
Prefer to speak to a Which? tech expert to help you with your query? Our friendly team are on hand to help you with one-to-one support. If so, when prompted, all you need to do is press the WPS pairing button on your router and the corresponding button on the printer to wirelessly connect the printer to the network. If your printer and router are both compatible with Wireless Protected Setup (WPS) this should be an option in the printer’s network menu. There’s more that one way of connecting to a wireless network, and you may be offered a few different options for setting up the connection. Look for the wireless set-up 'wizard' within ‘wireless settings’ or ‘networking’ in the printer’s menu. If you don’t set up the wireless connection during the start-up process you can set it up later. They're easy to follow, even if the screen is quite small and you're not overwhelmed with information - you can only progress one step at a time. Printers with colour screens display step-by-step instructions for setting up the wireless connection when you first turn on the printer. Most modern models have wi-fi built-in, but if yours doesn’t, there are still ways of making it work wirelessly by connecting it to a router.īut before you can start printing, you must first connect the printer to your home network - all you'll need is a wireless router and a wi-fi printer. You don't have to be in the same room, or in some cases the same building, to print from a wireless printer.

Plenty of printers have wi-fi, which means you can print easily without wires from your laptop, desktop, tablet or smartphone.

Need some help setting up your wireless printer? Follow our easy steps to get started
