Setting up a Shared Network Printer

This printer has only an USB connection that connects to your computer and cannot connect to wireless network directly. You can attach this printer to a wireless printer server/router to enable wireless printing.
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SET UP A SHARED NETWORK PRINTER
Any printer that is connected to a computer and is connected on a LAN can be configured so all other computers on the same network can print to this printer. This means the computer with the printer attached to it MUST be booted up at all times when other computers want to access the printer. You need to install the printer driver on the computer and configure it as a Shared printer. The other computers on the network need to add this printer to their computer. Follow these steps to set-up a shared network printer :- 1. Connect the printer to the computer and install the printer driver. 2. Open Printers and Faxes - right click on this printer and click Sharing - click Sharing tab and click Share this printer, and then if you wish you could change the Share name, then click OK 3. Right click on the printer - click Properties - click Print Test Page to confirm printer installation. Follow these steps to configure the computers on your network :- 1. Open Printers and Faxes - click Add a printer - Next - select a network printer, or a printer attached to another computer - Next. 2. Select Browser for a printer - Next 3. Click on and expand the Microsoft Windows Network down to the computer with the printer - Next 4. Select Yes for - Use this printer as the default printer - Next - Finish 5. Right click on the printer - click Properties - click Print Test Page to confirm printer installation.

the canon MP170 is not a wifi printer, you need to connect it to a computer via usb, if you have have a second computer on your network you may "share" the printer across the network.this will allow you to print wirelessly to the printer via the connected PC.

The specs for your model Epson allows you to connect the you network by wireless and by LAN cable.

The specs are as follows :-
Wi-Fi Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11b/g – compatible with 802.11n*
*Transmission rate will be limited to 802.11g and will operate in the 2.4 GHz frequency band
Ethernet Wired LAN IEEE 802.3 (100BASE-TX, 10BASE-T)
Other PictBridge
Wireless security
WEP – 64bit
WEP – 128bit
WPA – PSK (TKIP) – compliant with WPA2
WPA – PSK (AES) – compliant with WPA2

To connect the printer by a LAN cable you need to configure the Epson for an IP address that suits your network configuration and connect the LAN cable to your wireless router/hub.

The reason why you cannot print using wireless is because the wireless configuration in the Epson is not setup with the router's wireless configuration ie. SSID WPA encryption etc.

For instructions of setting up a LAN network printer, please click on this link and follow my instructions :-
http://www.fixya.com/support/r3668797-setting_up_shared_network_printer

For instructions on setting up a wireless printer, the Epson wireless settings need to be configured with the router's wireless settings. Go into your router's wireless and note the SSID, and encryption settings etc and configure the Epson's wireless settings with the router's wireless settings. This will allow the Epson to connect to the wireless router. Please click on this link for instructions to secure your wireless network, configure the wireless router (if you have not already do so) and configure the wireless card in the computers and wireless printer (the instructions for configuring the wireless card in the printer is the same as for the wireless card in the computers via the printer's menu screen).
http://www.fixya.com/support/r3559128-wireless_router_security

Any printer that is connected to a computer and is connected on a LAN can be configured so all other computers on the same network can print to this printer. This means the computer with the printer attached to it MUST be booted up at all times when other computers want to access the printer.
You need to install the printer driver on the computer and configure it as a Shared printer.
The other computers on the network need to add this printer to their computer.
Follow these steps to setup a shared network printer :-
1. Connect the printer to the computer and install the printer driver.
2. Open Printers and Faxes - right click on this printer and click Sharing - click Sharing tab and click Share this printer, then if you wish you can change the Share name, then click OK

There are three steps: 1. Configuring the router for Internet access 2. Installing and configuring the print server 3. Adding the printer to the Windows configuration To Configure the Router for Internet Access 1. Connect the modem to the router's Internet port and your LAN computers to the router's LAN ports. 2. Shut down your LAN computers. (Power them off.) 3. Power off the router. 4. Power off the modem. 5. Power on the modem. 6. Power on the router. 7. Start the LAN computers. 8. Enter 192.168.0.1 in a Web browser's address. 9. Type username and password (by default admin and password). 10. Click Setup Wizard to configure the router's Internet access. To Install and Configure the Print Server 1. Install the Printer Server Driver program on a computer. 2. After installation, make sure to select the Run Print Port Setup now box. 3. Click Finish. Print Port Setup runs, showing you the firewall and the printer. 4. Click Port 1. 5. Click Add. A pop-up message says whether a port was created, then the Add Printer wizard starts. To Add a Printer With the Windows Add Printer Wizard 1. Continuing from the last section (or clicking Start > Settings > Printers > Add Printer), click Next. 2. Select Network Printer, and click Next. 3. Click Next again (leaving the port as LPT1). 4. Select the manufacturer and printer model of your printer. (If your printer does not appear, you need to get the CD or floppy that came with the printer, and use Have Disk to specify the file location. Note that it is looking for a file that ends with .inf.) 5. Click Next. 6. Change the printer name to something users on your LAN will recognize easily. 7. If prompted by the Add Printer Wizard about sharing: DO NOT enable sharing! Now test the printer. Other information about Windows configuration is available in Windows help in the article "To connect to a printer on a network".