Unabable to connect C 7280 printer to computer pavillond6

cannot connnect wireless network to photosmart 7280. Went through all , set up and support topics.Prints out internal nework statements. Did install Window 7 ultimate drivers and Office home and student 2010

Sorry that you are having a problem with the printer connecting wireless.
Are you receiving an error message?
What happens when you connect wireless?
Have you tried connecting USB, and then converting USB to wireless?
**Click the KUDOS star on the left to say 'Thanks'**
Please mark a reply "ACCEPTED AS SOLUTION" if it solved your problem, so others can find it.

Similar Messages

Can't establish wireless connection between the printer and computer.

I recently upgraded my wireless to an Apple AirPort Time Capsule. I'm able to set up the printer via USB cable. And I'm able to set up the printer on the network via the Airport WPA utility. However I cannot establish a wireless connection between the computer and the printer. When I go to the printers window in my system prefereces, there is no wireless printer available to add in the "available printers" menu. Only the USB version printer is listed and of course when I disconnect the USB cable it shows as offline.I've tried all the fixes on HP's support pages. I've tried reinstalling the printer on both the router and the computer numerous times. The only thing I haven't done is reinstall the printer using the "Install Wizard" software that is supposed to come with the printer - (mine never came with it in the first place and of course HP doesn't have it available for download). And when I reset the printer to factory settings, then connect it to the computer via the USB, there is no installation software that pops up. Cant even find the **bleep** thing in "Finder". (I'm assuming that it should show up as some sort of external device.) I've checked to make sure both computer and printer are on the same network. (sometimes my computer will grab a connection with the next nearest network.) I've checked all the settings for the printer via the HTML configuration utility. I've even updated my Macbook software and restarted it multiple times. Note: the printer actually worked for a bit when I first switched routers, but the printer's wireless function went offline several times and then quit altogether. Really frustrated that I bought another HP product thinking this time things would be different. HP is no help unless you want to pay $$ for a phone call. I'm about ready to take this thing out in the desert to use for target practice and never buy another HP product ever again.

Hi , I saw your post regarding the problems you are having with your LaserJet Pro P1102w Printer not showing on your Macintosh computer. I may have found some resources for you.
I have a few questions for you, so I can offer some additional assistance:Before you upgraded to the Apple AirPort Time Capsule, was the printer working wirelessly without any issues?
When you say; 'I reset the printer to factory settings', how where you trying to do this?
I found some instructions from this post: How do I reset my Laserjet p1102w to its defaults, copied here for you:
To restore the printer back to factory settings, turn the printer off, hold down the wireless button and the cancel button (x button) then turn the printer back on and don't release the two buttons until the printer stops making noise. (When they say turn the printer off, I think they mean unplug the power cable.)
"I've checked to make sure both computer and printer are on the same network." Do you know if you are able to access the printers Embedded Web Server (EWS)?To access the EWS - Make sure that the Ready light () is on and that the printer is idle and silent.Press and hold the Cancel button (), and release it when the Ready light () begins blinking.The configuration page prints.Type the IP address or host name of the product in the address field of a supported Web browser, and then press Enter on your keyboardLet me know if this page loads
To answer a few more items you have listed:... When I go to the printers window in my system preferences, there is no wireless printer available to add in the "available printers" menu.This could be an issue with your print system, I recommend resetting the printing system and then Repair Disk Permissions - after that try to add the printer again.
... the "Install Wizard" software that is supposed to come with the printer - (mine never came with it in the first place and of course HP doesn't have it available for download)HP provides their software/drivers to Apple to be released through your Apple software updates. You can review this document on how to Install a Mac Printer Driver Using Apple Software Update. Which leads into your next point...
... there is no installation software that pops upWhen you connect the USB cable your mac may still recognize the printer software as being already installed - check for apple updatesOn the Mac, click the Apple menu (), and then click Software Update, or click About this Mac, and then click Software Update. A list of available updates displays.
... Not seeing the printer in "Finder" From what I understand most printers will not show in Finder unless you install a memory card into a supported port on certain printer models, only then will it read it like an external device. A few more things you can check are that the new settings in the Apple AirPort Time Capsule are setup to allow the printer to communicate. There are several of these settings listed in this document; Tips and Workarounds for Common Wireless Network Printer Issues. HP regularly releases firmware updates that may also correct the problem you are experiencing. You can click on this link to Getting Printer Updates for HP LaserJet Pro P1102w Printer. I did find 2 more documents that may offer some additional information as well;HP LaserJet Pro P1102w Printer - Connecting the Printer After Changing Your Wireless NetworkAn 'Unable to Find Printer' Error Displays for the HP LaserJet Pro P1102w Printer Please let me know if any of these steps resolved your issue, or the details of what happened. I look forward to hearing from you, hopefully with good news! Thanks,

Can you print from an iPad 2 using 3G in a home with no computer or wifi by using an iPhone 5 hot spot connection if the printer has been set up in another place with live wifi? I know this question is loaded but my dad lives in a rural area

Can you print from an iPad 2 using 3G in a home with no other computer or wifi by using an iPhone 5 hot spot connection if the printer has been set up in another place with live wifi? I know this question is loaded but my dad lives in a rural area and is wanting a printer to use occasionally. He doesn't want to deal with a computer and I keep his iPad updated for him at my home. Please shed some light on this for us PLEASE. Thanks

In that case, it should be possible. I haven't tried this directly, but I believe it should work.
You'll need to get an actual AirPrint compatible Printer.
Check here for a list of Printers you can choose from.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4356
Once you have the compatible printer, using the Hotspot feature from the iPhone he'll have to create the Wifi bubble form the iPhone, and connect the Printer to that Wifi network.
Then connect the iPad to that same Wifi network provided by the iPhone. When all that is done, the printer should appear in any of the Apps that can Print under the Action Arrow button.
For instance in email, pressing the action arrow should show a Print option. In there the printer should appear.
Alternatively you can simply buy a wireless router and setup the network through there even if there is no internet attached. Connect the wireless printer to the router network, and connect the iPad or iPhone to that same wifi network to print.

HP office jet 4620 has good wi-fi connection but, cannot print directly .via my computer?

I have spent 2 full days trying to print from my computer (also wi-fi enabled) through to my HP Officejet 4620.
I have had splendid downloads from HP trying to sort the problem but no luck so far.
I have windows Vista and my computer is a faithful old Toshiba Satelite L300 and, I have not connected to a printer before on this computer. To enable the printer to engage with my wi-fi rovider was easy and successful. It prints test papers great.
Any help would be so appreciated.
moneypenny

Hello missmoneypenny,
Welcome to the HP Support Forums!
I see that you are unable to print over a wireless network with the Officejet 4620 with a Windows Vista computer. When you try to print, what happens? Is there an error, is the printer not found, does the software not install, etc?
Have you tried the Print and Scan Dr, if not, run it and let me know the results.
Regards,
JERENDS
I work on behalf of HP
Please click “Accept as Solution” if you feel my post solved your issue, it will help others find the solution.
Click the “Kudos Thumbs Up" to the left of the reply button to say “Thanks” for helping!

Need cord to connect printer to computer

Hi,
My question is simple. I moved and cant locate my cord to connect my printer to computer and i need to scan things asap! I want to just order a replacement online. can you tell me what cord i need for my hp envy 4500? thanks.

Hi,
Could you please refer the following link for the further information,
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware/HP-Laptop-Power-Cord-Safety-Recall-and-Replacement/m-...
I work for HP. I am speaking for myself and not for HP.
Say thanks by clicking the Kudos Thumbs Up in the post.
If my post resolved your problem, please mark it as an Accepted Solution

The computer is connected to the printer but the printer says its offline so it won't print. how do i turn the printer online?, the computer is connected to the printer but the printer says its offline so it won't print. how do i turn the printer online?

the computer is connected to the printer but the printer says it is offline. how do i turn the printer online?

All I know is that you have some kind of MacBook.
Not enough to frame a question, let alone an answer

Loss of printer and computer connection

I have an imac 10.6.8 and an HP photosmart estation and I have not had any problems with connectivity between the printer and the computer until recently when I received an error message stating that some of the printer software had been deleted. At that point, I uninstalled the softeware and reinstalled it, but it did not solve the connectivity issue. I know that the printer works fine because I am able to air print from my ipad. Next, I posted on the HP forum and was instructed to do a hard reset control-option-command and uninstall the software and then reinstall, but that didn't work either. I have also read the articles on the apple site about adjusting settings under the preferances tab, but that didn't work either. Help! I don't know what else I can do.

Hello shirlyn1,
Since you are able to print from your iPad, but not from your iMac. Can you please tell me if you are getting a specific error message when trying to print from the iMac?
I would just to reset the print system of the Mac. I have included the document 'Mac OS X: How to reset the printing system' http://bit.ly/1gYbCLS. This will delete all the printers listed in the print queue. After the reset has completed, please close down the windows that are open.
Next you will need to complete a verify and repair of the disk permissions. I have included the document 'Disk Utility 12.x: Repair disk permissions' http://bit.ly/1bjFnnP. After the repair disk permissions has been completed, please restart the Mac.
When the Mac is back up, you will need to re-add the printer. I have included the stpes below for this.
1. Click on the Apple Icon
2. Click on System Preferences
3. Click on Print & Fax
4. Click on the Plus sign in the bottom left corner
5. Click on your Printer
6. Click on the Add button
Next you will need to open the HP Utility. This can either be found on the dock, or in the application folder, and in the Hewlett-Packard folder. Try printing one of the test pages. Are you able to print the test page from the HP Utility? Are you able to print another document on from your Mac.
Thank you
I work on behalf of HP

After setting printer up, computer can't connect

I have a network printer (HP Deskjet 6127 with Ethernet) connect to an Airport Extreme. I set up the printer on my Mini (10.6.8) connected wirelessly to the network and it all seemed to work fine.
But when I try to print it just hangs and then gives me the 'can't connect to the printer will try again in 30 secs' message. I know the printer works on the network over wireless because I can print from my MacBook.
What's going on?

The "can't connect to printer" message can often be a result of using a protocol that is not supported by the printer. When you added the printer to the Mini, did you do so by opening the Default Add Printer browser and selecting the advertised (Bonjour) printer? Or did you select one of the IP protocols, such as IPP? If it was the latter, then this can be the cause. Since the MacBook is working, open Print & Fax, select the printer and then open Options & Supplies. The General tab will show you what protocol is being used for the print queue (URI). If you are not sure what is being used, copy and paste this information back here.

Can't connect to shared printer on Windows 7 Pro x64

I have a print server on Windows 2008 Standard and I have drivers installed for both x86 and x64 archs. The ricoh printer seems to work fine on windows 7 pro x64 but the hp printer will not work correctly. It seems to download/install the drivers but when actually connecting to the printer it errors out.
It says cannot connect to printer.
I can add the printer manually if I use tcp/ip printing instead of connecting to the shared printer. I can't figure out why its not working. Has anyone else seen an error like this? I'm not really sure what is causing this issue.
Thanks!

Hi,
Thanks for the post.
Please also let us know the exact model of this HP printer.
If possible, please reproduce this issue on the Windows7 client and collect the relevant information for further research.
Step 1: Download Process Monitor
======================
1. Please download the Process Monitor at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx
2. Extract the zip file to Desktop.
Step 2: Clean Boot
=============
Let's disable all startup items and third party services when booting. This method will help us determine if this issue is caused by a loading program or service. Please perform the following steps:
1. Click "Start", go to "Run", and type "msconfig" (without the quotation marks) in the open box to start the System Configuration Utility.
2. Click the "Services" tab, check the "Hide All Microsoft Services" box and click "Disable All" (if it is not gray).
3. Click the "Startup" tab, click "Disable All" and click "OK".
4. Click "OK" to restart your computer to Selective Startup environment.
5. When the "System Configuration Utility" window appears, please check the "Don't show this message or launch the System Configuration Utility when Windows starts" box and click OK.
6. Check whether or not the issue still appears in this environment.
Note: Temporarily disabling the Startup Group only prevents the startup programs from loading at startup. This shouldn't affect the system or other programs. We may still manually run these programs later.
Step 3: Collect the Information
=====================
1. Open Procmon.exe (Process Monitor).
2. Reproduce this issue.
3. After that, please click Capture in the tool bar (or directly press Ctrl+E) in Process Monitor.
4. Click Save, in the prompt window, selects “All Events”.
5. Click Browser Button (The button is right to “Path”), in the prompt window, click Desktop, type “test” (without the quotation marks) in the File Name box and press Enter.
6. Find the file, right-click on this file, click "Send To", and click "Compressed (zipped) Folder".
For your convenience, I have created a workspace for you. You can upload the information files to the following link. (Please choose "Send Files to Microsoft")
Workspace URL: (https://sftasia.one.microsoft.com/choosetransfer.aspx?key=7f161e43-e9d9-4654-9077-88c9f57137c6)
Password: YK]yhkqqV0L
Note: Due to differences in text formatting with various email clients, the workspace link above may appear to be broken. Please be sure to include all text between '(' and ')' when typing or copying the workspace link into your browser.
Hope this helps.

Network Connection Failures Affecting Printing and Finder Access

I have a Canon MX320 connected via USB to my iMac running OSX 10.9.1. The latest Canon printer drivers are installed. Everything works fine with this printer and computer combination. The printer is enabled for shaing over the network.
The problem is that occasionally, the iMac seems to disconnect from any other laptop or desktop computer (Macs or PCs) connected through my wireless router. On a mac laptop (also with OSX 10.9.1) I may lose access to shared directories on the iMac, and more often, I lose the ability to print from the laptop. The print queues are unchanged on all Macs, but remote printing over the network fails with the message "printer not connected", even though the only change may have been that the iMac hosting the printer went to sleep.
Sometimes, waking the iMac allows the network print job to go through, but typically not if the print job is initiated before waking the iMac. The printer queue on the laptop will seem fine, with "printer idle", but as soon as the print job is submitted, it briefly reports "looking for printer", and then "printer not connected". Sometimes, everything (iMac and laptop) needs to be rebooted to re-establish a network printing connection through the iMac.
Trying to reset or delete and re-install the printer queue on the laptop does not fix the problem. I am assuming that this is because the remote connection to the server (the iMac) has effectively been interrupted or lost. The iMac may show up in a Finder window on the laptop as a simple PC icon, but with none of the connected directories visible. trying to re-mount the remote directories by connecting to the "server" (the iMac) often fails. It is as if something has happened to break the connection to the iMac, and both Finder and network printing are thereby disabled until everything is rebooted.
Printer error log entries:
E [13/Feb/2014:08:21:43 -0500] Unknown directive BrowseOrder on line 9 of /private/etc/cups/cupsd.conf.
E [13/Feb/2014:08:21:44 -0500] Unknown directive BrowseAllow on line 10 of /private/etc/cups/cupsd.conf.
This problem is intermittent but seems to be happening often after the Mavericks upgrade. One should not have to wake up a remote computer prior to connecting to it, or asking a printer connected to it to print a job.

Hello Rescue_2003
Check to see if Wake for network access is checked in System Preferences > Energy Saver.
OS X Mavericks: Share your computer’s resources when it’s in sleep
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14244
Regards,
-Norm G.

My laptop won't connect to my printer

Hello!
My printer was working just fine for the past year, it was connected to my laptop with the wifi. Until yesterday...
There seems to be something wrong with the connection, but both my laptop and the printer are on the same wifi. I have tried to uninstall ALL the HP files and reinstall the installation software for my printer.
Here is the software I downloaded for my printer: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?os=4063&lc=fr&cc=fr&dlc=fr&sw_lang=&product=5063...
I included a picture of the message that I receive after trying to connect my laptop to the printer.
My computer has Windows 7, 64 bits. My printer is HP Photosmart 5510 series.
Any help would be reeeeally appreciated, I really need my computer for university!
Thanks

Hey @RafaelleB,
Welcome to the HP Support Forums!
I would like to assist you today with resolving the network issues you're experiencing with your HP Photosmart 5510 e-All-in-One Printer on your Windows 7 64-bit computer. I understand that the printer has been working fine via wireless for the last year but suddenly just stopped communicating. There is a chance that an update went through on your router that is not causing communication to be blocked between your printer and computer. I'm going to take you through a few troubleshooting steps to start to see if I can get this up and running for you.
Step 1: Powercycle a Network:
1. First, unplug the power cable to your Router
2. Once your Router is unplugged, turn off your printer
3. Next, shut down your computer
4. After 30 seconds to 1 minutes, plug your Router back in
5. Next, turn on your printer
6. Turn on the computer
After a few moments the internet connection should be restored to your computer. Check your computer and ensure that you can browse to websites before continuing.
Step 2: Check IP Address:
1. On the printer select the Wireless icon () and an IP Address should display
2. Take note of the IP address
3. Open the Internet Browser on your computer
4. In the Internet Browser web address search bar please type in your IP Address and hit enter (do not include www.)
If this brings you to a website for your printer than that proves with 100% certainty that your printer and computer are communicating wirelessly with each other.
If the website for your printer fails to open than your printer and computer are not 'talking' wirelessly to each other. Should this be the case can I have you rerun the wireless setup for your printer:
How to Run the Wireless Setup Wizard:
On the printer control panel, touch the Wireless icon (), and then touch Settings.
Touch Wireless Setup Wizard. The wizard searches for and displays a list of available networks.
Touch the name of your network, and then follow the on-screen instructions to connect the printer to the network.
Once you run the Wireless Setup Wizard, get the IP Address and see if you can open the printer website with the IP address now.
If so, then please attempt to reinstall your software and drivers and the printer should now be found on your network.
Please let me know if the steps I've provided resolve your issue. Good luck!
X-23
I work on behalf of HP
Please click "Accept as Solution" if you feel my post solved your issue, it will help others find the solution.
Click the "Kudos, Thumbs Up" on the right to say "Thanks" for helping!

I having difficulties connecting to a printer on a workgroup in my office

A friend configured the workgroup on my office pc and named it Sever. he connected all the computers to the server without connecting the printers so i decided to add a printer to the network so that laptops connected wirelessly could access the printer.
i configured it by going through a tutorial i found on microsoft site about how to "add a printer to a home network".
it worked fine until it stopped working two days later. all office document could identify the printer on the server but cannot print. other computers and laptops can print but my laptop connected wirelessly cannot print.
i decided to add the printer again by following the same procedure of going to "devices and printers" and clicking on "add a printer" and typing the address of the printer to install drivers and start printing as i did initially,
however, this time around i was asked to enter username and password.
i don't know if this username and password request is from the sever ( desktop pc running windows 7). all attempts to enter the username and password prove futile.
i really need help as i cannot afford a new printer right now.
i want an in-dept knowledge on joining and creating a homegroup/workgroup/domain and why i cannot open and access files and folders on other computers connected to the network and also why i am always prompted to enter a username and password before
i can access files on other computers connected to the network
can i still connect the Pcs to share one printer without login in username and password as the previous one worked without that?
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP

Hello Mattern Adjei,
Are all these computer Windows 7?
If my understanding is right, now some computers in the office can use the printer and some can’t.
Do all computers need to type username and password when you access network folder?
Please check have you made any changes before this issue.
Please take a look at the following article about printer troubleshooting.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/printer-problems-in-windows-help#fix-printer-problems=windows-7&v1h=win8tab2&v2h=win7tab1&v3h=winvistatab1&v4h=winxptab1
1. Check network connection, try to ping the IP address of the printer
2. Run printer troubleshooter
3. Update the printer driver
How do you access the folder or file? Are they share folder?
About how to create share folder, we could take a look at the following article.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/share-files-with-someone#1TC=windows-7
Best regards,
Fangzhou CHEN
Fangzhou CHEN
TechNet Community Support

Can't connect to Network Printer

I just bought a laptop with Vista. I have wireless router connected to a wired router. My two desktops are conneted to the wired router and the laptop is wireless to the wireless router.
My printer does not have a wireless card, so I have it plugged to one desktop, and I have the other desktop using it as a network printer.
I can't seem to get the wireless to see the printer. I have enabled file & print sharing on all computers, and the print spooler service is started on all computers. When I do "Add a printer" it doesn't see the printer. I tried doing "Add a network printer" and entering the name as \\computername\printername (where computername is the computer the printer is attached to), but I alternately get these two errors:
"Windows cannot connect to the printer. The server print spooler service is not running. Please restart the spooler on the server or restart the server machine" or
"Windows cannot connect to the printer. Makes ure that you have typed the name correctly, and that the printer is connected to network."
I have not been able to see the desktop computer at all in the network options, but I do see the wired router listed, but no computers connected to the router.
Can anyone help with this? I am at my wit's end. Dan

"Windows cannot connect to the printer. The server print spooler service is not running. Please restart the spooler on the server or restart the server machine" or
see the tail end of my thread here, it sounds a LOT like your problems and my own are similar:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itpronetworking/thread/7ab3e2a9-832c-4504-8d97-c7199bcc207e
Hello,
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-US;2388142
Might be the right hotfix!
I will be trying this hotfix this week. I have this problem SO bad right now. The only slight difference is that my print server is running Microsoft Storage Server
2003, and all my clients are now windows 7. The problem hits users at seemingly random times, random 5% of the company per day, and all printer pools...it made no sense at all!
I'll keep you posted as to whether the asyncronous RPC reg key helps, or if your hotfix does.
There is also something i found that works (for 48 hours straight anyways):
On vista/7 client, go to Devices and Printers and click Add Printer
Then choose Local Printer. I know your printer is shared on a print server, just stick with me here!!
Choose Create New Port and select Local Port...
When it asks you for a port name, type in the UNC ADDRESS of the printer (ie \\printserver1\HPLaser5000n).
When it asks you for a driver, point it to the right location where you downloaded a clean set of drivers matching your client OS and printer. Or press the Windows Update button.
finish adding the printer. You will notice the name of the printer doesn't have a "...on [printserver1"
anymore, BUT it will still print!!
I have done this for 4 printer pools and for the last 2 days the 1 user i set it up for has had no printing problems. May be total coincidence, but at this point i was willing to try anything. I'm not sure if this constitutes fooling windows 7 into setting
up a remote printer as a local printer, and i'm also doubting this will be deployable via GPO or script...but still, i hope it helps.
-Dane

Connecting to the printer, driver problem

I'm trying to connect to the printer (hp business inkjet1100) that's connected to a computer running xp (pro sp3) from my laptop running vista (home prem 64x). That just seems confusing reading that so: (printer)>>>(xp/desktop)<<<(vista/laptop). I already have a network set up and can share file with no problems, so I thought it'd be easy to connect to this printer. I was wrong.
I try to connect to the printer by going to control pannel>printers>add printer>networked printer>printer's name after making it share on the xp computer (the name showed up on the vista computer so there's no problem there). Then vista tried to connect to the printer (bless it's heart) but had a problem (no suprise) it couldn't find a driver and wanted me to manually find the .inf file. No problem I'll just download the driver for the hp website, right? Wrong.
Apparently there are no drivers for my printer for windows vista, however there is a workaround. You can use the drivers for the 1000 series printer and basic functions should work (hopefully that includes printing). The problem is that the workaround tells me to manually set up the printer (port, driver, etc) and then reconnect the printer to the computer (the problem being the printer isn't connected to the computer in the first place).
Now I consider myself pretty good with computer and able fix most problems without help (and unfortunatlly end up helping plenty of the family with their problems), but this is just annoying. So I decide it's time to call in the experts (from india).
I choose the live chat becuase it always seems faster and I haven't yet had one that would play me music while I wait (some may consider this a positive thing). The problem is that I have to find my serial number and product number. I copy down the 2 easily labled numbers, but that isn't the right combonation. So I search for "finding product number" and I get a page just like what I search for (finally some luck). After clicking on printers I get to a page called "Finding Your Product Name." At this point I give up on the hp website and just write down every number on the back of the printer. Finaly the stars align and I get to start chatting with a person. A couple of auto messages pop up and then he asks me to confirm the information I just entered (if it was wrong how did I get into the live chat?) and then continues to inform me that my warrenty has expired and it'll be $25 for support. I ask him if there is any other type of support and he says that the most he can do (probono) is give me a link to a webpage on the hp site (I've been there believe it or not), I thank him for his time and move on. Hopefully the expired warrenty doesn't matter here (but if it does just ignore that part it was a total lie just to see if you'd really help a guy without a warrenty (to test if you were really good people or just .....))
Thanks in advance for your time
Additional details:
Laptop: AMD, Vista home prem 64bit
Desktop: Intel, XP Home Pro 32bit (x86)
This question was solved.
View Solution.

The following worked for me, even allowing me to manually select the driver
Alternative method 1. 1. Click on the Windows icon>>Start Search>>Type printers and press enter. 2. Click on 'Add Printer'. 3. Click on 'Add a local printer'. 4. Click on 'Create a new port:'. 5. Do not change the 'Type of port:'. By default it is selected as 'Local Port'. Let it remain the same. 6. Click on 'Next'. 7. In the small 'Port name:' window, type the following under 'Enter a port name:'
  NOTE: The names should be exactly the same. They are case sensitive.
  \\computer name\printer name
  For instance: If computer name is 'John' and printer name is 'HPprinter', you have to type the exact name with all the characters including spaces. Hence in this case it would be the following:
\\John\HPprinter
8. Click on OK. 9. Click on Next and complete the Wizard. (It will now install the printer and driver) I used the 7400 series driver for my 7550 but it works.10. Try to print a Windows test page and check the printer functionality. 1 Click on the Start icon on your Desktop.2.Select Control Panel.3.Double click on the Printer icon.4.Select and Right click on HP Photosmart 7550 Printer series icon.5.Click on Properties.6.In the Properties Windows click on Print Test Page Tab it will start printing a Windows Test Page
2

How can I print from my iPad through my Mac Book Pro which is connected to a printer? I was told I could do this.

How can I print from my iPad through my Mac Book Pro which is connected to a printer? I was told I could do this when the iPad and Mac Book Pro are synched together.

Antique lady wrote:
So If I download Printopia on my Mac Book Pro, do I go to iTunes to somehow connect the computer and the iPad?
No.
Printopia (running on your Mac) connects the iPad to your printer.

Unabable to connect C 7280 printer to computer pavillond6

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for