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Wireless printer

jos28 · 2009-01-16 00:26:50

I recently bought a Samsung CLP 310 laser printer. I originally installed it through a USB cable but the printer is wireless enabled so I thought I'd give it a go. I connected a cable from the modem to the printer. All the right lights are on, everything looks ok but nothing is printing. Should I just uninstall and re…

16-01-2009 12:26am

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I recently bought a Samsung CLP 310 laser printer. I originally installed it through a USB cable but the printer is wireless enabled so I thought I'd give it a go. I connected a cable from the modem to the printer. All the right lights are on, everything looks ok but nothing is printing. Should I just uninstall and re install using the wireless option ?
Thanks

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#2 16-01-2009 6:35pm

jos28

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Managed to get it sorted. For anyone else trying to connect a wireless printer, its not as straightforward as I thought.
Basically you have to plug your printer into your modem, the printer picks up the IP address, you then configure the laptop to the printers settings. Thats roughly whats involved

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