Wireless printers use your Wi-Fi network to print from your laptop. With a wireless printer, your laptop is not connected to a printer cable and files can be sent to the printer from any room in your home or office. When you are away from your Wi-Fi, your wireless printer may still be able to print files that you email to it. Find out how to print wirelessly.

Wireless printers work over a network connection. If you are using the printer at home, this is your wireless internet connection. If you are working in an office, this is your office network.

The instructions for connecting your wireless printer to your Wi-Fi network vary depending on the manufacturer. Therefore, before you begin, read the printer's manual and follow the manufacturer's instructions for connecting the printer to a Wi-Fi network.

These are the general steps to connect a wireless printer to a Wi-Fi network: