MAKE SURE YOUR OS IS COMPATIBLE WITH WIRELESS PRINTING THROUGH AIRPORT
The printer supports wireless printing only through Ai rPort base stations for Mac OS X version 10.5 or later .
Wireless print server not installed
You may see a message during installation indicating that the printer does not have a wireless prin t server installed. If
you are sure the printer is capable of wireless printing, try the follow ing:
CHECK POWER
Make sure the light is on.
“Communication not available” message appears when printing wirelessly
Try one or more of the following:
MAKE SURE YOUR COMPUTER AND PRINTER HAVE VALID IP ADDRESSES FOR THE NETWORK
If you are using a laptop and have power saving settings enabled, then you may see the ”Communic ation not available”
message on your computer screen when you attempt to print wirelessly. This can occ ur if the laptop hard drive has
powered down.
If you see this message, then wait a few seconds and then try to print again. T he laptop and printer require a few
seconds to power up again and reattach to the wireless network.
If you see this message again after you have waited long enough for the printer and the laptop to attach to the
network, then there may be a problem with your wireless network.
Make sure that the laptop and printer have both received IP addresses:
For Windows users
1Click , or click Start and then click Run.
2In the Start Search or Run box, type cmd.
3Press Enter, or click OK.
4Type ipconfig, and then press Enter.
The IP address appears as four sets of numbers separated by peri ods, such as 192.168.0.100.
For Macintosh users
1From the Apple menu, navigate to:
About This Mac > More Info
2From the Contents pane, choose Network.
3If you are connected over a wireless network, then choose AirPort from the Active Services list.
The Router entry is typically the access point.
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