Configure and Setup a Wireless Printer

The following steps will guide you how to configure wireless printer in Windows XP: 1. Turn on your wireless router and connect your wireless printer via wireless or using cable. 2. If you use MAC address for your network then take the print of printer configuration settings which is on printer test page. 3. Wait for 2-3 minutes for your network to find your printer. 4. Print a printer configuration page and note the IP address of the printer. 5. Install the printer drivers and run the network wizard 6. Follow the wizard instructions to complete the printer configuration (use the printer IP address or MAC address if required) The following steps will guide you how to configure wireless printer in Windows Vista. 1. Download the Printer drivers from the manufactures website 2. Click Start and then click Control Panel 3. Double click Printers icon 4. Click Add a Printer

5. Click Hardware and Sound

6. Click Add a Network Wireless or Bluetooth printer

7. Follow the wizard instructions to complete the installation process.

Troubleshooting
This lesson tries to cover common issues related to printer. How to uninstall HP printer using installation CD To do this, follow the steps below: 1. Put CD in CD drive. 2. Explore the CD. 3. Go to a folder of Util. 4. In Util there is a folder CCC. In CCC folder you will find 4 uninstallers. uninstaller_L1.bat uninstaller_L2.bat uninstaller_L3.bat uninstaller_L4.bat 5. Run all of them in the same order, after every step reboot the computer. 6. After that Open registry through regedit.Take back-up of it. 7. Browse to - My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Current Control Set\Enum\USB, My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Control Set001\Enum\USB, and other Control Sets as well. 8. Search of any entry by the name of Vid_0000&Pid_0000. 9. If this entry is found delete it. 10. Search for any other entry which starts with Vid_03f0&Pid_xxxx (Vid Stands for Vendor ID and Pid stand for Product ID, and every HP USB product has a Vid starting with Vid_03f0.) 11. If any Vid_03f0&Pid_xxxx if found click on (+) sign next to it and inside it there will be some folders. Click on each folder and check for the entry (DeviceDesc) in right pane. 12. If any entry(s) is/are found corresponding to the AIO which is being uninstalled then delete the entire Vid_03f0&Pidxxxx entry. 13. Exit registry and reboot computer. 14. Reinstall the software with the CD in normal mode. Unable to perform the operation Error Occurs when Accessing Printer Services in HP All in One F4100

This article describes about an error unable to perform the operation in in HP Printer C3100 C4100 C5100 C 6100 C7100 F4100 Series. This problem occurs due to conflict of Mozilla Firefox 1. Click Start and click Control Panel 2. Double click Add/Remove Program 3. Uninstall Mozilla Firefox 4. Restart the Computer 5. Click Start and then click Run 6. Type Services.msc and then press Enter 7. Locate and start the print spooler service and select the startup type as Automatic 8. Locate and start the HP services and select the startup type as Automatic 9. Try to print the document. Epson Printer May Be Unable to Print with the Epson Print Preview Option Enabled To resolve this problem, you can disable the Printer Preview option: 1. In Control Panel, double-click Printers and Faxes. 2. Right-click the Epson printer, and then click Properties. 3. On the General tab, click Printing Preferences. 4. On the Main tab, click to clear Print Preview. -ORIf one is available, download an updated print driver for Windows XP from either of the following two Epson Web sites: http://support.Epson.com/filelibrary.html http://www.Epson.com INFORMATION: The Print Preview option is a third-party feature that is available in some Epson print drivers. This option is not related to the print preview options that are included in many programs. The Add Printer Wizard does not detect Bluetooth or wireless printer in Windows Vista. Windows Vista provides fast and easy to use, share, and manage information on your computer. It also provides the Add Printer Wizard tool to add the network, wireless, or Bluetooth printer which is directly connected to your computer. Sometimes, the Add Printer Wizard does not detect Bluetooth or wireless printer. To resolve the problem: 1. Make sure that the Bluetooth adapter is plugged into the computer and turned on. 2. Make sure that the Bluetooth printer is also turned on. 3. Remove the connection to Bluetooth printer, and then try again to detect it using the Add Printer Wizard. 4. If the Add Printer Wizard still does not detect the printer, check the information that came with the printer to make sure that it is set up correctly to work with computer, and then try again. Cannot Use Network Printer If Your Password Is Not Saved This problem can occur if you did not check the Remember my password check box when you initially provided your credentials to connect to the printer. The spooler will not prompt you to provide alternate credentials again. When authentication fails with the credentials you used to log on, an error is generated To work around this problem, click to select the Remember my password check box when you initially connect to the printer so the credential manager will save the proper user name

and password to connect to the resource. If you have already set up the printer, delete the printer, and then reconnect to it to receive the prompt again