Connecting a wireless printer to my Airport Extreme

I recently had to reset my network and base station passwords on my Airport Extreme.  Before this my printer was working fine and connected to the network without an issue.  After I changed the passwords I tried to connect the printer again.  it found the network and I entered the new password and received an error message on the printer saying the passkey was invalid.  My printer is in such a location that I cannot easily connect it to the Etreme with a USB.  Any idea what I need to do?
Thanks 
Cherish

Hi Cherish53812,
Welcome to the HP Support Forums! I understand you have recently changed the password for your network and when trying to get your printer connected you are getting an error that it is the wrong password. Have you tried accessing your Keychain on the Mac to make sure the password you are inputting is identical, even one wrong character or capatilized letter can cause the connection to fail. Take a look below at accessing your Keychain passwords:
How to manage passwords with Keychain Access
Also make sure you did not change the encryption type, you need to make sure these match as well for a successful connection. So if you have your Airport Extreme on a WPA encryption, you need to make sure you are selecting that type when trying to connect.
Please let me know the Exact model of HP Printer you are using as well as your current Mac OS X? I will watch for your reply.
Thanks,
HevnLgh
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