Kodak EasyShare photo printer 500 — User's Guide


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5 Using the wireless features of your photo printer

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 photo printer on an existing Wi-Fi wireless (Infrastructure) network, or print pictures directly to your photo printer 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 to a Wi-Fi wireless network

  1. If a USB device is connected to the photo printer, disconnect it.

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


  2. Push the Kodak Wi-Fi card into the card slot to seat the connector.

The card slot light blinks as the photo printer 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.

If the Kodak Wi-Fi card is already inserted but the connection is no longer available, remove then reinsert the card to re-establish the connection.


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

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

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

Windows OS— Configure the printer Wi-Fi settings:

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

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

  3. Select Kodak wireless printer configuration utility.

    The configuration utility opens on your computer.

  4. Next to Show, select Wi-Fi Primary.

  5. Change settings as necessary to match the settings of your Wi-Fi wireless network. Click Wizard to guide you through the wireless setup process. See the wireless configuration utility Help for details.

Add the printer 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 EasyShare printer folder.

  3. Select Kodak wireless printer computer setup assistant.

  4. Click Next.

  5. Select the printer, then click Next.

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

Mac OS X— Add the printer to your computer:

See Connecting to a computer.

Configure the printer 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 Print Setup Utility.

  3. Select the printer 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.

  6. (Optional) Print a copy of your wireless settings for future reference: 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 photo printer to your Wi-Fi wireless network (see Printing from a computer).

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

  2. On your computer (or 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 photo printer to your Wi-Fi wireless network.

    IMPORTANT: Add the printer to the same network as the computer or device you want to print 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. (For details, see the wireless configuration utility Help.)

  2. Connect your EasyShare digital camera to the printer (see Transferring pictures from a USB device), then press the Transfer button.

    Pictures are transferred to EasyShare software on your computer.

    NOTE: If the printer is connected to the computer with a USB cable, pictures are transferred using the cable connection, not 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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