wireless printer - entering WPA - is there a quicker way?

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Published on 2012-11-02T09:09:16Z Indexed on 2012/11/02 11:04 UTC
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I have a wireless printer (Brother DCP-585CW). The wireless setup instruction says I should enter the WPA key to the printer. The key is entered using up and down buttons on the printer.

So, I am supposed to enter 64 characters using up and down buttons. To enter 1 character, it takes on average (24+10)/2 = 17 times pressing the button (digits start after 24 letters). So 17*64 = 1088 times.

Is there a quicker way to setup a wireless printer? Maybe there is a Windows program that discovers printers connected to computer through USB or Ethernet (my printer has both sockets) and allows to pre-configure it for wireless usage (enter the long WPA key)?

Update There is BRAdmin program and it allows to set up almost all wireless settings... almost - all except WPA :(

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