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For Wireless Network Users

Wireless Network

Windows

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Manual configuration from the control panel (Windows

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and Macintosh)

19

Configure the wireless

settings

a

On your machine, press Menu, 6 (Network),

2 (WLAN), 2 (Setup Wizard).
When WLAN Enable ? is displayed, press 1

to choose On. This will start the wireless setup

wizard.
Otherwise press Stop/Exit to exit from the
wireless setup wizard.

b

The machine will search for available SSIDs. If
a list of SSIDs is displayed, use the a or b key
to choose the SSID you wrote down in step

18

on page 24, then press OK.
If you are using an authentication and
encryption method that requires a Network
Key, go to

c.

If your authentication method is Open System
and your encryption mode is None, go to

e.

If your wireless access point/router supports
Wi-Fi Protected Setup, Selected access
point supports WPS. Use WPS? appears.

To connect your machine using the automatic
wireless mode, press 1 to choose Yes. (If you

choose No, go to

c to enter the Network Key.)

When Start WPS on your wireless
access point/router,then choose
Next. appears, press the Wi-Fi Protected

Setup button on your wireless access
point/router, and then press 1. Go to

e.

c

Enter the Network Key you wrote down in
step

18 on page 24 using the dial pad to

choose each letter or number. To delete the
letters 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 34.
Press OK when you have entered all the
characters, then press 1 for Yes to apply your

settings. Go to

d.

d

Your machine will now try to connect to your
wireless network using the information you
have entered.

e

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 31.

To install the MFL-Pro Suite, continue to

step

20.

For Windows

®

Users:

Now go to

page 35

For Macintosh Users:

Now go to

page 37

IMPORTANT

You must have the wireless settings you
wrote down for your network in step

18 on

page 24 before you proceed.

Note

• It will take several seconds to display a list of

available SSIDs.

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

your access point is on. Move your machine
closer to the access point and try starting from

a again.

• If your access point 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.

Wireless setup is now complete. A four
level indicator at the right of your
machine’s LCD will show the wireless
signal strength of your access
point/router.

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