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JohnEP
Aspirant
Jul 08, 2018

Trouble connecting wireless printer

Just bought and install the Orbi Home Mesh WiFi System (RBK33)          and everything connected fine except my HP CP1525nw printer ... I have tried everthing I knew and anything I could find on the ...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Aug 08, 2018

To test that, try setting the Orbi wifi routers WPA security to Disable or OPEN Temporarily. Then try to connect the printer to the wifi. Does it connect then? If so, try setting the Orbi security to WPA and TPIK only and test. Then try mixed WPA/WPA2 and mixed security modes.

 Last FW for the printer was 4 years ago:

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-laserjet-pro-cp1525-color-printer-series/4052975/model/4052979

 

Also does this printer have a RJ45 LAN port in back? If so, you can connect the printer to the router using this method...