Wireless printer "no longer available"

MyHP Officejet 6500 E710n-z printer no longer prints wirelessly from my iPad2 & iPhone 4S after working fine for many months. Any ideas on how to reconnect? By the way, my wireless network works fine with my MacBook Pro running OS X version 10.6.8.

Have you tried to see of the firmware on your printer needs to be updated? If apple happened to change the protocols for air print (I don't know if they did but anything is possible) then your printer's firmware will also need to be updated.
You can also see if a simple reboot helps. Turn your printer off then on, power cycle your router - unplug it, count to ten, plug it back in, and reboot your iPad (hold down the sleep and home keys until you see the silver apple, then let go and let it reboot)
sometimes just letting the electronics get a fresh start can help a ton.

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    I work on behalf of HP.
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