Kodak EasyShare printer dock plus series 3 — User's Guide


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5 Using the wireless features of your printer dock

Printing and transferring over a Wi-Fi wireless network

Insert a Kodak Wi-Fi card (sold separately) into the card slot. Then, print and transfer pictures using your printer dock on an existing Wi-Fi wireless (Infrastructure) network, or print pictures directly to your printer dock over a Wi-Fi wireless device-to-device (Ad-Hoc) network.

Example of a wireless Infrastructure network:


Example of an Ad-Hoc network:


Adding your printer dock to a Wi-Fi wireless network

  1. Open the accessory door on the printer dock.

IMPORTANT: Insert card only as shown. Do not force the card into the card slot.


  2. Orient the Kodak Wi-Fi card as shown, then push the card into the card slot to seat the connector.

The card slot light blinks as the printer dock scans for available networks. Once connected, the card slot light glows steady.

NOTE: When properly inserted, the card sticks out slightly, serving as an antenna for receiving Wi-Fi signals.


  • To remove the card, push it in, then release it. When the card is partially ejected, pull it out.

  3. Make sure the printer driver from the included Kodak EasyShare software CD is installed on your computer (see Installing the software), then connect the printer dock to your computer with the USB cable (see Connecting to a computer).

  4. Configure the printer dock Wi-Fi settings (such as SSID and security) and add the printer dock as a wireless printer on your Wi-Fi wireless network:

Windows OS-based computer—

Configure the printer dock Wi-Fi settings:

  1. From the Start menu, select Programs (or All Programs).

  2. Open the Kodak folder, then open the Kodak EasyShare printer dock folder.

  3. Select Kodak wireless printer configuration utility.

    The configuration utility opens on your computer.

  4. Next to Show, select WiFi Primary.

  5. Change settings as necessary to match the settings of your Wi-Fi wireless network. Click Wizard to help guide you through the wireless setup process.

    See the configuration utility Help for details.

Add the printer dock as a wireless printer to your computer:

  1. From the Start menu, select Programs (or All Programs).

  2. Open the Kodak folder, then open the Kodak EasyShare printer dock folder.

  3. Select Kodak wireless printer computer setup assistant.

  4. Click Next.

  5. Select the printer dock, then click Next.

    The wireless printer dock is added to your computer (represented as a wireless "copy" of your printer dock in the Windows OS list of printers).

Mac OS X—

Add the printer dock to your computer:

See Connecting to a computer.

Configure the printer dock Wi-Fi settings:

  1. Open the finder window then click the Applications button. Or, open the Applications folder on your operating drive.

  2. Open the Utilities folder, then double-click Printer Setup Utility.

  3. Select the printer dock from the list, then click Utility.

  4. Change Wi-Fi settings as necessary to match the settings of your Wi-Fi wireless network. See the wireless configuration utility Help for details.

  5. Close all programs on your computer, then disconnect the USB cable between the computer and the printer dock.

  6. (Optional) To print a copy of the current Wi-Fi settings for your printer dock:

  • At the same time, press and hold the Print button, , and the Transfer button, , for 5 seconds.

Print pictures over your Wi-Fi wireless network

  1. Add the printer dock to your Wi-Fi wireless network (see Adding your printer dock to a Wi-Fi wireless network).

    IMPORTANT: Add the printer dock to the same network as the computer or device you want to print from. If printing from EasyShare software, in Preferences, make sure Enable wireless connections is selected (click the Help button in the EasyShare software for details).

  2. On your computer or on your Wi-Fi enabled device, select and print pictures. See your computer or device user's guide for details.

Transfer pictures over your Wi-Fi wireless network (EasyShare digital cameras only)

  1. Add the printer dock to your Wi-Fi wireless network (see Adding your printer dock to a Wi-Fi wireless network).

    IMPORTANT: Add the printer dock to the same network as the computer you want to transfer from. If you have two or more computers on the same network, use the Kodak wireless printer configuration utility on your computer to choose which computer to transfer to (see the wireless configuration utility Help for details).

  2. Dock your EasyShare digital camera (see Docking and charging your digital camera), then press the Transfer button, , to transfer pictures to EasyShare software on your computer (see Transferring pictures from your digital camera).

NOTE: If the printer dock is connected to the computer with the USB cable, pictures are transferred using the cable connection instead of the wireless connection.

See your computer or device user's guide, or visit www.kodak.com/go/wifisupport and www.wi-fi.org for more information.



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