HP Officejet Pro 8100 - AirPrint - wireless

My HP Officejet Pro 8100 had been working just fine with AirPrint, but then I changed my wireless router and I've forgotten how the printer was configured originally.
I only use the 8100 with my apple iPhone 4S, it's not connected to any computer and I'm sure it was never connected to any computer when I originally installed it.
Question is : how do I set it all up again from scratch? There's no 'set up' screen on the printer, so how is it done?
I 'know' the printer has to 'connect' to my wireless router but how is it done without a computer connected ?
My router is a BT Homehub4, and it works fine with my iPhone and ipad.
Thanks in advance for advice - I have searched for info, but everything seems to point to a need to have a computer physically connected but I'm sure this wasn't the case originally - just switch on and AirPlay worked!
Maybe I need to 'somehow' uninstall airplay on my iPhone?
HELP!
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Well, I'm going round in circles now....
I press the WPS button on the BT Homehub 4 and a red colour icon on the front of the hub comes on and flashes for a few minutes.
Meanwhile on the printer the blue wifi icon just flashes on and off.
By pressing two buttons on the printer I've printed out a "HP Network Configuration page " which says WPS PIN (and a series of numbers) 'good for 5 minutes, blah blah blah'.
Further down the sheet it does show the router listed with info - channel, privacy RSN WPA-PSK, encrypt AES/TKIP, signal -62, WPS Yes.
But still no AirPrint print - and wireless status says 'disconnected', communication mode 'infrastructure', Network name (SSID) hpsetup.
Blimey, this ain't easy is it!
What next????
Steve.

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