Epson Stylus C80WN User Setup Information - Page 6

With a wireless network, you share information between computers and printers using radio waves, similar to the technology used in cordless phones. You can place the EPSON Stylus C80WN in a convenient location and print to it without having to connect it to your computer or an existing wired network. You can add the EPSON Stylus C80WN to your network either with or without a wireless access point (or AirPort™ Base Station). If you have an access point/base station, both wired and wireless-equipped computers can print to the printer. Your computers communicate with the access point, which communicates in turn with the wireless print server. In addition to letting computers share the printer, an access point might be used to allow computers to share other resources, such as Internet access. The illustration below shows a wireless network that uses an access point. printer wireless print server wireless laptop cable/ DSL modem access point or AirPort Base Station computers on LAN (Local Area Network) If you don't have an access point, you can still print to the EPSON Stylus C80WN from any desktop computer or laptop that has a wireless adapter. In the illustration below, both wireless-equipped computers communicate directly with the print server. wireless print server printer wireless computers 2 Introduction