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Graham Jupp1

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September 22nd, 2013 18:00

V525w - Cant see wifi networked PC from printer when scanning

Have had my V525w printer for about a year but have only just installed it. Running Windows 8 with a wifi network.

Im having problems getting the printer to see my PC when I attempt to scan directly to it.

On the printer I click Scan, however when I move down to select "computer"  Im just seeing an icon that says "No computer found".

If I connect it via USB I can see it as a USB connected computer and scan to it ok that way, but I want to be able to scan direct from the printer to PC over wifi.

Can anyone using this printer on wifi please confirm that they can see their PC from the printer's "Computer" menu item as a wifi connected PC?

I was able to set up a profile and it will scan across wifi that way, but I really want to be able to make the scanning selections direct from the printer. Initially the profiles seemed to be "single use" only in that they didnt seem to save and would be wiped every time I went back to the home on the printer. So I went into settings and made sure that Demo was off as I suspected this may have been why they were not saving, it was already set to off but I turned it off again anyway just in case, Profiles now seem to save ok.

Also, I would like to be able to scan an image directly to an application like I was able to easily do with my older Dell printer, but I have not been able to find out how to set this up for the v525w.

  • PudgyOne

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    Posted September 23rd, 2013 02:00

    Graham Jupp,

    If the WiFi light on the printer shows it's connected to your network, then try these tweaks...

    Start, control panel, device manager.

    Go to the USB Controller section and click the + sign.

    Go to each USB Root Hub and right click on it, left click properties, left click power management. Uncheck the box, allow computer to turn off this device to save power.

    Restart your computer.

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    Start, control panel, device manager. Click on Network and then right click on your wireless adapter, left click properties, power management. Uncheck the box, allow computer to turn off this device to save power.

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    Rick