HP Wireless Printers - Printing with HP Wireless Direct

Wi-Fi Direct and HP wireless direct both provide direct wireless connections between your printer and a mobile device or computer without a router.

HP wireless direct is a technology developed by HP used in most wireless-capable printers released between late 2011 and mid-2014. Most wireless-capable HP printers released since mid-2014 use Wi-Fi Direct, an industry standard connection type developed by the Wi-Fi Alliance (in English). If your printer uses Wi-Fi Direct printing, go to Printing with Wi-Fi Direct for more information.

Review this table for differences between the two connection technologies.

The following printers, phones, tablets, and computers support printing with HP wireless direct. Check your printer specifications to confirm HP wireless direct support.

• Most HP wireless printers released between late 2011 and mid-2014
• Apple iPhone and iPad, and Android phones and tablets
• Most Wi-Fi-capable Windows or Mac OS X computers and laptops that have the HP print driver installed

Change your wireless network connection to the printer's HP wireless direct connection to print from your phone or tablet.

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The HP wireless direct connection is for printer use only. When you change the connection from your local network to your printer's HP wireless direct connection, you must reconnect to your local network after printing to access the internet.

1. On the printer control panel, touch the HP wireless direct icon (), or navigate to the Network Setup or Wireless Settings menu and touch Wireless Direct, and then turn on the connection.
2. To require a password (recommended) when connecting to the printer, select On or On with security. Note the security passcode, and then touch OK.
3. On the mobile device, tap Settings > Wi-Fi, and then select HP-Print-xx-[your printer model name] from the list of available networks.

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   If the printer name does not display, you might be out of range of the HP wireless direct signal. Move your device and printer closer together.

   Figure : Example of Wi-Fi settings and the HP wireless direct printer selected on an Apple device

   
4. If prompted, type the security passcode from the printer control panel.
5. Open the photo or document that you want to print, and then tap Print from the app menu or the action menu.

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   If the app does not support printing, install the HP ePrint mobile app from the Apple or Google Play store to print.

6. Select your printer model from the list of available printers, and then tap Print.
7. Reconnect the mobile device to your normal wireless network after the print job completes.

Change your local wireless network connection to the printer's HP wireless direct connection to print or scan from your computer.

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The HP wireless direct connection is for printer use only. When you change the connection from your local network to your printer's HP wireless direct connection, you must reconnect to your local network after printing to access the internet.

1. Make sure that the print driver is installed on the computer.
2. On the printer control panel, touch the HP wireless direct icon (), or navigate to the Network Setup or Wireless Settings menu and touch Wireless Direct, and then turn on the connection.
3. To require a password (recommended) when connecting to the printer, select On or On with security. Note the security passcode, and then touch OK.
4. On the computer or laptop, click the wireless icon () or (), and then select HP-Print-xx-[your printer model name] from the list of available networks.

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   If the printer name does not display, you might be out of range of the HP wireless direct signal. Move your computer and printer closer together.

5. If prompted, type the security passcode from the printer control panel.
6. Open the photo or document that you want to print, and then click File > Print.
7. Select your printer model from the list of available printers, and then click Print.
8. Reconnect the computer to your normal wireless network after the print job completes.

When connecting an Apple device to the HP wireless direct printer in the network list, you might notice the connection status icon spins. This is expected behavior. You can ignore the spinning circle icon and assume that your Apple device is connected to the printer.

Since HP wireless direct is only a connection between your mobile device and the printer, the mobile device cannot access the internet through the printer. The spinning circle icon indicates that the HP wireless direct connection does not provide internet access.

If the spinning circle icon does not go away after 10 seconds, to confirm a good connection, tap the information icon () next to HP wireless direct name. Tap DHCP and confirm that the assigned IP Address is 192.168.223.x (where 'x' is 100, 101, and so forth).

For Android v4.0 through v4.4 devices (except Samsung and some HP Slate devices), a print option might not be available. Install the HP ePrint mobile app from the Google Play store to print with HP wireless direct.

After you first establish an HP wireless direct connection with your printer, your mobile device or computer might maintain that connection after you turn the device or computer off and on, or leave and then move within range of the connection again.

If you cannot connect to the internet, confirm that you are connected to the name of your local wireless internet connection in your network or wireless settings.

If you previously installed and use the printer with a USB cable, or chose the Connect Later option during the driver installation, you can set up the printer with the HP wireless direct connection.

1. On the printer control panel, touch the HP wireless direct icon (), or navigate to the Network Setup or Wireless Settings menu and touch Wireless Direct, and then turn on the connection.
2. To require a password (recommended) when connecting to the printer, select On or On with security. Note the security passcode, and then touch OK.
3. On the computer or laptop, click the wireless icon () or (), and then select HP-Print-xx-[your printer model name] from the list of available networks.

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   If the printer name does not display, you might be out of range of the HP wireless direct signal. Move your computer and printer closer together.

4. If prompted, type the security passcode from the printer control panel.
5. On the computer, open the list of installed programs or applications, click the HP folder, and then click the name of your HP printer.
6. Click Printer Setup & Software, and then click Connect a new printer.
7. Select Wireless, and then click Next.
8. Click your printer name, and then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the connection and driver installation.
9. Open the Printers folder in the computer settings or control panel, and then locate the two icons that display for your printer.
10. Select the icon with Network in the name to print with HP wireless direct.

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    If you no longer want to print using a USB cable connection, delete the other printer icon.

11. Reconnect the computer to your normal wireless network.

For a new driver installation, you can install and setup the wireless connection using the HP wireless direct connection instead of the wireless connection through the router.