How to Set Up Wireless Printing With the Brother HL2270DW

Wireless printing is a great thing to have when you use a laptop or have multiple devices in your home or office that share a printer.

Not every printer has this capability, but the Brother HL2270DW is one device that does.

Our Brother hl-2270dw wireless setup tutorial below will show you how to get the printer on your wireless network so that you can print to it without needing to physically connect a printer cable to your laptop or desktop computers.

Summary – Brother hl-2270dw Wireless Setup Steps

  1. Insert the installation disc or download the printer software.
  2. Choose the HL-2270DW option.
  3. Select the language.
  4. Click Install Printer Driver, then click Yes.
  5. Click Yes, choose Wireless Connection, then click Next.
  6. Select Brother Peer-to-Peer Network Printer and click Next.
  7. Choose Change the Firewall port settings to enable network connection and continue with the installation and click Next.
  8. Select Wireless Setup.
  9. Click No, then Next.
  10. Check the Checked and confirmed box and click Next.
  11. Choose Temporarily use a USB cable, and click Next.
  12. Connect the USB cable.
  13. Choose the printer and click Next.
  14. Select your Wi-Fi network and click Next.
  15. Enter the password, confirm the password, then click Next.
  16. Click Next, then next, then Finish.

Our guide continues below with additional information on the Brother hl-2270dw wireless setup, including pictures of these steps.

Two of the most important characteristics of a printer are the quality of its’ printouts and the speed at which each page is printed.

Brother’s line of laser printers offers both of these features, all for a relatively lower price than you will find with most other laser printers of this class.

The Brother HL2270DW steps up its level of convenience even more by offering a wireless feature in addition to the other laser printer benefits.

Some people might be intimidated by the prospects of a wireless printer, especially if they have ever encountered difficulty setting up a wireless router, but the wireless setup process for the Brother HL2270DW is very simple.

Additionally, once you have been able to set up wireless printing with the Brother HL2270DW on one computer, it is even easier to set the printer up with the rest of the computers in your home or office.

How to Complete a Wireless Setup for the Brother HL2270DW (Guide with Pictures)

The first thing to clarify when you are performing the wireless setup for this device is that your computer does not need to have wireless capabilities.

It simply needs to be connected to a network that has a wireless element. For example, I currently have this printer wirelessly connected to my desktop computer. The desktop computer does not have a wireless network card, but is connected to my wireless router using an ethernet cable.

The next point of clarification is that you will need a USB printer cable for the initial wireless setup of this device.

Since the printer does not have a way for you to manually input the settings for the wireless network, you will need to apply them to the printer from the computer.

Brother also does not include a USB cable with the printer, so you will either need to purchase one or, preferably, use the cable that was connecting your old, wired printer to your computer.

Begin the setup process by unpacking the printer from its packaging materials, then removing all of the stickers on the printer.

The toner cartridge is already in the printer, but you should take it out and shake it to reposition the toner inside. Replace the cartridge, then close the access door.

Connect the power cable to the back of the printer, then plug it in. Do NOT connect the USB cable yet. You will be prompted to do that later.

Turn on the printer, wait for it to boot up, then press the Go button on the top of the printer to print a test page.

Step 1: Insert the Brother installation disc into the disc drive on your computer, then click the Setup.exe option in the AutoPlay window.

If you do not have a disc drive or you have misplaced the installation disc, you can download the driver software from here.

Step 2: Click the HL-2270DW button at the bottom of the window.

install the brother hl2270dw print driver

Step 3: Click your preferred language from the list.

Step 4: Click the Install Printer Driver button at the top of the window. Click the Yes button to allow this program to make changes to your computer.

choose the correct version of the print driver

Step 5: Click the Yes button to accept the license agreement, click the Wireless Connection option, then click the Next button.

how to setup wireless printing with the brother hl 2270dw

Step 6: Check the Brother Peer-to-Peer Network Printer option, then click the Next button.

choose the peer to peer network printer option

Step 7: Choose the option to Change the Firewall port settings to enable network connection and continue with the installation, then click the Next button.

hl2270dw firewall settings

Step 8: Click the Wireless Setup option at the bottom of the window.

Note that when installing this printer on future computers, your printer will appear on this screen, and you will select it from the list.

Step 9: Click the No option at the center of the next window, then click Next.

click the no option

Step 10: Check the box to the left of Checked and confirmed, then click the Next button.

click checked and confirmed to proceed

Step 11: Check the Temporarily use a USB cable option, then click the Next button.

Step 12: Connect the USB cable from the back of your printer to your computer, then wait for the computer to recognize the printer.

Step 13: Click your Brother HL2270DW printer from the list of available devices, then click the Next button.

Step 14: Click your wireless network from the list, then click Next.

Step 15: Type your password into the Network Key field, retype it into the Confirm Network Key field, then click the Next button.

Step 16: Click Next, click Next again, then click Finish to complete the setup.

You can then disconnect the USB cable when prompted.

Now that you have completed the Brother hl-2270dw wireless setup, you will be able to print documents to this printer over your wireless network.

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