Re: F12 how to make wireless printer work - HP Photosmart Plus B209a-m

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Barry Yu writes:

Would appreciate any input that can enable me in F12 to make use of wi-fi printer HP Photosmart Plus B209a-m, when connected with usb cable it works fine but can't setup the wireless connection.

A quick Google search found a manual for this printer. Which, I'm sure you also have. After you direct your attention to page 5 of this manual, you will discover that this printer does not like standard 802.11 networks, but it really wants a wireless router that supports some mutation called a "WiFi Protected Setup". Basically, a wi-fi router that, in addition to supporting ordinary wi-fi clients, the router also features a magical button that you press first, the press a matching magical button on this printer's display, and the printer established a connection to the router. It's all in your manual.

So, unless your wi-fi router has this magical button, you're somewhat boned. But, according to the following pages in the manual, it's possible to get this router working with a standard wi-fi router, but you must configure it through a USB connection using the supplied Windows software. I haven't tried, but I'm rather skeptical that there's a Linux equivalent for this setup software. So, you're still boned.

And, in either case, it's not clear what the printer would look like over wi-fi. Hopefully, it would look like a CUPS or an lpr host, and once you reconfigure your wi-fi router to turn off client isolation, you should be able to set it up like any other CUPS or an lpr-hosted printer.

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