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1. Wireless Setup

For Wireless Network Users

Manual setup from the control panel using the Setup Wizard

(Macintosh, mobile devices and Windows

Setup the wireless

settings

Important

You must have the wireless settings you wrote

down for your network in step 20-b on page 27

before you proceed.

Note

If you use your machine in an IEEE 802.1x

supported wireless network, see Using

IEEE 802.1x authentication in the Network User's

Guide.

If you began the wireless setup from step 5 on

page 7 (for Macintosh and mobile devices),

press 1 to choose Setup Wizard.

Then go to c.

All other users, go to b.

Select Method

1.Setup Wizard

2.Setup with PC

3.WPS/AOSS

Select ab or OK

On your machine, press Menu, 7 (Network),

2 (WLAN), 2 (Setup Wizard).

When WLAN Enable ? is displayed, press a

or b to choose On and press OK. This will start

the wireless setup wizard.

Otherwise press Stop/Exit to exit from the

wireless setup wizard.

The machine will search for available SSIDs. It

will take several seconds to display a list of

available SSIDs.

If a list of SSIDs is displayed, use the a or b key

to choose the SSID you wrote down in step

20-b on page 27, then press OK.

Do one of the following:



If the wireless access point/router of the

selected SSID supports WPS and

Selected access point supports

WPS. Use WPS? appears, go to f.

)



If you are using an authentication and

encryption method that requires a Network

Key, go to g.



If your authentication method is Open

System and your encryption mode is None,

go to h.

Note

• If a list of SSIDs is not displayed, make sure

your wireless access point/router is on. Move

your machine closer to the wireless access

point/router and try starting from b again.

• If your wireless access point/router is set to not

broadcast the SSID you will have to manually

add the SSID name. For details, see

Configuring your machine when the SSID is not

broadcast in the Network User's Guide.

To connect your machine using the automatic

wireless mode, press 1 to choose Yes. (If you

choose No(Manual), go to g to enter the

Network Key.) When Start WPS on your

wireless access point/router,then

choose Next. appears, press the WPS

button on your wireless access point/router,

and then press 1. Go to h.

Enter the Network Key you wrote down in step

20-b on page 27 using the dial pad to choose

each character or number. To delete the

characters you have entered, press Clear.

For example, to enter the letter a, press the 2

key on the dial pad once. To enter the number

3, press the 3 key on the dial pad seven times.

The letters appear in this order: lower case,

upper case and then numbers.

For more information, see Entering Text for

Wireless Settings on page 36.

Press OK when you have entered all the

characters, then press 1 for Yes to apply your

settings.

Your machine will now try to connect to your

wireless network using the information you

have entered.

A connection result message appears on the

LCD and a WLAN report will automatically be

printed.

If the connection failed, check the error code on

the printed report and refer to

Troubleshooting on page 33.