HP Deskjet Printer has stopped connecting wirelessly?

My HP Dekjest 3050 printer has been working perfectly well for approximately one year.  it has suddenly decided it cannot locate my home wireless network?!  The blue 'wireless' light is flashing slowly and on the HP support website the solution is to move the device closer to the router.  I have done this but to no avail.  When I connect manually through a USB connection it is fine so the printer is working, but the wireless function has come to a grinding halt.  
If I can find a solution it would be great (or someone I can talk to who can help me)?
Many thanks

Hello Steve,
Thanks for the feedback, if the printer is reporting a WPS error, then your printer is attempting to connect itselves to your router using the Wireless Protected setup, this can be via either a button press on your router (if supported by your router) or via a PIN code generated by the router you got.
I would try to cancel this or disable the attempt to connect it via the WPS setup and try to config the settings via USB cable or with the Wizard wireless setup (if available in your printer). This would make it easier if the WPS is not a option, the way I see it, is that at the time being, your printer is in a loop and attempt to keep reconnecting and if not supported, then it will keep failing.
If you can not cancel this loop then a reset might be required, in this case I would recommend to contact your local HP support so that they can execute a reset and reset it all to default settings, from there on they can assist you with the install and reconfig of your printer.
Hope it helps!
Kind regards,
van Baardewijk

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