wi-Fi and Bluetooth printers

It is worth noting that the first three options include the installation of the corresponding application on your smartphone. There are a lot of similar applications. Moreover, programs can be free and paid. The difference between them is only in the set additional features. So, the most common application for printing documents from Android via WiFi, USBOTG or Google account is PrinterShare.

This program is very easy to use and has an intuitive interface. In the free version of PrinterShare there are some limitations on the number of pages to print. In addition, in order to be able to directly connect your smartphone to the printer via WiFi or USB, you will have to buy the PrinterShare Premium Key program. Of course, you can find the hacked version of this application with a full set of features. So let's look at how the program works.

Print files from Android

First of all, let's look at how to print from Android to a WiFi printer. Of course, this is only possible if you have a printer equipped with a WiFi adapter and supporting a wireless connection. You will also need to connect the printer and phone (tablet) to the same network. To do this, you must have a router. If these conditions have been met, then you can go to the interface PrinterShare.

First, run it on your smartphone. On the first page you will be offered the printing options:

• Pictures.
• Web sites.
• Messages
• Calls
• Documents.
• Contacts.
• Calendar and so on.

In the lower right corner you will see a "Select" button.

By clicking on it, you can choose the type of connection:

• Wifi
• Bluetooth
• Google Cloud.
• Online Printer.

WiFi, Bluetooth and USB is a direct connection through the appropriate link. Google Cloud is a virtual printer that is connected to your Google account. That is, in this case, you can manage the printer and print files, while being hundreds of kilometers away. Everything happens over the Internet - through the cloud (server) Google.

To print a document from Android via WiFi, select the first item.

The application will automatically scan your network for availability. wireless printersconnected to the router. Next, just follow the instructions on the screen. After the connection is established, select a print option, for example, “Document”.

After that, locate the file you want to print (on the memory card or in the internal storage of the phone) and click the "Print" button.