Account Control window.

4. Select the Wireless Setting and Installation option.

Install Now: If you have set the wireless network, click on this button to install the machine driver to use the wireless network machine. If you have not set the wireless network, click on Wireless Setting and Installation button to set the wireless network before you click on this button.

Wireless Setting and Installation: Configure the wireless network settings of your machine with a USB cable then install the machine driver. Only for users who have not set up the wireless connection before.

Shortcut to Wireless Setting program without CD: If you have installed the printer driver once, you can access the Wireless Setting program without CD. From the Start menu, select Programs or All Programs > Samsung Printers > your printer driver name > Wireless Setting Program

5.Read the License Agreement, and select I accept the terms of the License Agreement. Then, click on Next.

6.The software searches the wireless network.

If the software has failed to search the network, check if the USB cable is connected properly between the computer and machine, and follow the instruction on the window.

7.After searching the wireless networks, a list of wireless networks your machine has searched appears.

If you want to use the Samsung default ad-hoc setting, select the last wireless network on the list, Network Name(SSID) is portthru and Signal is Printer Self Network.

Then, click on Next.

If you want to use other ad-hoc settings, select another wireless network from the list.

If you want to change ad-hoc settings click on the Advanced

Setting button.

Enter the wireless Network Name: Enter the SSID name you want (SSID is case-sensitive).

Operation Mode: Select Ad-hoc.

Channel: Select the channel. (Auto Setting or 2412 MHz to 2467 MHz).

Authentication: Select an authentication type.

Open System: Authentication is not used, and encryption may or may not be used, depending on the need for data security.

Shared Key: Authentication is used. A device that has a proper WEP key can access the network.

Encryption: Select the encryption (None, WEP64,

WEP128).

Network Key: Enter the encryption network key value.

Confirm Network Key: Confirm the encryption network key value.

WEP Key Index: If you are using the WEP Encryption, select the appropriate WEP Key Index.

The wireless network security window appears when the ad-hoc network has security setting.

The wireless network security window appears. Select Open System or Shared Key for the authentication and click on Next.

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is a security protocol preventing unauthorized access to your wireless network. WEP encrypts the data portion of each packet exchanged on a wireless network using a 64-bit or 128-bit WEP encryption key.

8.The window showing the wireless network setting appears. Check the settings and click on Next.

Before entering the IP address for the machine, you must know

the computer’s network configuration information. If the computer’s network configuration is set to DHCP, the wireless network setting should also be DHCP. Likewise, if the computer’s network configuration is set to Static, the wireless network setting should also be Static.

If your computer is set to DHCP and you want to use the Static wireless network setting, you must contact the network administrator to get the static IP address.

For the DHCP method

If the IP address assignment method is DHCP, check if DHCP is shown in the Wireless Network Setting Confirm window. However, if it shows Static, click on Change TCP/IP to change the assignment method to Receive IP address automatically (DHCP).

For the Static method

If the IP address assignment method is Static, check if Static is shown in the Wireless Network Setting Confirm window. However, if it shows DHCP, click on Change TCP/IP to enter the IP address and other network configuration values for the machine.

For example:

If computer’s network information is as shown below:

-IP address: 169.254.133.42

-Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0

-Gateway: 169.254.133.0

Then, the machine’s network information should be as below:

-IP address: 169.254.133. 43

-Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0 (Use the computer’s subnet mask.)

-Gateway: 169.254.133.1

9.When the wireless network setting is completed, disconnect the USB cable between the computer and machine. Click on Next.

If the Change PC Network Setting window appears, follow the steps on the window.

Click on Next if you are finished the computer’s wireless network settings.

If you set the computer’s wireless network on DHCP, it will take

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