How to Connect a Wireless FIOS Printer
Connecting a wireless printer to your Verizon FIOS network enables you to access your printer from anywhere in your home wirelessly. In addition, you can have other computers use that printer without having to switch wires or deal with cables; instead, they will all be able to access the printer directly through the network. Setting up your printer to work with your wireless FIOS network should only take about half an hour, but it requires a printer that is made to be used with a wireless network.
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Instructions
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Insert the CD that came with the printer into one of the computers that will use the printer and that is currently on the network you want to connect the printer too.
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Follow the instructions on the auto-run screen to install the printer network utility.
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When prompted by the installation screen, turn on the printer but do not connect it to any computers unless told to do so by the installation screen.
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When prompted by the installation screen, give the printer a name and select a type of IP address. To avoid complications with multiple computers select a static IP address for your new printer.
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Follow the steps on the installation screen to complete the installation process.
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Open the "Start" menu of your computer and select "Printers and Faxes."
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Select the "Add a printer" option and click "Next" on the window that pops up.
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Select the "A network printer..." option and select "Next." Then select the printer from the box that appears on the next screen, then select "Next," and finish the installation process.
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Repeat steps six through nine for every computer on the network that you wish to use with the printer.
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Tips & Warnings
Though you usually should not connect the printer directly to a computer on initial installation, there is a chance that the installation program will have trouble identifying the printer, at which point it may ask you to connect the printer to the computer using a USB cable. Only do this if you are prompted to do so.
