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Tutorials: Printers and scanners

Printers that won't print, Wi-Fi connection, scanning documents.

  1. How to connect a Wi-Fi printer to your PC and Mac

    Connect the printer to your home or office Wi-Fi network, then add it to your Windows PC and your Mac, with no cables. With an AirPrint-enabled printer you can also print from iPhone and iPad without installing anything.

  2. How to print double-sided from Windows and Mac

    If your printer can flip the sheet on its own, one checkbox in the print window is enough. If it can't, you print the odd pages first, flip the stack, then print the even ones: on Windows with Word, on Mac from any app.

  3. How to print from your phone (iPhone and Android)

    With the printer connected to your home Wi-Fi, you can print from your phone without cables. iPhone has AirPrint built in; Android uses the phone's print service. Here are the official steps and what to check if the printer doesn't show up.

  4. How to scan a document with iPhone, Android or PC

    Turn a sheet of paper into a clean, readable PDF: with the Notes app on iPhone, with Google Drive on Android, or with the scanner or all-in-one printer connected to your Windows PC or Mac.

  5. Printer "offline" on Windows: how to fix it

    Bring back online a printer that Windows sees as offline: restart, network check, print queue, print service and reinstalling, in the order worth trying them on Windows 11 and Windows 10.

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