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Printing through a wireless LAN connection

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If you have access to a wireless LAN (WLAN) with a print server or a network printer that is accessible through your wireless connection, you can print items through a wireless connection.

Your Nokia E61 supports the LPR print protocol. For details on the protocols, refer to your printer documentation.

To use the LPR protocol, you need to know the following before printing:

•The IP address or DNS name of the printer.

•The user name. This is only needed if the printer requires it.

•The queue name.

Refer to your printer documentation or contact your IT support for the necessary information. You can also print a configuration page from your printer, if your printer supports that option.

To print an item through a WLAN connection:

1On your device, open the item that you want to print.

2If you haven’t already added a WLAN printer to your device, do it now by selecting Options→ Printing options→ Printers →Options→ Add and defining the following settings:

•Printer — Give a name to the printer.

•Driver — There are two types of printer driver:

•HP Mobile Printing — HP Mobile Printing driver for printing to Hewlett-Packard printers. The settings for this driver are explained in “HP printer settings” on page 4.

•General — General printer driver with limited font support that may allow you to print text to other printers.

•Bearer — Select LPR.

•Access point — Select Easy WLAN or an access point you have created for your WLAN.

•Host — Enter IP address or DNS name of the printer.

•User — Enter the user name for the printer.

•Queue — Enter the queue name for the printer.

•Orientation — Select whether to use portrait or landscape printing.

•Paper size — Select the desired paper size.

Press Back twice to save your printer settings and return to the item you want to print.

3Select Options→ Printing options→ Print. You are asked to define the following print job settings:

•Printer — Select your WLAN printer.

•Print — Select whether to print all pages, or only odd or even pages.

•Print range — Select from All pages in range, Current page, and Defined pages.

•Number of copies — Enter the number of copies you want to print.

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