Printer in wireless router

I have brought home a HP Laser Jet 2300DN printer from our office and have hooked the network cable into the back of your wireless router WRT54GL and into the printer.
I have tried to connect to the HP printer using the desktop computer with out any success.
The wireless computers and the desktop computers all connect to the internet, but none of them can connect to the HP printer. 
What would you suggest should be done so the printer can be used?
Thank you.

You need to install the printer driver (or an entire "printer software package" ) on each computer that will be using this printer. 
Each printer driver has its own setup method.  Some printer drivers will require that you first establish a USB connection between the printer and one of your computers, and then later, disconnect the USB cable and wire the printer to your router.  Other printer drivers will install directly, with the printer and computer already connected to the router.  Follow the manufacturer's directions carefully.   Get the printer working first with a computer that will be wired to the router.  Then do your wireless computers.  
Note that some printer drivers are smarter than others.   If the printer is getting its LAN IP address from the DHCP server in the router  (the same way your computers probably get their address) ,  then the LAN IP address of the printer can sometimes change.  Some printer drivers can handle this address change, and continue printing normally.  Others cannot.  If your driver cannot handle this, then you will need to assign your printer a fixed LAN IP address.  This address is typically assigned in the printer (not in the router) .  With Linksys routers, a fixed LAN IP address must be outside the DHCP server range, and it cannot end in 0, 1, or 255.   If you need to give your printer a fixed LAN IP address, then you will also need the Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 , Default Gateway 192.168.1.1 , and DNS server 192.168.1.1 .

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