HP Photosmart Plus B209 a-m -Work VPN & Home Wireless Network

Hi,
I'm hoping someone can help me with an issue I'm having with my HP B209am. I'm trying to print wireless from my laptop but it seems when I'm connected to the my work VPN, it can't find the printer. Does anyone know how to correct this issue? Once I disconnect from the work VPN, I can print without any issues.
Thanks

Hi,
This is an expected behaviour.
Follow the Causes section below:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&dlc=en&docname=c02790693&lc=en&product=3777182&tmp...
You may check with your local IT for any applicable VPN setting as VPN tunneling, this is only related with your network structure and many VPNs does not provide such functionality... in most cases you will have to disconnect from any VPN in order to use a local device as a printer.
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Shlomi
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