Cant use by WLAN an USB Printer connected to Router

Hello, Please help my by solving this Problem. I have connected a USB Printer to a Router. The Router recognizes the Printer an shows a Connection. But I cant use the Printer from my MacBook Pro by IP over WLAN. Can somebody help?

Hi ColinR,
Looking at the specifications of your BT HomeHub 3 I see that it does not support MAC spooling. To test for sure we can try connecting the printer directly to your Mac which would prove that the printers network function along with the USB function are working.
We need to restore your network defaults. On page 129 of your User Guide it explains how to restore the network defaults
To reset the printer's network settings
1. Touch (right arrow), touch Setup, and then touch Network. Touch Restore
Network Defaults, and then touch Yes. A message appears stating that the network
defaults have been restored.
2. Touch (right arrow), touch Setup, touch Reports, and then touch Print Network
Configuration Page to print the network configuration page and verify that the
network settings have been reset.
Then follow these steps to connect your printer directly to your computer.
Put the computer on the printers network (temporary)
Click on the air port symbol on the top left side of the Mac screen
Choose the network that look relative to the printer (might say HP setup or some variation of the printer name)
Find the IP address on the test report we printed.
Open an internet browser (Safari) and enter the IP address into the URL (address bar).
Click on the network tab, on the left click on wireless or 802.11.
At this point we are looking for "start wizard" should be on the right hand side.
Once we have successful configured the printer for your network you can put your computer back on your network. Now you can add the printer to the system preferences and print.
Let me know how it goes.
Thank you,
I worked on behalf of HP.

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