Learn How To Connect The RICOH Ri 1000 To WiFi

Recently we posted an article with instructions on How to Connect the RICOH Ri 1000 to Ethernet. Shortly after posting, one of our followers Joel Lapinski commented that he was able to connect his Ri 1000 to his computer with WiFi. So we asked him to write up the detailed instructions so we could share with our readers. Thank you Joel for putting this together for the Ri 1000 community!

If you are just starting out with your printer we highly recommend starting out with a hard wired connection to your computer using the Ethernet connection instruction before jumping into this. Although the instructions are very detailed and tested by Joel to work, you may need some experience with setting up a wifi system or have someone that can help you. With that disclaimer out of the way, let’s jump into Joel’s instructions!

This will allow the RICOH Ri 1000 to be placed anywhere there are power outlets and eliminates running cable making it wifi capable. There are several ways this can be done and depends on the scale of your business or how many printers and cost. I went with the low-cost route since I am only connecting a single Ri 1000.

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There are many good brands of networking gear that you can choose from that do the same thing, but I went with TP-Link. I stayed with one brand because there are some features you get staying with one brand (for instance there is an app that can control both devices from my phone and setup is a little easier since the user interface is the same).

I am assuming that you have a separate modem or a combined WiFi router and modem already connected to the internet. NOTE: If you rent a WiFi router/modem from an Internet Service Provider (for example Spectrum and Brighthouse), many ISPs will lock their WiFi router/modems from accessing the network settings within the router. If this is the case, you will have to research what modem will be compatible with your ISP. You need to have access to the router’s network settings. I went with a separate modem and WiFi router for two reasons: 1. If either the router or the modem fails, one unit can be replaced without affecting the other; 2. If you change ISPs and your current modem is not compatible, you just change the modem only. I went with the Netgear CM600 that was compatible with my ISP.