How to Connect a Printer Using a Router to My PC

With the help of a wireless router, your printer can become a network printer. Network printers are useful for homes or offices that have multiple PCs using the same printer. All of the PCs can connect wirelessly to the printer through the router as long as they are within range of the wireless network. This makes using the printer far more convenient than using a local printer that must have a wired connection to each PC that uses it.

Instructions

1. Open the Start Menu on your PC. Click “Devices and Printers” in the right column of the Start Menu. Click “Add a printer” in the toolbar at the top of the screen. Select “Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer” on the next page

2. Select your printer’s model from the list of available printers. Click “Next.” Enter the name you want to associate with printer. Click “Next.” Wait while your PC finds and installs the printer drivers for your printer. Click “Next” to confirm when your PC indicates it has the installed the drivers.

3. Select whether to share your printer. Input the name and location of the printer if you decide to share it with the other users on your PC. Click “Next.”

4. Check the box on the next screen to indicate that this printer will be your default printer for this PC. Leave it blank if you do not want your PC to automatically choose this printer for all future print jobs. Click “Finish.”