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WiFi printer problem
After setting up my new Netgrear R6700 Nighthawk AC1750 Smart Wifi router my HP Photosmart 7520 was printing wirelessly no problem like it always had before on the previous network. It worked fine fo...
I resolved this myself. It was just a matter of going through several steps with HP. Here was the start of the solution. https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c04618676 followed by doing this. https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06184808
I resolved this myself. It was just a matter of going through several steps with HP. Here was the start of the solution. https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c04618676 followed by doing this. https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06184808
Thanks for that, very helpful. Not for the first time fixing problems with a wifi printer comes down to the printer maker.
It is all too easy to see the router as the source of the problem.
After all, the router just broadcasts wifi. It is then down to the printer to play ball. There isn't much that you can do on a router, beyond fixing it to a particular IP address, that affects what the printer gets up to.