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Installing the Printer Driver

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9

You need to temporarily change your 
computer’s wireless settings. Follow the on-
screen instructions. Make sure you take notes 
on all the settings such as SSID or channel of 
your computer. You will need them to return 
your computer back to its original wireless 
settings, and then click 

Next

.

10

To communicate with the un-configured 
wireless printer, temporarily change the 
wireless settings on your computer to match 
printer’s default settings shown on this screen. 
Check the box after you confirm these settings, 
and then click 

Next

.

Note

• If a message to restart your computer appears 

after the wireless settings have been changed, 
restart your computer and then go back to step 

1

and continue with the install skipping steps 

9

 and 

10

.

• For Windows Vista™ users:

You can temporarily change the wireless settings 
on your computer, following the steps below:

1

Click 

Start

 and then 

Control Panel

.

2

Click 

Network and Internet

 and then 

Network and Sharing Center

 icon.

3

Click 

Connect to a network

.

4

You can see the SSID of the wireless printer 
in the list. Select 

SETUP

 and click 

Connect

.

5

Click 

Connect Anyway

 and then 

Close

.

6

Click 

View status

 of 

Wireless Network Connection (SETUP)

.

7

Click 

Details...

. and check the 

Network Connection Details

. It may take 

a few minutes to change from 0.0.0.0 to 
169.254.x.x IP address to be shown on 
screen (where x.x. are numbers between 1 
and 254).

• For Windows

®

 XP SP2 users:

You can temporarily change the wireless settings 
on your computer, following the steps below:

1

Click 

Start

 and then 

Control Panel

.

2

Click 

Network and Internet Connections

icon.

3

Click 

Network Connections

 icon.

4

Select and right click 

Wireless Network Connection

. Click 

View Available Wireless Networks

.

5

You can see the SSID of the wireless printer 
in the list. Select 

SETUP

 and click 

Connect

.

6

Check the 

Wireless Network Connection

status. It may take a few minutes to change 
from 0.0.0.0 to 169.254.x.x IP address to be 
shown on screen (where x.x. are numbers 
between 1 and 254).

11

Choose the printer you wish to configure, and 
click 

Next

. If the list is blank, check if the 

access point and the printer are powered on, 
and then click 

Refresh

.

Item

Record the current wireless 
computer settings

Communication mode: 
(Infrastructure / Ad-hoc)

Channel: (1-14)

Network name: (SSID / 
ESSID)

Authentication method: 
(Open system / Shared 
key / WPA/WPA2-PSK / 
LEAP)

Encryption: (None / WEP 
/ WPA / TKIP / AES/ 
CKIP)

Encryption key: