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Wireless network setup Setting up Wi-Fi Direct You can enable Wi-Fi Direct feature by one of the following methods. From the USB cable-connected computer(recommended) • After the driver installation is complete, Dell Printer Manager can be set and changes in the Wi-Fi Direct can be made. Dell Printer Manager is Available for Windowsand Mac OS users only. ▪ Network Password: If your printer is a Group Owner, a Network Password is required for other mobile devices to connect to your printer. You can configure a Network Password yourself, or can remember the given Network Password that is randomly generated by default. From the machine (Machines with a display screen) • Select Network > Wireless > Wi-Fi Direct from the control panel. • Enable Wi-Fi Direct. - From the Start menu, select Programs or All Programs > Dell Printers > Dell Printer Manager > Device Settings > Network. ▪ Wi-Fi Direct On/Off: Select On to enable. ▪ Device Name: Enter the printer's name for searching for your printer on a wireless network. By default, the device name is the model name. ▪ IP Address: Enter the IP address of the printer. This IP address is used only for the local network and not for the infrastructure wired or wireless network. We recommend using the default local IP address (the default local IP address of the printer for Wi-Fi Direct is 192.168.3.1 ) ▪ Group Owner: Activate this option to assign the printer the Wi-Fi Direct group's owner. The Group Owner acts similar to a wireless access point. We recommend activating this option. Setting up the mobile device • After setting up Wi-Fi Direct from the printer, refer to the user manual of the mobile device you are using to set its Wi-Fi Direct. • After setting up Wi-Fi Direct, you need to download the mobile printing application (For example: Dell Mobile printer) to print from your smartphone. • When you have found the printer you want to connect to from your mobile device, select the printer and the printer's LED will blink. Press the WPS button on the printer and it will be connected to your mobile device. • If your mobile device does not support WPS, you need to enter the "Network Password" of a printer instead of pushing the WPS button. 2. Using a Network-Connected Machine 169

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Wireless network setup±
Setting up Wi-Fi Direct±
▪
Network Password
: If your printer is a
Group Owner
, a
Network
Password
is required for other mobile devices to connect to your
printer. You can configure a Network Password yourself, or can
You can enable Wi-Fi Direct feature by one of the following methods.
remember the given Network Password that is randomly generated
by default.
From the USB cable-connected computer(recommended)
•
After the driver installation is complete, Dell Printer Manager can be set and
From the machine (Machines with a display screen)
changes in the Wi-Fi Direct can be made.
•
Select
Network
>
Wireless
>
Wi-Fi Direct
from the control panel.
•
Enable
Wi-Fi Direct
.
Dell Printer Manager is Available for Windowsand Mac OS users only.
-
From the
Start
menu, select
Programs
or
All Programs
>
Dell Printers
Setting up the mobile device
> Dell Printer Manager >
Device Settings
>
Network
.
•
After setting up Wi-Fi Direct from the printer, refer to the user manual of the
▪
Wi-Fi Direct On/Off
: Select
On
to enable.
mobile device you are using to set its Wi-Fi Direct.
▪
Device Name
: Enter the printer’s name for searching for your
•
After setting up Wi-Fi Direct, you need to download the mobile printing
printer on a wireless network. By default, the device name is the
application (For example: Dell Mobile printer) to print from your
model name.
smartphone.
▪
IP Address
: Enter the IP address of the printer. This IP address is
used only for the local network and not for the infrastructure wired
or wireless network. We recommend using the default local IP
•
When you have found the printer you want to connect to from your
address (the default local IP address of the printer for Wi-Fi Direct is
mobile device, select the printer and the printer's LED will blink. Press the
192.168.3.1 )
WPS button on the printer and it will be connected to your mobile
device.
▪
Group Owner
: Activate this option to assign the printer the Wi-Fi
•
If your mobile device does not support WPS, you need to enter the
Direct group’s owner. The
Group Owner
acts similar to a wireless
"Network Password" of a printer instead of pushing the WPS button.
access point. We recommend activating this option.
2.
Using a Network-Connected Machine
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