Officejet Pro 8600 wireless communication has been disabled

"wireless communication has been disabled"---- on my office jet pro 8600. It says this on my printer screen. Please contact system admin. I can not wireless print from my laptop. I have to be plugged in by Ethernet to do it. Please help me set up my wireless feature. I have called twice and they told me its my computer. I'm running windows 7 and i just restored it to factory settings and have done all the necessary update and still same thing is stated. "wireless communication has been disabled" its on the printer screen when i try to connect. This printer is 3 weeks old. I was able to print one document using wireless function. Than next day i get the error message "wireless communication has been disabled"

Hello @ckilburg , welcome to the community
I read about the troubles you are having with setting up your Officejet 8600 on your wireless network, and I have some ideas that may help you.
1. Restore the Network Defaults (On the printer select Setup, Network Menu, Restore Network Defaults, Yes, Restart the printer).
2. Run the Wireless Setup Wizard from the front of the printer again from the same Network Menu.
3. Once the printer is connected back to the network, assign a static IP to stabilize the wireless communication. This guide has the instructions on how to do that: Printer Does Not Maintain Wireless Connection
Good luck
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