Home Network: Add a printer to your home wireless network

Add a printer to your home wireless network

There are a variety of methods for adding a printer to a wireless network. To add a printer to an existing wireless network one can simply plug the device into a USB port of any computer on the network. If the device is shared, then other users on the network can also use the printer resource. This is not the best method as the availability of the printer depends on the owner being logged on to their machine.

A better method will be to set up a server that the printer connects to and acts a central reserve for access. However since this is not a possibility for all home users, nowadays it is possible to buy wireless print servers. These small devices act as a wireless access point and come equipped with a USB port for a printer. This way it is possible to setup the printer in an easy to access central location for all users. Many wireless routers and modems on the market now have built in USB support for such a task. They come with native support to operate as a wireless print server as part of their standard functionality.