C306g PhotoSmart printing slow using wireless

Printer would print very slow to not at all when using wireless. Wired directly to my router it would perform as expected. I am using a Cisco Linksys E3000 N router with simultaneous Dual-band (2.4 & 5.0 GHz). Hp found the dual band was causing the issue. Found this printer will only operate under the 2.4 GHz. Had to disable the 5.0 GHZ to make the wireless function work. Also make sure the channel selection of the router is set to eleven (11). Channel default setting is six (6).
I do a lot of video streaming to multiple devices (TVs, Laptops, DVD players). This change did not seem to effect the performance of the other devices.

Hello , Welcome to the HP Community. I hope you have a pleasant experience here. I understand you are having an issue with slow printing on your HP Photosmart C6150 All-in-One printer. I'd love to help you with this. First, I'd like you to try printing a self test page again: HP Photosmart C6100 All-in-One Series - Printing the Self-Test Diagnostic Page If the test page printed in less than 60 seconds, then I would suggest following the steps here to troubleshoot the driver and settings on your computer:HP All-in-One Printers - Slow Printing in Windows: Computer Issues If the issue persists after these steps, I'd recommend replacing your USB cable (with a smaller one if it is over 6ft long). If the test page took longer that 60 seconds to print, then I would suggest following the steps here to troubleshoot an issue you may be having with the printer hardware:HP All-in-One Printers - Slow Printing in Windows: Hardware Issues Another thing I would suggest, if the printer is slow even from the printer, would be to make sure the printer is plugged directly into a wall outlet. The printer does have a power moderator built in, so when plugged into a power surge or battery backup, it can often not get enough power. Please respond to let me know if these steps help to resolve your issue!Have a great day.

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Is your printer in this list ?
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Photosmart C6150 printing slow even when using printer controls

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Hello , Welcome to the HP Community. I hope you have a pleasant experience here. I understand you are having an issue with slow printing on your HP Photosmart C6150 All-in-One printer. I'd love to help you with this. First, I'd like you to try printing a self test page again: HP Photosmart C6100 All-in-One Series - Printing the Self-Test Diagnostic Page If the test page printed in less than 60 seconds, then I would suggest following the steps here to troubleshoot the driver and settings on your computer:HP All-in-One Printers - Slow Printing in Windows: Computer Issues If the issue persists after these steps, I'd recommend replacing your USB cable (with a smaller one if it is over 6ft long). If the test page took longer that 60 seconds to print, then I would suggest following the steps here to troubleshoot an issue you may be having with the printer hardware:HP All-in-One Printers - Slow Printing in Windows: Hardware Issues Another thing I would suggest, if the printer is slow even from the printer, would be to make sure the printer is plugged directly into a wall outlet. The printer does have a power moderator built in, so when plugged into a power surge or battery backup, it can often not get enough power. Please respond to let me know if these steps help to resolve your issue!Have a great day.

How can i get my computer to print with a wireless HP envy4502 using an ATT sierra hotspot

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Hi kragan,
I understand you would like to print from your computer to your Envy 4502.
I can help you with this. You should be able to run the wireless wizard on the front screen of the printer and connect it to your Hotspot wirelessly. If you put your computer on the same network, both devices can communicate withe one another. HP Printers are designed to work with 802.11 WiFi networks, thus connecting to the Hotspot may not work.
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Please use the instructions in the link I sourced to set the printer up using wireless direct. Simply open the link and click on 'How to connect to HP wireless direct'.
Once the WD is enabled, open your network settings on your computer and choose the printer network, it will look like a variation of the printer name.
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Welcome to the HP Forums ButchG,
I see by your post that when printing with the photo gray cartridge the black cartridge will indicate that it has failed.
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I would do a power reset to see if that will resolve the issue.
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WARNING - this will delete ALL of your printers!
- Select the plus sign to re-add it. Look for the printer, select it and wait until the "Add" button becomes available. Click it.
Oh, and indeed this printer does have a USB port for connection directly to your computer. It does NOT have an Ethernet port for connection directly to your router.
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HI,
I do not have a "Devices and Printers" option when I click on the start, The only thing I have close to that is the "Settings" then the "Printers" option but that behaves nothing like you describe from step 2 onewards.
I did have a play with the printers though and tried to add a preinter manually. When I chose the option of the new printer to be wireless it found the printer and I was able to install a driver for it from the CD. So now I have the printer working..... BUT the HP 5510 family printer software still does not work, I still can not connect it to the printer and can not install the scanner.
If I run HP home diagnostics It still can not find the printer on the network. However (now that I have installed the printer manually) the HP printer diagnostics finds the printer straight away and tells me there are no problems with it!!.
This is a far from satifactory situation. I may have the printer working (not exactly sure how I managed this when the HP software still can not see it) but I have no scanner or access to the HP tools.
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