HP Officejet Pro 8100 Wireless Connectivity Issue

Hi, I've just purchased the HP Officejet Pro 8100 and have not been able to connect via wireless to the home network. I've tried connecting to 3 different routers and no success. Steps I took were as follows.
Steps:
1. Insert Driver CD
2. Install HP Driver Software
3. Follow on screen prompt for wireless connectivity
4. Was prompted to connect USB cord temporarily
5. Prompted to select SSID
6. Prompted to enter WPA Security Key
7. Screen saying your printer failed to join the following Wireless network.
8. Humored myself and read all the troubleshoots. No good.
9. Downloaded and Flashed new firmware to Printer. New Firmware installed. Still did not help.
*One thing to note: On the Failure to connect to Wireless network Error on Step #7 it says something about MAC address filtering and to enable the above MAC address. The funny thing is there is no MAC address supplied above. The field is blank. All that aside, MAC address is disabled in the first place anyway. Just wondering why the printer software doesn't know the printers own MAC address.
Attempted to setup printer on the following routers...
Router #1
Router: e4200
Local IP: 10.0.0.1
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
DHCP Range: 10.0.0.10 to 10.0.0.59
SSID: "Kosmos 2.4" and "Kosmos 5.0"       2.4ghz and 5ghz bands respectively
Channel Width: 20mhz or 40mhz
Wirless Mode: a/b/g/n
Security Mode: WPA or WPA2 Mixed Mode
Router #2
Router: EA4500
Similiar Setup as Router #1
Router #3
Router: 2wire 3801HGV
Local IP: 192.168.1.254
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
DHCP Range: 192.168.1.64 to 192.168.1.253
SSID: "u2"    *Eliminated Spaces in SSID
Wirless Mode: b/g
Security Mode: WPA2
If anyone could shed some light that would be great. Otherwise I guess ill be returning it very soon.

Now you know why you were unable to connect.
Absolutely. It should be broadcasting  its own SSID.
This link goes to a factory reset document for your printer.
is your printer still in warranty?
Best regards,
erico
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