How to Connect a Wireless Printer With Vista

You can easily connect a wireless printer with Vista.

Vista is an operating system created by Windows. The operating system allows you to easily connect to a wireless printer. This comes in handy when you sharing a printer with other members of your family or with colleagues in your office. The feature is also beneficial when you work on a laptop and do not want to worry about cords and connections. It takes about 10 minutes to set up a Vista computer to a wireless printer.

Instructions

1. Plug in your printer. Turn on the printer.

2. Click your "Start" button in the bottom left corner of the desktop.

3. Scroll up and click "Control Panel." Hit the "Hardware and Sound" and choose "Printers."

4. Hit the "Add a printer" option on the toolbar.

5. Click "Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer" and click the "Next" button.

6. Hit the "Search" button. Click the wireless printer in the "Select a printer" list.

7. Click the "Next" button.

8. Click the "Install driver" button if it appears. With the drop-downs on the next page, choose the manufacturer and model or click "Have disk" if you have the CD that came with the printer. Insert the disk and follow the directions. Click "OK" and printer drivers will be installed.

9. Type a name for the printer an click next. Click the "Finish" button.

References

• Microsoft: Install a printer on a home network