Hello

I have just bought a Panasonic KX-MB2000 printer, and am trying to set it up so that I can use it wirelessly by connecting it to my router.

I plugged the USB end of the printer cable into my wireless router, and then went to my PC to add the printer from there, thinking that it would be detectable, but I could not find it.

The "Add New Printer" Wizard had 2 options - connect a new network printer, and connect a local printer attached to the computer.  Neither accurately describes my situation.  I do not have any sort of Network (where computers can share each others files and so on - and would not know how to start one up), I just want to be able to use the printer from one of my laptops or my phone without having it physically plugged into whichever machine I want to print from.

I tried the install network printer option, but when the wizard browses for a printer, it does not find ANYTHING.  In the "Shared Printers" box, one item appears - "Microsoft Windows Network", but when I select it nothing happens.

I then tried the local printer option, but the machine was not listed in the menu that appeared.  I could have put the disk straight into the machine and installed that way, but I thought that the PC should detect the printer before I do that, and I had no indication that it had.

I went to My Network Places and got a list of connections (no idea what most of them were, but they were all still there when I switched off the printer, so I guess none of them is the printer).

Am I missing something here, or doing something very stupid.  I would have thought that it was relatively easy to set up a printer connected to a router.  Am I overlooking something obvious?

Thanks for any help....
I believe you need to use an Ethernet connection, and you need to follow the network setup instructions on page 23 of the manual. Have you done these things?
ST is ABSOLUTELY correct. Having done this very recently with a Samsung laser printer you initially will need to connect the printer to the router via an Ethernet cable. Then follow the instructions exactly as provided in your manual. By the way due to a dynamic IP address generated by the router. A condition created when a power failure occurs or the router is turned off you may need to do the process again each time it occurs as the link will be lost. Apparently this can be overcome by a process of creating a static IP system on the computer. I cannot advise you on that as i have forgotten the process. Don't be shy to contact the printer manufacturer if you cannot create the INSTALLATION initially. My Samsung instructions were impossible to follow.
truenorthI have a similar problem. I have 3 pc all connecting independently to the internet via a LINKSYS router and connected a wired usb HP laser printer to one of the pc. I had difficulty with setup having the other pc's to print on the HP laser printer. What step can I take to remedy it. My Hp is not a networked printer just a regular usb.

please help
  my os is windows xpsammy_ok, you need to start your own thread.
Quote from: truenorth on April 10, 2012, 06:29:42 PM

ST is absolutely correct. Having done this very recently with a Samsung laser printer you initially will need to connect the printer to the router via an Ethernet cable. Then follow the instructions exactly as provided in your manual. By the way due to a dynamic IP address generated by the router. A condition created when a power failure occurs or the router is turned off you may need to do the process again each time it occurs as the link will be lost. Apparently this can be overcome by a process of creating a static IP system on the computer. I cannot advise you on that as i have forgotten the process. Don't be shy to contact the printer manufacturer if you cannot create the installation initially. My Samsung instructions were impossible to follow.
truenorth

Actually if his router has a usb port, then he simply needed to choose "add network printer" when trying to set it up from the pc...