OfficeJet 6500A Printer appears to have ethernet disabled - port is blocked with yellow plug.

Hi, I bought an OfficeJet 6500A Plus around a year ago and have been using it with variable success using wireless internet. I thought it might help to connect it using wired ethernet, but I've just discovered that the ethernet port is blocked by a yellow plug.
From the documentation I've found online, this ought to be enabled, so I can't understand why it is not - can anybody explain what's going on?
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That is a shipping plug, just remove the plug and you will be able to attach the ethernet cable.
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