"Unable to Communicate with Printer"

I work at home, dialing into the office through VPN. Windows 7. Been using my HP printer flawlessly for 7 months, including up to yesterday, but today, I get the above error.  The printer is connected, the wireless is working in my home for all other peripherals attached to it. My work help desk is talking gobblygook to me and can't help.  It's something about an IP address. Can anyone help?  Work firewall won't let me download the HR Scan Doctor.

Hey @GinaCh,
Welcome to the HP Support Forums!
I understand that you have been using your HP Officejet Pro 8620 e-All-in-One Printer through the wireless connection to your Windows 7 computer fine for months now. However, recently, when connecting to your VPN to print you are receiving the message 'unable to communicate with printer'. Unfortunately, this error message is the exact reason why your printer is not supported over the VPN connection when wirelessly connected.
When you network the printer it comes down to a numbers game. To explain this better I am going to use an example below. When you have a wireless printer on your network it is assigned an IP Address from your router that allows it to communicate with other devices on your wireless network, such as  your computer. The first 3 sets of numbers in an IP Address are the same on every device connected to your network.
As an example,:
Printer IP: 192.168.1.8
Desktop Computer IP: 192.168.1.5
Laptop Computer IP: 192.168.1.3
As you can see, the first 3 sets of numbers are identical and the last digit is different on each device.
When you connect over a VPN your computer disconnects from its local connection (your home network that the printer is connected to) and connects to your business network. This VPN connection will change the numbers so your computer that is connected to the VPN will no longer have the first 3 sets the same as the printer.
As an example:
Printer IP: 192.168.1.8
Desktop Computer IP (On VPN): 10.1.10.19
Laptop Computer IP (Not on VPN): 192.168.1.3
If the Desktop computer 'thinks' it's on a different network when connected to the VPN than your wireless printer will be blocked from communication. The 100% way to resolve this issue would be to connect your HP Officejet to your computer through a USB Cable. If this is not an option than the next supported step would be to log into the VPN and open the document you need to print, then disconnect from the VPN and select file and print and everything should work fine.
Now there may be security settings or port settings that may have changed on the VPN which is why the printer is now being blocked from communicating over the network. To resolve this you would need the IT Department for your company to take a look into this issue for you.
I hope this helps clear up any confusion. Should you wish to connect your printer through a USB Cable connection I can certainly assist you with that. Best of luck!
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