These days most HP printers offered by the company use wireless technology to print documents on the go. The wireless tech enables us to print any document anywhere in the world. If you want to establish a connection on any device with your printer, you would need a WPS pin.
To use the wireless printing on your devices, you need to connect the printer using the WPS pin with a wireless router.
WPS is ‘Wi-Fi Protected Setup’; it is a network security protocol used on wireless devices. By using the WPS, the connection between the routers and devices will be faster and easier. It can work on all wireless devices which use WPA2 or WPA security protocols. And the WPS button on the devices simplifies the process and makes the connection much easier.
There are two types of WPS connections, which are the WPS button and a WPS pin. Today we will discuss both of them in the upcoming section; you need to know both to set up a wireless HP printer.
Setup Hp Printer With Wps Button
Here are the steps you need to take to set up an HP printer using the WPS button.
- Open the Control Panel on your HP printer and press Wireless or Settings button, you will see a blue light start blinking.
- Now, you need to open a Wi-Fi protected setup and then follow the instructions on the printer.
- Now, select the option of the WPS button, and then the printer will ask you to press the WPS button on the router.
- After pressing the button, look at the HP printer screen and Hit Continue to establish the connection.
Now, the connection between your printer and router is established, and it is ready to print some documents.
Setup HP printer with WPS Pin
You can use these steps to set up your printer with your router using the WPS pin.
- Open the Control Panel on your HP printer and press the Wireless button and open settings, you will see a blue light start blinking.
- Now, you need to open a Wi-Fi protected setup and then follow the instructions on the printer.
- A prompt for the pin will appear, tap on it to see the WPS pin.
- Now, you have to access the configuration utility of the software for the wireless access point and enter the WPS pin in there.
- Then you have to open the software and add a new printer to install the printer driver on the system.
This way, you can use the WPS pin on your device to connect with the printer and give wireless printing commands.
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