WPS printer

Hello,
can anybody help how to connect my macbook pro to a printer with WPS? the printer is already connected to the router using WPS, but my macbook does not seem to connect to the printer. thank you very much in advance best, N.

So it is no on your wifi network. I'd suggest you look up the support docs for that printer on Samsung's web site and go through the steps there to get it on your wifi network. Once it is, it should be a simple matter to add that network printer to your Mac via control panel.
I've never used a Samsung printer, which is why I say you should check their docs (they must have a step by step guide for connecting to your wireless network). On most machines with a built in display, it is much like any other wifi device - go in, enter or select teh SSID, enter your WPA2 password or whatever encryption key you use andoff you go. Unless your router is using MAC address filtering, in which case you'd need to go into the router's admin page and add the printers MAC address.

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We have tried to add a WPS Canon Pixma-Pro to our Airport Extreme network. However when we are in Utilities and try to access the Base Station drop down menu nothing is highlighted. Therefore we can not click on the Add WPS Printer title. I'm sure it is some user error that we are overlooking, but extremely frustrated. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Open AirPort Utility
Click on the AirPort Extreme icon
Click Edit in the smaller window that appears
Now try the Base Station menu again

Why won't my WPS printer and Tbox connect to my extended AirPort network?

I have an AirPort Extreme (7.6.4) in my home network and recently added an Airport Express to improve the signal coverage. Most devices connect quite happily to the extended network (iPad, iPhones, iMac, Windows PCs).
However, my Epson XP-200 (WPS) printer and Telstra Tbox refuse to connect when the Express is on. If I turn off the Express they both connect fine.
What do I need to do in the AirPort Utility to allow these devices to connect with the Express on?

Are you using the guest wireless network?
Sorry but the solution to some of these things is usually arcane.. if you are not prepared to reset and try again.. it is really hard to suggest other things to do.
But here are some of them.
1. Set specific channels for 2.4ghz wireless.. Do not use 12 or 13 even though allowed in Australia because often US drivers are unaware of those channels.
2. Remove all wireless security.. only as a test.. do the printer and Tbox work if there is no security. You are only testing briefly and do not need to reset everything.
3. Do not use WDS to setup the printer. Plug the printer in by USB to the computer and redo its setup manually from scratch using the utility that came with the printer. This is often much more successful than using WDS with apple stuff. You will need to remove all the existing setups of the printer in the computer and start over.
4. You can also always export the settings.. just change the AE and Express back to factory defaults.. and do as little setup as possible.. you don't have to change anything else except the one computer you use for the setup.. if it fails.. simply restore the settings. If it works you can then change the settings on all the rest of the equipment.. is it really that big a hardship??
5. Why don't you extend using ethernet.. and see if you have the same issue?? You setup using the roaming network method.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4260
If the issue is only when you extend wireless then it at least gives you a headstart to complain to Apple about their multiple incompatibilities.

Add WPS Printer ALWAYs grayed out

This is driving me nuts. I've searched high and low and can't figure out how to get this "Add WPS Printer..." menu item to light up. I'm following the (very poorly documented) proceedure provided by Canon for my Pixma Pro-100. What am I missing?

I was able to get it to ungray out by clicking on the AirPort Extreme and authenticating. Then it appeared.
I had to do it a few times, and the sequence that seemed to work was starting WPS on the router first, then starting the search on the printer.

Canon MX920 not responding when hooked up over wifi as WPS printer on Airport Extreme, any ideas?

Canon MX920 not responding when hooked up over wifi as WPS printer on Airport Extreme, any ideas?

Ping the IP address of the printer.
If you are doing this from windows, have you installed the airport utility for windows?

AEBS (2nd Gen) WPS printing is very slow

I recently purchased an HP Laserjet Professional 1102w (with Airprint) when Apple updated the utility to support WPS printer pairing. Occasionally documents will take upward 10 minutes to print when there is little complexity to the document. The printer will complete a page then wait several minutes to do the next page in the job. I believe this is something to do with the router because it is not evident when using tethered USB printing.

That tutorial really doesn't do anything any different than using the WPS configuration. That tutorial is just the manual procedure for the setup. It did illuminate one possibility for the slow printing. If you simply press the sign in the print & scan preference pane and add the "nearby" network printer you desire then it defaults to the Airprint driver for the device.
If you instead click "add printer or scanner" and select the printer from proceeding menu then it provides the ability to change the default driver to the HP Laserjet P1102w driver. I printed two consecutive multipage documents over the network without any delay. I will monitor the performance over the next several times I print and see if this is the true solution to the issue.
Intially though, it does appear that there is an Airprint driver issue either with the printer's handling of the protocol or something specific the Mac driver release. I haven't printed many items from my iPad or iPhone, so I can't really isolate it to a general Airprint driver issue or an Airprint support issue with this printer.

Add WPS Printer

In trying to add a WPS printer, the options under the BaseStation menu are there, but not available. Why is this happening? How can I fix it?

When follow the steps just above, this is what comes up.
Clicking on Add WPS Printer brings up the next option.
And so forth.
Sorry, but I cannot duplicate the error that you are reporting. Perhaps another user can help.

WPS Printer and AirPort Devices

If I successfully add a WPS printer to one Airport device such as an Airport Extreme and other Airport devices are connected to extend the network.
Do I need to add the WPS printer individually for each Airport device or will it be added to all other devices in the network?
It seems not, since if I switch on other Airport devices such as a TC, the WPS printer is no longer available.
So, if I add a Mac address to one Aiprot devices, the Mac addresses will be added/updated on all other devices! Right?
So? What's the problem with a WPS printer then?
C'mon guys don't tell me I need to add the printer for each Airport device manually.

I believe know how to set up an Airport main device such as an Airport Extreme connected to a DSL router.
I believe I am familiar with Apple Airport devices for many years, many firmware updates, different generation models and I know where to find the rest button, how to extend the network by using the same network name and WPA/WPA2 password, and I'lve learned how to deal with different airport utility versions.
The WPS printer added to the main device seems not to be recognised immediately by other roaming devices.
Even the main device seems to have trouble recognising the printer if I switch it ON.
I have to restart the main device connected to the DSL router in order to see the "green light" on the printer.

WPS Printer Recommendations

We recently purchased an HP LJ m451nw printer and have failed to get it paired correctly with our Airport Extreme WIFI network (latest firmware). The problem is apparently with HP firmware. That's a long and unrelated frustrating story.
My question is what WIFI printer recommendations have folks had success with, on a similar config?
The problems I'm trying to solve:
* Make the WIFI printer available to everyone on the Airport Extreme network
* Also, have the printer use both network connections (LAN and WIFI, something HP cannot do)
I probably should have inquired here first. :-)
The environment is a medium-sized office, so that would be factored in the size and quality of printer. B&W only is fine, too -- ours just happens to be color.
Thank you in advance.

When you use HP stuff.. in a network.. WPS can be a problem.. but on the apple WPS system did you try first attempt not pin.. apparently most HP will not work with pin.
I have good reports of Brother.. I personally still use the older series HP with EIO slots.. Or MIO I think they became.. Sometimes old printers are better than new ones.
Ethernet or wireless will make no difference.. it is a network printer.. once on the network it should be accessible to every computer.. BUT airprint only works to wireless.. so that is the more important one.
As a work around.. there is nothing wrong with buying a cheap little TP-Link (or any of the china brands) N lite routers.. $30 or so.. and use it as AP on the network for the HP in particular or any PC .. that will still allow it to be used by any device on the network and even airprint should work.

Add WPS printer to Time Capsule

Hi !
I Need to add an WPS HP printer to my TC, with the old firmware i had no problem, but now i have 7.6.1 and i can't find the menu to enable WPS.
Where i can find the old "add network client" in "base" menu ???
Tks.

It seems that is not connecting to my Time capsule.
Can you help me out ?
plug the printer in to the computer by USB and use the install program which you will have to download from HP if you don't have a DVD drive on any of your computers. If you have cd drive just follow the install and manually set the printer to infrastructure mode and put in the TC wireless name and security settings.
The latest version of the airport utility supposedly added the WPS install for wireless printers.. are you running 6.2 airport utility?? Look up how to do printer installs with it if you haven't already.
I always prefer the manual setup as I am then in control.. but as you like.

How to add a WPS client ( not a printer) to Time Capsule?

Hello,
I am trying to add a WPS device to Time Capsule 802.11ac firmware 7.7.3 using Airport Utility 6.3.2.
I have to add a device that can be connect to the network via WPS only ( it is a Mitsubishi MAC-557IF-E module that control via internet through Mistubishi MELCLOUD server my home air conditioning)
Airport Utility lets to add a WPS printer only. I have tried to add the device as WPS printer and Airport Utility shows the device ( with its right MAC address) in Network tab > Access Contro list . Unfortunately then Time Capsule does not assign to it any IP address; so my WPS device cannot connect to internet.
Just to be shure the device is functioning properly I have tested it with another (Belkin) router with WPS button and it works fine.
It would be great to be able to connect it vie Time Capsule.
Any suggestion is welcome.
Thanks,
distrits

The why is known to Apple alone.. so you have to ask them.
But due to the weakness of WPS .. it is a major security flaw. I can understand Apple not wanting to use it.. but that is no excuse to not make it workable when people do need it. I guess one button is one too many.. Apple already have a reset button.. having a WPS button would cause confusion.
I would go back and attempt it again.
But this time make sure you are using SMB standard wireless names. Everything in the world (even apple since Mavericks) uses SMB network. The problem is Apple wireless names are not SMB compliant.
So let me recommend you start over. Factory reset the TC.
Give it a name. TCgen5
Please use different names for both wireless bands.. TC24ghz for 2.4ghz and TC5ghz for 5ghz bands.
Please set the 2.4ghz to channel 11, as that does seem to help. (if you have lots of wireless around you test on 8 or 9).
Then test with no security. See if the gadget will work. The reason to test with no security is not all wireless is compliant to standards. If it fails with no security then there is no hope with any other security level. So only if it passes continue to the next step.
Use WPA2 Personal security at first with a shortish password.. say 8-10 characters.. pure alphanumeric of course.
If that fails then you can try WPA+WPA2 but that is significantly poorer security.
Good luck.

Trouble w/ Wireless Printing to HP OfficeJet Pro 8600 Using Time Capsule

Hi there –
My Setup:
New MacBook Pro
Comcast Internet (Wireless Router)
2TB Time Capsule (Setup as "New Network" and connected to wireless router via Ethernet WAN)
HP OfficeJet Pro 8600 All-In-One (Wireless - not wired connection - and using Wireless Direct)
I am trying to let the HP Printer be wireless only. When I run on the Comcast wireless network using the SSID and Password of our default home network (not using new Time Capsule network), I can print from all my devices (MBP, iPhone, etc) wirelessely just fine.
When I create the new Wireless network using the Time Capsule, and configure the printer with the SSID and password, I cannot connect to the printer.
Should the configuration be different in the case where I use the TC network?
I have also tried setting up the HP printer as a WPS Printer, and I had the same results...nothing.
Anyone have any advice?
Thanks!
Daniel

Do you mean at the Comcast Wireless gateway?
No .. from what you wrote the Comcast works ok .. it is the TC that is not working.
That is correct?
Is the TC in bridge mode.. but creating a wireless network?? That is how it should be connected and wireless should be different name to the comcast if you are trying to troubleshoot.
If the network name on the TC is compliant then the printer should connect..
Turn off the wireless security on the TC to see if it is the problem.
Once you complete this setup it is very important for you to reboot the whole network.. restart in correct order.. modem.. TC .. clients.. 2min gap.
Then make sure all the clients are connecting to the wireless on the TC not the wireless from the comcast.

WPS54GU2 printing to parallel printer with Windows 7 64-bit-cannot get it to work for the life of me

Hello,
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I have the IP address correct for the print server (in my case it is 192.168.1.103) and is set statically in the print server setup.
I have it working fine on an XP box The port name configured on the XP machine is LK89A0B5_P1.
The software that comes with the WPS print server will not install on Windows 7 so the address/port/queue must
be set up manually.
I have tried the link from Cisco's KB that shows how to configure the print sever:
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sometimes it needs the device- specific drivers to get it to work; especially that you have a 64- bit OS.
the print server is already connected to the network, right? what is its IP address? check if the computer can ping that IP by going to start> search> cmd> ping 192.168.1.78 (change this to the correct IP address). if your computer can ping the print server then you can setup LPR printing to get your printing jobs done. click on the link below for more info.
Setting up LPR Printing on Windows 7

My Macbook Pro will not find or use the downloaded driver for my new Canon Pixma MX479 wireless printer

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Search the iTunes App store to see if there is a free Brother printing App. Other Apps like Print n Share will work for non-AirPrint printers, but are not as convenient as using AirPrint. They generally require you to use their own text, mail, browser and photo programs, and do not work from within other iOS Apps. One exception is that some Apps have an "Open In" option, that allows you to open a document in the printing App and then print it.
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