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Connect the printer with HP Wireless Direct
Connect a computer, smart phone, tablet, or other
●HP printing software is required for printing over Wireless Direct from a computer. A compatible printing application is required for printing over Wireless Direct from a smart phone or tablet.
●A Wireless Direct connection is turned on and managed from the printer’s control panel.
●If your WiFi capable device supports WPA2 encryption, you can enable security when you setup a Wireless Direct connection.
●Five devices or fewer can simultaneously use Wireless Direct to connect to your printer.
●A Wireless Direct connection can be used while your printer is also connected to a wireless network or a USB cable.
●Wireless Direct cannot connect to the internet.
This section covers the following topics:
●Connect and print from a WiFi capable mobile device
●Connect and print from a WiFi capable computer over a wireless router and Wireless Direct
●Connect and print from a WiFi capable computer over Wireless Direct only
●Change from printing over USB to a Wireless Direct connection
Connect and print from a WiFi capable mobile device
1.Setup your printer. A compatible print application is required for printing from a mobile device. If your mobile print application can print over a wireless network connection, you can print over Wireless Direct.
NOTE: Compatible with mobile devices with HP ePrint mobile app installed, HP Printer Control app installed, Apple devices with iOS 4.2+, and HP webOS devices.
2.Turn on your printer’s Wireless Direct connection.
●Press (X476 Series) or touch (X576 Series) the Setup button from the control panel.
●Open the Network Setup menu.
●Open the Wireless Direct menu.
●Select On to enable Wireless Direct connections or select On With Security to enable secure, Wireless Direct connections to the printer.
3.Turn on your mobile device’s
4.From your mobile device, search for and connect to the Wireless Direct name for your printer, such as
5.From your mobile device’s print application, confirm your HP printer is the default printer, select print, and then print your document.
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