HP LJ 200 Pro M251nw: M251nw - change from usb or wireless connections

My company has 4 printers HP Laserjet Pro M251nw 200. All of these printers have been previously configured as USB or wireless.  We now modify the connection for all of the printers for wired networks.

I already tried uninstalling a wireless printer and reinstalling like wired, but one that results in the computer/printer does not queue jobs.

What is the best way to change the connections wired to previously installed printers?

Hello @BBMGRNR,

Welcome to the Forums of HP and thanks for posting!

I want to help you with questions that you may have installed your multiple HP LaserJet M251nw computers via a wired connection for Windows 7 computers.

At any time that you re-install the printer with a different connection type, you run the risk of ending up with multiple instances of the printer in your Devices folder. Just, this tends to create confusion, you might accidentally selecting your previous connection to printer and nothing will be printed.

What I recommend to do is uninstall the software completely of all calculated, like this you can eliminate confusion for the users of these computers. If you need help on the uninstall process, you can follow the steps described here - HP monofunctional and Printers Multifunction - uninstalling the printer software

I also recommend to download the latest software, rather than using the original CD. You can download the latest version for your printer in this case - color HP LaserJet Pro 200 M251 series full feature software and drivers

I hope this helps!

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