If you don’t know how to connect your WiFi printer to your PC or Mac , but also iPhone and Android , don’t worry! With this simple guide you will solve all your problems.Have you just bought your new and beautiful WiFi printer but you don’t know how to connect it wirelessly to your home network?How do you say? It works perfectly if connected with the supplied cable but you don’t want to know that it works wirelessly?Before calling a technician and maybe spending useless money, I suggest you read our new guide by PCusb.it and you will see that we will solve the matter together.
In fact, with this guide I will try to explain step by step how to connect your WiFi printer to your PC or Mac , but also to iPhone and Android wirelessly.So let’s not waste any more time and get to work connecting your brand new and fantastic WiFi printer.
Contents index
- 1Preliminary preparations
- 2How to connect WiFi printer to Windows PC
- 3How to connect WiFi printer to Mac
- 4Connect and print from an Android smartphone or tablet
- 5Connect and print from iPhone and iPad
Preliminary preparations
Before you do anything, you need to know that there are some preliminary steps you need to do before connecting the WiFi printer to your favorite device.
- Connect the printer to the mains and turn it on
Once this is done, use the printer’s LCD display and go to its settings, then go to the section relating to WiFi or network configuration .
Now identify the name of the wireless network in your home or office and, after entering the password of your modem or router , continue with the guided configuration.
If your WiFi printer is not equipped with an LCD display , you can connect it to the network via software or thanks to the precious WPS button now supplied in all recent printers.
- Connection via software:
It’s one of the easiest ways to connect your WiFi printer to your home wireless network , you can do it by adding a new printer from your PC or Mac .
To do this you need to connect the printer via USB to your PC or Mac and enter the settings, then add a new printer to the wireless network .
- Via WPS button:
This is the fastest and easiest way to connect your WiFi printer to your wireless network .
The technology WPS ( Wi-Fi Protected Setup ), allows two devices to communicate with each other thanks to the pressure of the button WPS precisely.
Just press the WPS button on the printer and, within two minutes, do the same thing and press what’s on your router or modem .
Before seeing how to print wirelessly from any device, I remind you that the only essential requirement is to be connected to the same WiFi network!
How to connect WiFi printer to Windows PC
Once the printer is connected to the wireless network , let’s see how to connect it to your PC with Windows operating system .
To do this you need to install your new printer on the PC using the program that you find on the CD supplied in the box.
Alternatively, you can download the software directly in the section of your printer that you find on the manufacturer’s official website.
The procedure is very simple: all you have to do is insert the CD or start the setup of the previously downloaded software and follow the guided steps.
At the end of the setup wizard, the printer should be recognized by your PC and ready to be used!
I also recommend that you set your printer as default so you don’t have to add it every time you need to print, do this:
Go to Control Panel -> Devices and Printers -> click on your printer -> Set as default printer
How to connect WiFi printer to Mac
As for the macOS environment , installing a new printer is an even simpler and more immediate operation than Windows .
All you have to do is connect the printer via USB and go to:
Go to System Preferences -> Printers & Scanners -> click on the + icon on your left to add a new printer.
Now select the name of your printer and wait for the drivers necessary for its correct operation to be installed!
Also here remember to set your printer as default by doing the following:
System Preferences -> Printers and Scanners -> go to the printer name and click on -> Set default printer
Connect and print from an Android smartphone or tablet
If you have an Android terminal , be it a smartphone or a tablet, to connect your printer you need to download and install a simple plugin .
To connect the WiFi printer to your Android terminal, simply go to the Play Store and search for the application relating to your printer; to make it easier for you, I leave you the direct links of the main brands:
- Canon
- HP
- Brother
- Epson
- Lexmark
Once you have downloaded and installed the plugin related to the brand of your printer, you just have to choose the document to print, click on print and choose your printer!
Connect and print from iPhone and iPad
As for connecting and printing with your WiFi printer from iPhone and iPad , the procedure on iOS is really embarrassing simplicity!
In fact you don’t need to install any external plugin because iOS has already included everything you need by default.
To print from iOS, all you have to do is use AirPrint , the wireless printing service included in all Apple terminals.
AirPrint supports many WiFi printers on the market, you can find the complete list in the official page of Apple .
To print from iPhone or iPad you simply have to open the document and click on the share button ( the rectangle with the arrow ), click on print and choose your printer.
If your printer does not support AirPrint , here are the direct links of the applications of the best known brands:
- HP
- Canon
- Brother
- Epson
- Lexmark
Once you have downloaded and installed the application for your printer, you can print immediately by always clicking on the share icon and choosing to print with the official app.
That’s all for today! I hope I have been helpful and helped you connect your WiFi printer to PC, Mac, iPhone and Android devices.
