In general, using your printer with a wireless connection will be slower than using it with a wired connection.

You can use a LAN or USB cable for a wired connection.

Any of the following information about wireless connections can help increase the printing or scanning speed over your wireless network.
  • If you are on a wireless channel with a lot of traffic, and if you are not on one of the 802.11 Wi-Fi standard recommended wireless channels (1, 6, or 11 for best channel frequency spread), try switching the channel of your wireless router.
  • Point your router's antennas away from power cords and other computer wires.
  • Make sure your printer is not too close to your computer.
  • When your printer is connected, make sure it is not too far from the wireless router. Although your printer's 802.11g Wi-Fi radio can support a range of up to 120 ft, for optimum performance, keep your printer 15 to 30 ft from your wireless router.
  • Slow wireless printer performance can be caused by interference from:
    • other 2.4 GHz wireless devices, including:
      • baby monitors
      • wireless routers
      • wireless game controllers
      • wireless voice headsets and speakers
      • video and audio streaming
      • microwave ovens
      • cordless phones - 2.4 GHz phones will cause the most interference for 802.11 Wi-Fi networks. If these phones are on and are in the same room as your router, you will experience performance issues.
    • metal racks and walls in line of sight between your router and printer
From the printer control panel menu:
  • Check that the wireless signal strength bars show a good signal level and are not changing erratically. (Press Cancel to view the menu if necessary.)
  • Check that the Wi-Fi Status light on your printer control panel illuminates blue continuously. If the Wi-Fi Status light occasionally blinks rather than continuously illuminates, or the AiO Status Monitor on your computer changes erratically from Ready to Printer not responding, you might have a signal drop.