Just check behind or on the right side of the printer where there will be a square hole. If your network cable fits in it, a GRAND SUCESS!
Wifi printer installation varies from printer to printer. There are printers on the market today that are WIFI ready and all you have to do is link it to your wireless network. Other printers can be more complicated.
There are two options. First, you connect the printer to a computer which has a wireless connection and share the printer for network users. Second, if your wireless router supports Print server, you can connect the printer directly to the router and configure print server options in order to get access to the printer through wireless network.
This means it is ready to print what you want it to.
A rj-45 network jack is to connect your printer to a wireless hub/router with a cable therefore making it wireless. If your printer already has a network adapter installed, it is considered network-ready. If your printer is ready for a wired network, you'll see an RJ-45 jack (which looks like a wide telephone jack), on the back.
Shared output devices - quite simply save a company money ! Instead of (for example) having a printer attached to each computer on a network, you have ONE printer, with everyones work being stored in an electronic 'queue' ready for printing.
The printer status on a Dell printer can be changed from offline to ready by right clicking on the printer and changing its status. This will allow the printer to actually print assuming it is in a functional state.
The Samsung CLP-315 is indeed network-ready and only needs to be plugged in to a network cable.
1. Check if a printer is powered on. 2. Check if a printer is properly connected to a computer. 3. Check if a printer has its toners/inks. 4. Check if paper is in printer's tray. 5. Check if printer's software doesn't show any problems.
Unless the printer can be connected via airport which is doubtful you cannot. You can however connect it via WiFi or by Bluetooth if you printer is Bluetooth ready or with a Bluetooth device if it is Bluetooth compatible. Your Mac is Bluetooth ready.
Check the cables, check the power, make sure the printer is the default printer so your software isn't looking for another printer that isn't there anymore.
The router must have switching capabilities (as most do nowadays) and your printer must be "Network Ready". You'll need both. The router itself can be wired or wireless depending on where exactly you have both PC's.
A network ready device is a device that has the potential to connect to a network, natively it isn't connected to a network, nor is it a network, but with the appropriate configuration and possibly with the addition of components could be connected.