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Aspirant

Jun 09, 2017

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R7800 cannot be seen by HP T120 printer (wired and wireless)

I have purchased a HP T120 Printer. It cannot see my R7800. Whether wired or wireless. When trying to connect wirelessly I can see the neighbour's router on the printer but not mine. I have also ra...

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ferret141
Jun 10, 2017
Drivers are already loaded, even though they do not need to be.

I am now able to connect it via wifi. The printer did not like the router sitting in channel 13. Switched to channel 1 and it could find the network. Printed successfully too.

I have not figured why it doesn't connect via LAN

netwrks

Master

Jun 09, 2017

Dis you load the printer's drivers on your desktop (or whatever you are using)?

ferret141
Aspirant
Jun 10, 2017
Drivers are already loaded, even though they do not need to be.

I am now able to connect it via wifi. The printer did not like the router sitting in channel 13. Switched to channel 1 and it could find the network. Printed successfully too.

I have not figured why it doesn't connect via LAN
- netwrks
  Master
  Jun 11, 2017
  Yes, printers will look for 2.4ghz non-overlapping channels - 1,6, or 11.
  - ferret141
    Aspirant
    Jun 11, 2017
    What I found strange was that my other HP printer, a consumer printer, was able to see the network fine despite being on channel 13.
    
    I'm still trying to figure out why I couldn't connect via LAN though.