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TIP: To use the printer while connected to the VPN, you can connect the printer to your computer with a USB cable. The printer uses its USB and network connections at the same time. For more information, contact your network administrator or the person who set up the wireless network. Step 4 - Make sure the printer is online and ready If you have the HP software installed, you can check the printer's status from your computer to see if the printer is paused or offline, preventing you from using it. To check the printer's status, follow the instructions for your operating system: Windows 1. Click Start, and then click Printers or Printers and Faxes or Devices and Printers. - Or Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Printers. 2. If the printers on your computer are not being displayed in Details view, click the View menu, and then click Details. 3. Do one of the following, depending on the printer status: a. If the printer is Offline, right-click the printer, and click Use Printer Online. b. If the printer is Paused, right-click the printer, and click Resume Printing. 4. Try using the printer over the network. Mac OS X 1. Click System Preferences in the Dock, and then click Print & Fax or Print & Scan. 2. Select the printer, and then click Open Print Queue. 3. If the print job is on hold, click Resume. 4. If the printer is paused, click Resume Printer. If you can use the printer after performing the steps above but find that the symptoms persist as you continue to use the printer, your firewall might be interfering. For more information, see Configure your firewall software to work with the printer. If you still cannot use the printer over the network, continue to the next section for additional troubleshooting help. Step 5 - Make sure the wireless version of the printer is set as the default printer driver (Windows only) If you install the HP software again, the installer might create a second version of the printer driver in your Printers or Printers and Faxes or Devices and Printers folder. If Solve wireless problems 143

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TIP:
To use the printer while connected to the VPN, you can connect the printer to
your computer with a USB cable. The printer uses its USB and network connections
at the same time.
For more information, contact your network administrator or the person who set up the
wireless network.
Step 4 - Make sure the printer is online and ready
If you have the HP software installed, you can check the printer’s status from your
computer to see if the printer is paused or offline, preventing you from using it.
To check the printer’s status, follow the instructions for your operating system:
Windows
1.
Click
Start
, and then click
Printers
or
Printers and Faxes
or
Devices and
Printers
.
- Or -
Click
Start
, click
Control Panel
, and then double-click
Printers
.
2.
If the printers on your computer are not being displayed in Details view, click the
View
menu, and then click
Details
.
3.
Do one of the following, depending on the printer status:
a
.
If the printer is
Offline
, right-click the printer, and click
Use Printer Online
.
b
.
If the printer is
Paused
, right-click the printer, and click
Resume Printing
.
4.
Try using the printer over the network.
Mac OS X
1.
Click
System Preferences
in the Dock, and then click
Print & Fax
or
Print &
Scan
.
2.
Select the printer, and then click
Open Print Queue
.
3.
If the print job is on hold, click
Resume
.
4.
If the printer is paused, click
Resume Printer
.
If you can use the printer after performing the steps above but find that the symptoms
persist as you continue to use the printer, your firewall might be interfering. For more
information, see
Configure your firewall software to work with the printer.
If you still cannot use the printer over the network, continue to the next section for
additional troubleshooting help.
Step 5 - Make sure the wireless version of the printer is set as the default printer
driver (Windows only)
If you install the HP software again, the installer might create a second version of the
printer driver in your
Printers
or
Printers and Faxes
or
Devices and Printers
folder. If
Solve wireless problems
143