HP Wireless Printing Upgrade Kit User Guide

HP Wireless Printing Upgrade Kit

User Guide

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Contents

1Welcome

Contents of the package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Lights and ports of the printer adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2Basic setup

Connect the printer adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Install the Upgrade Kit software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3 Adding the printer to an existing wireless network

Install standard USB first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Configure the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Configure other computers to use the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

4 Using the Wireless Printing Upgrade Kit

Restart the connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Cancel a print job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Change the channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Restart the Connection Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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5Troubleshooting

Software installation halts at “Insert PC Adapter” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Software installation halts at “locating the Printer Adapter” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Can print from most software applications, but the HP software (HP Director or HP Solution Center) does

not seem to work (cannot scan or read memory cards) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Printer seems to regularly disconnect and reconnect every few minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Printer disconnects and reconnects at random intervals or in the middle of long or large documents . 15

Installation completed but still cannot print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

When using Advanced Setup, my Printer Adapter does not show up in the list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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6 Technical information

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Environmental product stewardship program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Protecting the environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Material safety data sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Hardware recycling program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Limited warranty statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

FCC statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Wireless regulatory information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Exposure to radio frequency radiation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Notice to users in Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Notice to users in Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Note à l'attention des utilisateurs canadiens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

European Union Regulatory Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Products with 2.4-GHz wireless LAN devices France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Italy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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1Welcome

Start Here

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HP Wireless Printer Adapter Upgrade Kit

Congratulations on the purchase of your Wireless Printing Upgrade Kit. The Kit was designed to provide a simple and
efficient wireless solution for connecting to your HP printer or all-in-one. With supported HP printers, you can print using
the Kit and with All-in-One devices you can print, scan, copy, and fax (if your device has fax capability). The Wireless
Printing Upgrade Kit replaces the USB cable and allows you the freedom of wireless interaction with your HP device.

Contents of the package

The Wireless Printing Upgrade Kit includes the following items.

1 Printer adapter

2 Power cord for printer

adapter

3 USB cable for printer

adapter

4 PC adapter

Welcome

5 Wireless Printing Upgrade

kit CD

6 Setup guide

Contents of the package

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Lights and ports of the printer adapter

1 Power light (green)

2 Wireless light (blue)

4 Power connector
5 USB port

3 Attention light (amber)

The meanings of the patterns of the lights are as follows.

Power Wireless Attention

Power Off Off Off Off

Power On On Off Off

Ready On On Off

Data transmitting On Blinking Off

No printer connected On On Blinking

Error On On or Off On

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2Basic setup

If you misplace your Setup Guide, you can use these instructions to initially set up your Wireless Printing Upgrade Kit.

IMPORTANT: Make sure that you can print from the printer using a USB cable before installing the Wireless Printing

Upgrade Kit.

Connect the printer adapter

1. Turn off the HP printer.

2. Use the USB cable to attach the printer adapter to the USB port on the BACK of your HP printer.

IMPORTANT: If your printer has a USB port on the front, do not attach the printer adapter to it. Use the

back USB port.

3. Plug in the power cord to the printer adapter and the power outlet and verify that the first two lights (green and

blue) come on.

Basic setup 2

4. Turn the printer on.

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