Wirelessly Connecting HP Laserjet P3015 to Airport Extreme Base Station

Question

Hi, I just purchased a new Airport Extreme Base Station, and was able to establish an internet connection to it.  I'd like to find out if it's possible to connect the HP Laserjet Enterprise P3015 to the Extreme, wirelessly rather than via a USB Cable.  I've looked at the HP page for this printer, but I'm baffled by all the lingo.  I believe it's a newer model of HP printer (or maybe it isn't?) but I bought it new from HP recently.
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=S upportFAQ&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64178&taskId=101&prodTypeId=18972&prodSeriesI d=3815797&printver=true#10
Is there a term for the type of printer that can be wirelessly connected?  Should the printer, by default, give off a signal that I can pick up?  I don't see anything popping up in Airport Utility 6.3
I'm using OS10.7.5 by the way.
I'm off to post a message on the suitable HP forum (if I can find it ) but I'm so used to the Apple Community knowing what's what, that I was hoping that some kind soul here might just have experience with this.
Thank you.
PS.  From what I can understand from the "Trouble-shooting FAQ," wireless printing is possible, but I just don't see an option for syncing it up with a MAC?  Maybe it only works with Windows?

Answer 1

wuzradioman
I don't see where the P3015 printer is wifi capable.  Therefor, you cannot use wifi to directly communicate with it.
Thanks for the reply Wuzradioman.  I dug around (several) of HP's sites and it looks like the info was slightly different for the same printer listed on both the Home and Business sites.  I did find a link on a 3rd HP page (which I've since misplaced!) that indicates that the P3015 requires a wireless card to be installed.  But when I clicked the link for "accessories and additional hardware" a link to the card was nowhere to be found.  I'll try to dig up that link in the event that some other poor soul has the same printer and a similar question.
Vernon Alexander
I find the HP printers (they're called wireless printers by the way) to be cumbersome to connect wirelessly. there's a lot of manual work involved that can be time-consuming. For example, I found it  incredibly irritating to enter the  wireless access passcode.
Thanks for the reply.  After talking to some other people, this seems to be the consensus on wireless printing.  I guess there's a reason, esp. in enterprise environments, that printers are often hard-wired.
Bob Timmons
you can run an Ethernet cable over a much longer distance than a USB cable, so Ethernet might be the best option, and the one I would prefer.
As far as wireless, If you connected an AirPort Express to the printer and disguised it near the printer, then you could locate the printer anywhere you want and have it connect using wireless to the network.
Instead of installing a wireless "card" inside the printer, you use an outboard device to accomplish the same task.
Thanks Bob.  I did end up hooking up via a Cat-5e cable from printer to Airport Extreme base.  Previously, I had the printer hooked up via USB cable (at a shorter distance) to my Airport Express, which the Extreme now replaces.
Unfortunately, I can't seem to get the HP Laserjet P3015n printer recognized after having connected it via Cat5e cable to the Airport Extreme.   1) there's still somethign about it being attached to the old Airport Express (which is now used to extend my network.  2) The P3015 is identified as a P3010 - which is a carry-over from when I had originally set up the printer on my (then) main base station which was the Airport Express.  I didn't (or rather "stopped") questioning the fact that the P3015 was recognized as a P3010 just because it was the only way I could get the printer to be recognized at the time.\\
But I suppose this new challenge merits a separate thread, which I'll start after I do a search of the support forums.  Maybe there's something obvious I'm not doing to get the printer sorted out.