Don't you hate those times if you have to print something quickly, but your printer is packed away somewhere, or you need to keep plugging in a pesky USB cable? Let us take a peek at how to connect wireless printer to laptop .

For this guide, I will be using my trusty HP 4500, but any wireless printer or all-in-one should do the job just fine.

This guide will cover direct links, so if you are interested in knowing more about Home Group in Windows 10, then make sure you check out our in-depth guide, which will enable you to set up and configure the sharing of printers and content.


Refer to the manual to connect it to your Wi-Fi network. Unfortunately, this procedure varies not only from manufacturer to manufacturer, but frequently from printer to printer.
Hit Add a printer or scanner.
Pick the printer in the outcomes.
You ought to be good to go. This process will also use wired printers, simply plug in the unit, and follow the steps above.

There's an opportunity that Windows might be not able to find your printer. It's not the end of earth, and the issue may be easily rectified by trying to connect the printer to Windows 10 manually. To do so, we'll need to run through a wizard. Here is how:

Windows will attempt to set the default printer by selecting the one used most recently on the connected network. This can be toggled on by default and will indicate that the OS can recall that printer to use if switching between networks. Not everyone wants or needs this functionality, and fortunately it's really simple to turn it off.