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• New wireless printer will not see my router wireless/network

  I have checked the other posts, but their issues are a little different from mine.  I just bought a new wireless printer.  I got Samsung remote in, and no matter what they or I did, nothing worked.  We have installed drivers & everything, and my wireless network will not be displayed in the list of available networks.  I have my router sitting 2 feet of the printer & my laptop.  I know it works because I use my wireless laptop at the same time.  We tried to enter the settings manually & automatically & my network will not be displayed.  I use Windows 7 with the Avira software with an active firewall on my home network.   I have tried for a week now and I'm ready to return the printer.  Help, please.  Here are the parameters that you can request.  The only thing I can think is that I asked to be assigned and IP address because I do not know how to get the real.  Thanks in advance

  Manual settings entered: (from my home network properties in Control Panel)

  (the exact name of my network)

  Security type: no authentication (open)

  encryption type: WEP (even if the drop-down list in the printer software makes me choose wep64 or 32

  Security: wep

  security key: (I get)

  key index: 1

  To get it back to where I needed either from me has it taken about 2 months - reinstall all the programs, implemented my toolbars desktop, special etc. It's a chore because I do transcription work and have several versions of Office & I need to do something special for the transplants I don't get this error message because I have more than one version, etc.

  If you can afford it (not very expensive), buy an external USB drive enclosure and a hard drive at least as large as your installed hard drive.  Once you get your system as you wish, create a complete image of the disk and save it to the external hard drive.  Sometimes, if you buy a player and a box together, software disk imaging and cloning is included.  Otherwise, there is some disc perfectly adequate cloning/imaging programs available.

  If you get a large enough external drive, you can use it to make an image of such system which just after getting properly put things in place and make then one or more periodic images to use as backups.

  If you clone rather than image, then you can just swap the current drive for the clone.  It is more useful as a backup in case your installation disc breaks down.  As a general rule, images can be restored from the backup disk or from the software installed on your computer or by using a CD bootable you create using the same backup software.

  I highly recommend you get one of the following options (or any other similar software you can find) and make backups.

  If you have a Western Digital hard drive, you can get a version of Acronis True Image free of WD (http://support.wdc.com/product/downloaddetail.asp?swid=119) or you can get the software of cloning separately (this is not an exhaustive list and in no particular order, some are free, some not):

  Acronis True Image Home
  EASEUS ToDo Backup
  Paragon Drive Copy or Partition Manager Personal
  Casper
  XXClone

  Macrium Reflect free

• Windows 7 can't detect the wireless printer

  I recently bought a Canon MG5250 1 wireless printer while. I got it connected to my router according to the Canon instratuctions, I have a laptop with XP that I have completed the installation with a CD, it detects the printer and print wirelesly without any problem. I can ping the IP address of the laptop XP.

  However, I have a 32 bit Windows 7 laptopn which can print on the MG5250 via USB but the installation CD does not detect this wirelesly, he cannot ping the ipaddress either. I tried to install with all firewalls and the disabled antivirus scans and network settings are set to automatically detect the network. I have connected to many networks account invited to the clients and Hotels without problem.

  Can someone help me please?

  Hello
  Please see this thread.

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-hardware/Canon-software-for-MG5250-printerscanner-wont-work/dadab50e-1021-4F03-bf00-261929e1317b

  Follow the two links in the response from Imran and you should be good to go.

  I hope this helps.

• Windows disabled remote access to my wireless printer

  My printer is connected wireless to the computer at home (so a 'network', I guess).  But the recent problems led me to authorize remote technicians, and apparently, as collateral damage, my printer does not print now.  At one time gave a convenience store, I found a statement that "Windows has denied access to distance", but I can't find out how to restore remote access.  Printer is now installed, and the work and watch as the default printer, with options for "start printing immediately.

  Anyone know how to force Windows to restore remote access to my computer to the printer?

  Thanks in advance

  Rich

  Hi rich,

  Follow these methods.

  Method 1: Follow the steps in the article.

  Resources for the resolution of the printer in Windows XP problems

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/308028

  How to troubleshoot a network home in Windows XP

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/308007

  Method 2: Uninstall and reinstall the network drivers.

  How to manage devices in Windows XP

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/283658

  For reference: printer in Windows problems

• Unable to connect my laptop to the new wireless printer - error "installation failed" after entering my password/security key (WPA)

  I just bought an Epson printer. I went through the installation process on my laptop but I get the "Failed to install" error message after entering my password/security key (WPA). I am with BT and my home hub I have "Wireless Key", "PIN WPS wireless" and "Admin password" - which is it? I tried all three and not joy. Help!

  It is almost certainly looking for your "wireless key".

  The WPS Pin is only used if the printer supports "Wi - Fi Protected Setup" - which it probably isn't, and the "Admin" password is used to access your BT home hub to make configuration changes.

  In addition to identifying what wireless Epson printer you have, you can either

  • b changes to the configuration of the printer from a screen on the front or
  • (b) to connect to the printer by an Ethernet cable or
  • (c) to connect to the printer with a USB cable?

• Portable remote will not be printed in the new HP4622 wireless printer

  My new HP 4622 print cellphone woman (Compaq Presario CQ-60-224NR w / Windows Vista) in another part of the House on my Centurylink DSL home network with very good connectivity.  I have the printer installed to my office (gateway Microsoft XP SP3) and it prints fine from the office.  Is the printing software must also be installed on the laptop?  I sent a .jpg file to the printer from the laptop and it printed a single line in unicode? code per page until I cancel the job from the print queue. I went through the installation guide a couple of times and nothing is fixed.  Test results say that everything going and installation is successful.  I downloaded and tried the impression of physician assistant, and he said no problem found.  I had McAfee total protection, could there be a firewall issue?  I don't know about the activation of ports or that sort of thing.  I spilled a Lexmark X 7170 perfectly good all-in-one, because it was not wireless and we couldn't set up for print-to-peer.  Now I have a new wireless printer and subsequently to go to print remotely either.  Hope you can help.  Let me know if you need more information.  Thank you.

  Hi Ken,

  It seems that the system restarts erased all your duplicate entries.

  The HP 4622 and 4622 FAX are the drivers, you need to be running. Microsoft Image Writer and XPS Document Writer are installed by default by Windows, you can ignore these.

  You should be good to go.

  If I have solved your problem, say thank you by clicking on the laurels! stars on the left, or click on the button accept as a Solution.

• laptop is not recognizing wireless printer installed

  I use Windows 7 and I have a wireless printer. I installed the printer eleven times. Every two days the laptop no longer recognizes the printer so I need to reinstall it to use it. I tried to remove the older printers after I installed the printer. I am able to delete the printer, but it manifests itself later. How can I get my laptop to remove the additional printers (which refer to the same physical printer) and install the wireless printer without reinstalling every two days?

  My last laptop worked fine with the printer wireless, and there's another user who connects to the printer wireless also. I have established that it is my system not the printer.

  Any help anyone could offer would be great.

  Thank you!

  Melanie

  If you have 10 printers showing removing all but one. Select Start, Control Panel, devices and printers, right-click on the printer icon and select Remove the instrument.

• New wireless brother MFC-495 does not print Windows XP laptop

  Similar to other issues but quite different:

  1 installed the printer on the desktop that does not have wireless using the USB port.  Prints.

  2nd software installed on my laptop wireless.  I can see the printer in the Printers folder, it says ready, but will not be printed.  Printer has been implemented with the SSID, etc. and has even an indicator that it's getting the wireless signal.  I know that the laptop is wireless or I would not be writing from it now.

  How do I get my laptop and printer to really talk to each other?  BTW, my wireless router works fine from my phone runs Android on it.  Power doesn't have to be on the desktop for this.

  I really don't want the computers on the network since I will be out of the office, but so far the system made me do in my attempts to get the printer to print wireless.

  Rose

  I have all the IP addresses, but rather would not provide them.  Had problems with the protection of privacy on several fronts recently.

  When I go to printers and faxes, I have several printers 'shared' here.  Probably because I installed the drivers for the printer on the desktop and laptop.  Regardless, none of the printers to print from the laptop from the desktop computer.  The port on one is "roselaptop": Port TCP/IP Standard.  The other is COM4: serial port.  I have 2 computers on a network as a network home and figured that should solve the problem.  The laptop is the "residential gateway" in the network set up.  Looks like I should be able to add this wireless printer to the network.  It's playback a signal very well.

  I'll try to disconnect the USB cable from the desktop computer and see what happens.

  Thank you for all your detailed descriptions that have helped me!

  Rose

  You are currently too caveats regarding the IP addresses, but may help the following:

  When you have a router, the ONLY IP address that is "seen" by the rest of the Internet is one assigned to your router by your ISP.  The router assigns IP addresses to the devices to the 'internal' - your LAN - that's why they are called "private" IP addresses  There are three blocks of these private IP addresses: 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255; 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255; and 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255.  Almost every router uses the third block (which has the smallest number of possible addresses).  And almost every default router uses is 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.0.255 or 192.168.1.0 - 192.168.1.255.

  Regardless a block of IP addresses used by your router, it is important that all devices are on the same subnet.  For example, if the default gateway (which is the local IP address of the router) is 192.168.1.1, then your computer AND the printer must have the form 192.168.1.x IP addresses.  If your default gateway is 192.168.0.1, then others should be 192.168.0.x.

  The difference between a shared printer and a network printer, the shared printer is a "resource" of a computer that is connected to the network.  In order to access a shared resource (if it is a file on the hard disk of the computer, or a printer attached to the computer by a cable of USB, series or parallel), the computer that "owns" the resource must be turned on and connected to the network.

  In your original post, you said that you had a wireless router.  This is the typical way that specific set up networks.  It is inconsistent, however, describing your laptop as the residential gateway.  Maybe say you you see an icon called "Residential gateway" laptop "My Network Places."  If so, this icon represents your router.

  Your description of the ports is also confused.  Usually, when you configure a port for the printer, the port name is the name you give to the printer - not the laptop.  But what is important here is that the IP address displayed on the screen 'Set up the Port' for the port of "TCP/IP Standard" that the printer uses (the one with the box), must be the same as the IP address assigned to the printer (which you find in print 'report Network Configuration' from the control panel of the printer).

• Cannot connect Windows XP to the wireless printer.

  WINDOWS XP PRINTER WI - FI CONNECTION

  I have Windows XP Media Center Service Pack 3 OS that worked a HP Photosmart Plus B209 a - m with a USB cable.  Since I just bought a new laptop (Windows 7 Professonal OS) I decided to create a home network with a router Cradlepoint MBR 900.  The two laptops (XP and 7 OSs) were connected to the internet via the router with no problems.  Windows 7 Pro OS laptop is connected wireless to the printer Photosmart Plus, I had implemented as confiquiration wireless the printer first.  But the failure of the attempt to get the OS Windows XP Media Center to connect to the wireless printer.  During the installation process to connect the printer to the XP system wireless it asked me to choose which printer I wanted to connect to.  The Photosmart Plus printer was selected and visible, then I clicked Next.  Shortly after, a small screen appeared stating the "serscan.sys" file could not be found and I have to insert a Windows XP Pro CD to get the file or run the installer of this file.  This issue has occurred both when I tried to install it with the CD provided by HP and when I tried installing the HP download website.  All I have is a recovery for Windows XP disk provided with the laptop and not a CD Windows XP Pro.  What should I do to fix this?  Thanks, Lonnie

  Thanks, that was fast.  Please, let me make sure I have this correct.  First of all, I have two recovery disks provided with the computer, with Windows XP Media Edition and one for the drivers.  I should not use either of these disks, right?  If I had the previous correct answer then let me ask the following question;  When looking to borrow the disc should be Windows XP Media Edition or can I borrow any disk of Windows XP?  Kim Merci for your help continues.  Lonnie

  Lonnie,

  Before the hunting around for friends who might have a CD, do the following research.  For each of them, make sure that you have checked the search options in the 'Advanced Options' to

  • Search system folders
  • Search for files and hidden folders
  • Search subfolders

  Search your entire hard drive and both CDs you have to serscan.  Do not include the .sys at the end of the file name.

  Search for Driver.cab.  Report of the Office (s).  On your hard disk, you should find one or both

  • C:\Windows\i386\Driver.cab
  • C:\Windows\Driver Cache\i386\driver.cab

  You can also find these files on the "recovery disk".

  Report what you find, including locations of found nothing.  It is possible (but I don't think likely) you will find a file named serscan.sy_ - If Yes, include this information in your results.

  Or, if you want to ignore all this, you can download serscan.sys since my SkyDrive-->

  https://SkyDrive.live.com/redir.aspx?CID=18b259158254905b&RESID=18B259158254905B! 225 & Thierry = 18B259158254905B! 214

  The file should go to C:\Windows\system32\dllcache (a hidden directory) and probably in C:\Windows\system32 (I do not use this file, if it is not in my system32 folder).

  Or you can just save it to your desktop and "direct the Setup" it there (if you do this, check more later to confirm that he got into C:\Windows\system32\dllcache and if not, put a copy).

• Connection a wireless printer HP Netbook (Windows XP).

  I put up wireless a new Brother MFC-J265W printer to a desktop operations Dell Windows 7. It works fine, but I'm not working, how do I get my HP Netbook to be able to print to the printer.  I've implemented 'Sharing' of the printer. Trying to ADD printer for netbook, it finds the wireless printer, but it does not find 'pilot' say.  I have download the drivers to speific the site of Brother on the Netbook? So frustrating. Any ideas, please?

  I put up wireless a new Brother MFC-J265W printer to a desktop operations Dell Windows 7. It works fine, but I'm not working, how do I get my HP Netbook to be able to print to the printer.  I've implemented 'Sharing' of the printer. Trying to ADD printer for netbook, it finds the wireless printer, but it does not find 'pilot' say.  I have download the drivers to speific the site of Brother on the Netbook? So frustrating. Any ideas, please?

  Do you mean that you HAVE downloaded the driver from the Brother website or ask you if you have TO download the driver?

  Yes, you need to download the driver (because I assume that you don't have a CD for the Netbook player and so cannot use the CD that came with your printer).

  http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/BSC/public/us/us/en/DLF/DLF/000000/004400/dlf004455.html?reg=us&c=us&lang=en&prod=mfcj265w_all&type2=1&OS=7&flang=8&dlid=dlf004455

  This printer is responsible for integrated wireless network, so it is unclear what you mean when you write that you set up wireless "for a desktop Dell Windows 7 operating."  Usually, we use a network printer is NOT connect directly to a computer, but to allow the printer to connect directly to the network, either through an Ethernet cable to the router, or a wireless connection to the router.

  If your printer works on the Windows 7 computer WITHOUT being connected using a USB cable, you have things correctly.  And, if the printer is not directly connected to the Win 7 computer, there is no need to configure sharing the printer on this computer, and you should not do.  'Sharing' in the sense of network Windows means sharing a resource that "belongs" to a computer, such as files on the hard disk of the computer, or a printer attached to the computer via USB or parallel port.

  Just download the software package for the Netbook and follow the instructions on the download page, linked above.

• HP laserjet p1102w: wireless printer does not work with the new wireless network

  My office moved recently and we have a new wireless network. My printer always wireless worked perfectly on the previous network, but it does not work with the new network. I get a message "the printer is offline. I don't know how to reconfigure so that it detects the new wireless network. Can anyone help? Thank you

  Hi Shlomi,
  Thanks a lot for the info. I'll give it a try today...

• I use Firefox version 3.0.19 and I have Windows 7. When I use Firefox as a browser, I can't print my emails. I get an error message: «not available pcfax» If I use IE I don't have no problems printing emails.

  I use Firefox version 3.0.19 and I have Windows 7, which came with a new computer. When I use Firefox as a browser, I can't print my emails. I get an error message: «not available pcfax» If I use IE I don't have no problems printing emails.

  This has happened

  Each time Firefox opened

  == 1 day with the new computer about two weeks ago.

  Looks like you got the wrong printer selected.

  When you get the print window, choose another printer in your printer dropdown. You seem to have a fax printer selected instead of a physical printer.

• DeskJet 2546 b: Wireless print job stays in queue and poster printer offline after the upgrade to Windows 10

  I write a fix I found for a pretty annoying problem involving 10 Windows and HP wireless printers.

  My Deskjet 2546-b printer was printing OK wireless to the point 8.1 of Windows until that I upgraded my computer to Windows 10. Immediately after I upgraded to Windows 10, I could not scan, so I reinstalled the printer software and has worked for a day or two and then the printer would print not unless I restarted the printer or the computer - sometimes 2 or 3 times. This went on for a few weeks, sometimes it would be nice, sometimes, usually after the computer restarts, he would simply go offline. Once, he went offline 3 times when I was printing about 20 postage labels, recently he went 1 week without any problems.

  Long story short, after a lot of troubleshooting and to help a friend to HP, I found the problem to be associated with the WSD/service Port in Windows 10. My printer still maintains a stable connection with my Netgear router (wireless to the printer light stays on blue) and I was able to scan from the HP software and I could ping the printer... but printing would be just stuck in the print queue (the spooler service) and the printer showed offline in the queue, hardware and windows devices , or when printing from a program like Windows.

  I learned that if I went in devices and printers, until I sent a print job, if the printer showed offline, I could save time by restarting the printer simply and he would come every time (less painful) online.

  

  But it's just a solution and not a solution.

  Nothing worked... not even print and scan doctor. The final fix that worked was to define an IP address manually for the printer, and then I put the print driver to use a standard TCP/IP port.

  Here is the step by step. Your printer must already be connected to your network (solid blue on printer).

  Step 1: Make sure your printer uses a manual IP address

  (1) to obtain the IP address of your printer:

  • If your printer has a control panel with a menu, it's easy... Just look in the settings menu without wire/report and write your printer IPv4 address.
  • If your printer is not a menu of fancy and repower the computer and printer HP Print and Scan Doctor network menu display use (wireless), or you can connect to your router from a web browser (usually 192.168.1.1) and look at attached IPs (like me). Some printers can also print a report of the network when you hold down some buttons everything back up and running, but you will need to search the web site of the Internet or HP to find the process for your printer model - the report displays the IP Address of the printer.

  (2) once you have the IP address of the printer number, type this information in a web browser... like 192.168.1.x (where x is the last number of your printer)

  Web page of the printer should find - otherwise, use another browser (you can use a tablet or iPad if you want). HP has several different forms of printing of web pages (embedded web servers) depending on your printer model, but they all have a large number of parameters.

  (3) since the network tab or section, look for a manual IP address configuration.

  

  (4) suggest an IP address or type in a new.  I've personally used suggest and then replaced by the last number 241. You want to use a high number, something in the order of 240 to 250 to reduce the risk of problems caused by your router assign this number to something else on your network. Note the 4 digits for the new IP address manual, you will use them later.

  5) click apply and close the web page of the printer.

  Step 2: Make the print driver using the manual IP address of the printer

  Open the devices and printers in Windows, right click on your printing device and select printer properties. Follow the prompts to get the WSD port and on a new local port...

  

  1) click on the ports tab.

  (2) add the Port.

  (3) click on after the first screen, and then click new port type.

  (4) enter the IP address of the printer.

  (5) next.

  (6) select the new port.

  7) click OK.

  You have now two pilots displayed in the printers and devices window, you can now print... but you might not be able to scan and the HP printing software may not work as he might want to lets you add a new printer when you open it... If Yes, proceed to step 3.

  Step 3: Remove print devices and install a new one.

  Need to do this to get the software back HP synchronized so you can scan.

  (1) right click 2 print devices listed in the window of your printer and remove them by clicking on remove device.

  (2) open the HP printer Assistant software (from the icon on the desktop or you can search Windows by using the name of your printer).

  (3) installation/add a new printer... go fast and a new device icon is added to the printers and devices window.

  4) return to the printers and devices window and open the properties of the printer again for your printer icon.

  5) go to the ports tab (yet) and you'll see a new selected WSD port, select Port Standard, you created earlier in step 2.

  (6) you have now two print devices in the window (again), but now everything should work.

  These two devices alone from here on out. Do not remove one and everything should work fine. At least it worked for me. I hope it works for you. I'm hoping a Windows update resolves this problem soon, I see many people who cannot print or scan wireless after they upgraded - not just the stuff of HP.

• We have just a new wireless modem and I can't print anything of theinternet help

  We recently got windstream to install a new wireless modem/router.  Recently, we have been able to copy items but still cannot print anything on the internet.  We are not so good at such things tech.  Can you please inform us as to fix our problem.  I know this is probably simple, but don't know how to fix it.

  Why not!  It cannot be that difficult.

  What is an IP address and where to get it HERE goto?

  DE-wrote:

  We recently got windstream to install a new wireless modem/router.  Recently, we have been able to copy items but still cannot print anything on the internet.  We are not so good at such things tech.  Can you please inform us as to fix our problem.  I know this is probably simple, but don't know how to fix it.

• I GOT A NEW ROUTER FROM VERIZON ACTIONTEC GT784 INSTALLED BUT NOW CAN'T USE MY MX340 WIRELESS PRINTER HELP

  I GOT A NEW ROUTER FROM VERIZON ACTIONTEC GT784 INSTALLED BUT NOW MY PRINTER DOES NOT PRINT. MX340 WIRELESS PRINTER. CLOSE

  Hello

  To help you to propose measures to solve the problem, I would appreciate if you could answer the following question:

  1. what version of Windows operating system is installed on the computer?

  2 successful wireless connection configuration?

  3. do you receive an error message or error code when trying to print?

  In the meantime, I suggest to add the device on the network and check if that does the trick. To do this, follow these items:

  Connect to Bluetooth and other wireless or network devices

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/connect-to-Bluetooth-and-other-wireless-or-network-devices

   

  Add a device or computer to a network

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/add-a-device-or-computer-to-a-network

   

  Sharing of files and printers

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/sharing-files-printers-help#sharing-files-and-printers=Windows-7&V1H=win8tab1&V2H=win7tab1&V3H=winvistatab1&v4h=winxptab1

  Hope this information helps. Reply with more information about the issue so that we can help you better.