Problems connecting new printer to wireless.

Having problems connecting HPb209a to wireless. Thanks

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I've recently just bought a HP Deskjet 2544 printer. I've installed the printer as per all the instructions, however when i tried to install this via the wireless it could not find the computer even though it was connected to the wireless in the house. Because of this problem, I was able to install via the USB cable.
Since installing I can print only via the USB cable. I've went back and tried to connect the computer and the printer via wireless and everything is telling me they are connected (i've ran a systems report and all the lights are on, on the printer), however I keep getting the same messafe "unable to connect to your computer".
Any ideas how to fix this, so that I can print wirelessley?
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Claire

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This past month I have been having problems connecting to my home wireless connection. Previously I had no problems whatsoever. I have tried unplugging the wireless router, turning off the wirless airport, deleting the network name from my list of server

This past month I have been having problems connecting to my home wireless connection. I have a MacBook Pro OSX Version 10.6.8. Previously I had no problems whatsoever. I have tried unplugging the wireless router, turning off the wirless airport, deleting the network name from my list of servers and trying to reconnect this way. These methods have worked temporarily, but the same problem keeps coming back. Most of the time my personal wireless connection does not even come up among the list of available networks. My fellow flatmates have PCs and both of them are able to connect to the network without problem.
The router is a d-link model DIR-615. I am not tech savy, so if any other information need to be provided in order to better understand my situation, please let me know.
Please help me!

If I open the list of networks in a window it says "connection timeout," but if I just select it from the drop down it tries for awhile and then stops with no prompt. When I try to run network diagnostics it says "sorry, we can't connect to the internet" (or some solution-free variation of that)

Problem with Dell Printer and Wireless Router

I have a new Linksys Wireless Router (3100) and it handles 3 laptops, PS3 fine. But I have a Dell 715w network printer (also new). I have it set up on the network, and it works fine upon setup. The problem is the printer does not work all the time. Sometimes I can get an error message, sometimes it says it is busy, and other times it literally takes a long time to load and then does not print. I usually can get it to work again by rebooting and turning off the router and printer and laptops, but this hit or miss is very annoying and I never know when it will do this again, usually after a week or two. I wonder if the problem is that the 3 laptops all have different OS - XP, Vista and Windows 7. Dell tech support won't help as they say they don't support routers, but I am wondering whether the problem is ina s etting or if this printer is malfunctioning. any help would be appreciated

Yes. You have to key-in the IP address to the printer.
Basically, if the printer is set to obtain IP address from the router, it will be provided with a random IP or any IP available for the next device that will connect, on this issue, your printer. So there's no permanent IP address for the printer, making it a little hard to find at times. Compare it with the a static IP, your computer can easily map it since it doesn't change.

I suddenly can't connect to printer on wireless home network.

I have an Officjet Pro L7680 and we just had a new cable company installation in our house. We have 1 desktop and 2 laptops. All three share this printer and we had no problems. Since the install, 1 laptop won't connect to the printer. The cable co. tech support was not able or willing to help, saying it's not their fault. I get a message that the printer is offline, when the other computers have no problem printing.
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On the problem computer, go to Control Panel > Printers and delete all instances of the printer.
Next, print a Wireless Network Test from the front of the printer (Network menu). Note the printer's IP address.
1. Make sure the printer is turned on and connected to your network. Verify that you can access the printer's internal web page by browsing to its IP address before continuing.
2. Click >> Start >> Control panel >> Printers.
3. Click the Add a printer
4. Select Local printer
5. Select Create a new port and select Standard TCP/IP Port and click Next button.
6. Under Device type, select TCP/IP Device. Under Hostname or IP address, enter the printer's IP address. Click Next.
7. Select Hewlett-Packard from the list of manufacturers and select and select your printer model. Click Next.
If your printer model was not listed, then select Have Disk, browse the HP CD that came with your printer and select the first file that starts with hp and ends with inf. Click Open then OK. Select your printer model. Click Next.
8. If you are asked, use the currently installed driver.
9. It will ask for the Printer name -- enter a new name or use the existing one. This will be the name of the printer that you select from other applications.
10. You may be asked to share the printer. Choose NO.
11. The Print Test Page box appears. Go ahead and print it.
12. Click Finish.
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Problem connecting Canon Pixma IP5200R wirelessly

Hello
My problem is this: I have successfully set up my IP5200R printer to print wirelessly in conjunction with my iMac and Airport Extreme. However, if I temporarily 'switch off' the network's WEP protection which I have to do from time to time to allow a pesky laptop PC to use the wireless network, when I later reactivate the WEP protection the printer is no longer detected and I get an error 306 when I try to print anything. I then have to reinstall the printer using the USB cable to get it back on the wireless network which is very annoying. Is it possible to toggle between WEP off and WEP on without having to reinstall the printer each time?
Many thanks, and apologies for any clumsy descriptive terms used to describe this problem. I hope you get the general idea!

Modesto:
I have a Pixma 800 and I assume setting up yours is the same as mine. You have to connect the printer to the computer via USB cable directly and set it up wired with the setup disc that came with the printer. After you've done this disconnect the USB cable from the computer and connect it to the USB port of your router. In my case, it is the Airport Extreme station. I'm not sure after this but I would go to System Preferences under the Apple and then click on printer and Fax. If you do not find the printer there, click on the "+" and after a time, the printer should show up because the printer driver has been downloaded. I don't know if your printer driver has been downloaded with the Apple OS software. Then click on the Pixma 800 which should show up and then click add. I'm not sure about the rest but you must first make a direct USB connection between the printer and the computer. I hope this starts you on the way.

I cannot find the 'WPA passphrase' to connect my printer via wireless and cannot find it in Airport utility (MAC says it cannot find any open airports)

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I browsed similar questions and saw that someone recommended going to the Airport Utility and then selecting manual set up or something- anyways, it could not find any airports. I have brought my printer from my house as my BF's has died - this is the first time it's asked for a WPA passphrase. We tried a very long series of capital letters and numbers as well as the password for the internet and both times the printer said "invalid passphrase"..... ......

Airport Utility is for administration of genuine Apple Base Stations. If you have a different Brand, Airport Utility can do nothing for you.
I think they're using ethernet.
To connect a Printer via Ethernet, no password is needed.
We already tried the password for the internet and that did not work...
If a password is required to connect to the Internet, then WiFi is likley being used, and that WiFi password is the one needed for the Printer connect wirelessly as well.
What make&model Printer? Is it indeed a Wireless Printer? Most connect via USB, but that would force it to use a specific computer to assist in printing.

Problems connecting a Officejet 7310 wirelessly and via ethernet cable

My printer (a Officejet 7310) is connected to two PC's via a router and ethernet cable. I now wish to install a laptop as well.
I know the lap top is communicating with the router wirelessly, but I cannot get the laptop to recognise that there is a printer installed.
I have tried connecting the printer directly (via an Ethernet cable) to the laptop and this works fine. I have downloaded the latest software for the 7310 and utilised both options (wireless and cable).
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OK, great, I have a much better understanding now. Thanks.
Do you have an antivirus program? Does it have a firewall? If so, disable it to test.
Print a network test from the front of the printer to obtain its IP address. Type that IP address into a browser to see if you can contact the printer.
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Connecting new printer to laptop by wireless network

Followed the installation procedure from HP laptop with successful diagnostic results but could not get it to work from 'print' instruction from laptop.Checking the computer settings it shows an HPenvy 5530 driver (offline) with my two jobs requested today in a queue.Where have I gone wrong?

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OK, good this will be easy.
Press and hold the Wireless button on the printer for more than 3 seconds to start WPS push
mode. The Wireless status light starts blinking.
Press the WPS button on your router within 2 minutes of pressing the button on the printer. The WPS button is the middle one on the front of the router.
Give them a couple of minutes to communicate with each other, then the printer should be connected.
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Connecting to printer via wireless network

I have a hp photosmart 7760 connected to my main PC, which is connected to my home network. That PC is running Windows XP. I just bought a new laptop running vista 64 bit.
When I try to connect, it tells me I do not have the correct driver installed. I downloaded and installed the vista 64 bit driver from the internet but it still doesn't work.
What's work????? Now I'm wondering if I have to install that driver on my main PC....and if so, will that mess up my ability to print from that PC?
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I found a response from Microsoft Answers on how to fix this problem. I haven't tried it yet but I think it will work.
Problems printing from a 64-bit Vista PC to a printer connected to an XP PC
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistahardware/thread/e5ecc93d-fd91-403c-93a0-c3792b...

Unable to connect to printer through wireless connect

Folks,
I hope someone can help me.
I have a Dell 3110cn printer on my wired network, works great with both MacBook (with Leopard) and windows through wired network.
Problem begins when my MacBook (with Leopard) is connected to my wireless network then it will not even ping the printer ip address. I am able to access other shared folders on my wireless network.
Please guide me if I am doing something wrong. Wireless router is a Dlink DI-524 with WEP 64bit encryption.

Please ignore this question, the problem was in a setting within the printer.
I always thought that it was the leopard wireless problem to blame.

Printing problems with new printer

I printed out two different InDesign documents last week with my ailing Epson R260 inkjet printer and everything printed fine (with the exception of the printer head problems with the R260).
I purchased and installed a new Epson Artisan 50 (which is supposedly the successor to the R260) today, and when I print out the same documents the images and text are reduced in size by about 1/3 and part of the page is not printing. I have made no changes to the InDesign files so I don't understand why I am having this problem. Hope someone can help.

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Problems connecting 2 computers to wireless network at the same time

Switched to Mac 2 weeks ago and will never go back!!!!!
Having a slight problem with my home wireless network.. I am running Leopard 10.5.1 and my wife has Vista... For some reason we cannot connect to our wireless network unless one of the other computers is on and connected.. Example: I just opened my Macbook and it showed that I was connected.. However, I could not get any access to the internet without first turning my wifes computer on and connecting.. The same happens when my wife tries to get online.. Her laptop will not connect unless mine is connected first.. It is rather strange.. The last one on the internet is the only one with access unless the other computer is connected.. I am not sure if this is a problem with the router or a compatibility issue with Microsoft and Apple.. If anyone could help it would be highly appreciated as it is quite frustrating that when I want to connect to our network I must connect my wifes computer first.. and vice versa for her.. Can anyone help? We use a Belkin wireless router...

For $50 or so you could get a Linksys WRT54G and not have the headaches. It cannot be an issue with the computers so by default it is the router. Get a better one.
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Can't connect new MacBook to wireless internet

Just bought a MacBook, but I can't get it to connect to the internet over my wireless network. It picks up the signal, I typed in the password, and Internet Connect says that I am connected. But when I open Safari it just tells me I am not connected. Then it tells me to run Network diagnostics (ISP, INternet, and Server all say 'failed'), then Network Setup assistant. I follow those steps and inevitably it tells me "unable to establish a network connection).
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I have been having a slightly different problems with my MB and the built-in wireless. On my home network I have had 4 different Windows laptops connected over the last few years and each and every time they find the network and connect no problem. With the MB it connected first time via WPA and all was well. However after about 2 weeks for no apparent reason it dropped the connection and no matter what I did it would not find the wireless network again.
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This has now happened 3 times with it working without a problem for 2-3 weeks and then just losing the connection. Generally if I switch it off and wait until the next day it all works again but as I am going to be travelling soon I need a reliable machine that connects each and every time. Guess it will be a Windows laptop then as I'm totally lost as to what to do with the MB.

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