Wireless printer is not found on the XP PC. Why?

  • HP printer stopped working on XP PC over a wireless network.
  • I can still print to the printer from two differnet Vista PC on the wireless network.
  • So, I checked the printer properties in Control Panel.  Somehow or other the IP address was bad:-S.
  • I was not given access to "configure port" tab in properties of printer ports, even as an admin user.
  • Added a new port.  Still no joy!
  • Remove the printer from the control panel.
  • Tried to add the printer back in the Panel.
  • The Add Printer Wizard indicates the name of the printer has been correctly entered (was included in the list of courses as
    (------\HP photosmart 7200 series)
    OR
    printer has lost its connection to the server.
  • Judge again.  Now the printer no longer appears in the list of course! :-(
  • I don't know what to name it & I don't know how to find something about the print server. :-(((
  • What should I try next?

Thank you.

I do not know why you can not configure the port.  What happened when you tried?

In all cases, the following procedure should work.

Before you begin, check if the printer driver is still installed.  It is probably.  In the windows printers and faxes, click file > server properties > drivers tab for a list of all the currently installed printer drivers.

Preferably, the printer must be a static IP address assigned.  The reason for this is that if the printer is turned off for long periods, it is possible that when it is turned on again that your router assigns a different IP address.  'HP Standard TCP/IP Port' has an option on the configuration page to 'Always print to this device, even if its IP address changes', but this box is unchecked by default, (b) box is not available in the standard Windows TCP/IP protocol port, and (c) I do not know what is reliability, is the Port.

You can set the IP address of the printer using the control panel of the printer or through its built-in web server.  However, if you use the printer embedded web server, you lose the connection to the printer as soon as you 'applies' change.  You should take a static IP outside the range of addresses assigned by your router.

You assigned a static IP address or use the default to let the router assign one IP address automatically, determine the IP address of the printer by printing a Network Setup page.

  • In printers and faxes, click Add a printer.
  • In the Add Printer Wizard, select "Local printer attached to this computer" but do NOT check the box "automatically detect and install my plug and play printer."
  • Select "Create a new port."  If 'HP Standard TCP/IP Port' is in the drop-down list, use it; Otherwise, use "Standard TCP/IP Port."
  • In the "Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port" wizard type the IP address of the printer in the top box, and type a descriptive name in the lower area (for example, HP7200).  If you add a TCP/IP Standard HP port, check the box to keep connectivity, especially if you do not use a static IP address.
  • Complete the wizard.

If this does not work, thanks for posting back with as much detail as possible explaining where things have gone wrong.  Don't paraphrase error messages.

Tags: Windows

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