Hello. My husband and I recently purchased a Samsung CLP-325 Colour Printer to use for both of our computers. He wanted to create a printer where we can both print from our separate computers. However, mine often states that the printer is Offline, and therefore won't print. Aagh!!! How do I get it back online, without plugging the computer into my computer? Thanks for any help you can give me. Dina

Hi Dina,

Is the printer directly connected to your husband's computer?

If so your husband's computer MUST be switched on AND connected to the network. Depending on your settings your husband's computer may have to be logged in, for it to be 'connected to the network'

Also power saving could be causing you problems. I.e. your husbands machine may be going into 'sleep' mode when not in use. You can adjust the 'power saving' options from control panel (on your husband's machine) to prevent the computer going off-network and therefore setting your printer 'off-line'

Hope this helps.

Please take the time to rate this answer. Many Thanks Don.

IT IS A VERY COMMON Problem with this priter to go offline after it goes into sleep mode. I JUST got this printer a couple of days ago, and read NUMEROUS reviews and forum posts about this printer Doing this, and sure enough mine does it too.
I am a IT Manager and have tried many different network setups, but to no avail.

What happens once this printer goes to sleep, for about 10 minutes or up to 1 hour, it will constantly go offline, and you have to restart it to go back online again.

Sort of defeats the purppose of Wi-Fi unless you sit right next to it, but then you would mot need WIFI

This is a COMMON issue with the printer, that Samsung has not dealt with yet and even with its own static IP address, it will still Fail

Thanks

Hi

You don't say which Operating System you use, so my answer will be presented in general, Windows terms. If yours is a non-Windows Operating System and my answer seems to be of some relevance to you, please consider applying the logic and principles involved here to your own Operating System and, if in doubt, please feel free to add a Comment or Clarification to this Question. Please include information about the type, model and specification of your Computers and their Operating Systems. Doing so helps us perform faster, more accurate, more assured and insightful Remote Diagnostics of computer-related issues leading to better quality and more useful Advice, Answers, Guidelines , How-Tos and Solutions.

You also offer no description of how each computer is currently connected to the printer. This would have been a very useful insight in helping me shape a solution for you.

Good News first. The printer is a good, sturdy, reliable printer with excellent print quality, impressive printing speeds an excellent reputation in the marketplace and will, I feel certain, serve both of you well for many, many years

Now just a little touch of Bad (but not too bad) news. Regrettably, this is not the ideal printer for the situation you describe. Had you sought my advice before the deal was done, I would have advised you to buy the model you can see here (please click on the link below):

http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/print-solutions/print-solutions/colour-printers/CLP-325W/SEE

The two printers are virtually indistinguishable in terms of performance, reliability and durability but with one crucial difference. The one you have was actually designed to be used by a single computer, whereas, the one I would have recommended prints wirelessly and would have comfortably served 2 or even more computers.

I don't know if either or both of the two computers you mention (is a) are laptop(s), whose wireless function would work seamlessly with a Wireless printer. However, even if both yours and your husband's computers are Desktops, all that would have been required would be a pair (if you don't already have them) of inexpensive Wireless USB Adapters to plug into the backs of the Desktops to transform your setup into a fully Wireless Network. Please have a look at this:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_22?field-keywords=wireless+print+servers&url=search-alias%3Daps&sprefix=wireless+print+servers#/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_21?field-keywords=wireless+usb+print+server&url=search-alias%3Daps&sprefix=wireless+usb+print+se&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Awireless+usb+print+server

Also, this:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_22?field-keywords=wireless+print+servers&url=search-alias%3Daps&sprefix=wireless+print+servers#/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_17?field-keywords=wireless+usb+adapter&url=search-alias%3Daps&sprefix=wireless+usb+adap&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Awireless+usb+adapter

Now back to some more positive news. If you either have or can get 2 Wireless USB Adapters for some or other combination of Desktop and Laptop Computers it is still possible to create (if you have not already done so) an artificial Wireless Printing Setup, by connecting the printer to the Wireless Router which I assume you have for Internet Access. This requires USB/Ethernet Cable Adapters or a USB/Ethernet Hub to link the Printer to the Router.

Now, the reason why you sometimes get a lag in response from the Printer at your Computer comes back to my previous point that the Printer was really designed to serve a single Computer. Printers have a small built-in Memory Cache in which they can store several pages of printing information and several stages of user instructions, ahead of what they are printing and doing in Real Time. So when the poor Printer has 2 sets printing information plus 2 sets of user instructions to contend with, it's only natural that it occasionally gets slightly overwhelmed. After all, Printers designed with a Single Computer environment in mind (like the one you have) need and have smaller such Memory Caches than true Wireless Printers which are designed with a multi-computer environment in mind and can therefore handle the workload with a greater degree of efficiency.

I hope this helps.

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Connect the printer to any one computer and share it . After that you can map the printer to the other system to take print from both the systems. In this case the system to which the printer is connected must be on to take print from other system, to make it onlne
control--> printer and faxes --> open the installed printer--> go to printer menu uncheck the work offline