In Finder, under SHARED, I see "hpp78acc06244"... would that be my printer or could it be someone trying to access my computer remotely?

That would most likely be your printer.
If your HP printer has a SD card reader built in, that is the "shared" network device.
Select the hpp78acc06244 and it'll look something like this:

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