With the involvement of new technologies, HP printers are becoming way smarter. Whether it’s WiFi printing using Wireless Protected Setup or delivering the quick color printouts, HP printers can do it all. However, before getting the prints, you have to establish a robust printer and wireless network connection by finding and using the WPS pin on your printer. It’s an eight-digit unique code which is helpful for wireless printer setup. It facilitates the connection between the printer, computer and the wireless router.
Another critical factor is using the wireless protected setup with WPA or WPA2 encrypted WiFi routers. You cannot think of using this highly secure network technology with shared or public networks. After establishing the secured network connection, you can print, scan and fax without standing at the front of your printer. Wondering how to begin the process to set up your HP printer through WiFi Protected Setup pin? This article covers all the basics starting from finding the pin until getting the printouts.
How does WPS Pin help in a secured wireless connection?
Indeed the WiFi Protected Setup offers the maximum security to the devices over a wireless network. Also, the network through WPS gets efficient and faster in comparison to the standard systems. However, the wireless connection process through the WPS button is more straightforward but doesn’t guarantee the secured network to the printer or other connected devices. The element that allows the high security to devices is WPS connection accepts only WPA or WPA2 encrypted password routers to establish the wireless network.
How to find a WPS pin on the printer? Follow the below steps to get the WiFi Protected Setup pin on your printer’s LCD panel.
1. Ensure your printer is active, and the power light is blinking.
2. If the printer is under sleep mode, press the power button again to get it back to life.
3. Wait until the control panel displays – Ready to print.
4. Click the Settings icon on the printer. It may be shaped like a gear icon.
5. Click the Network Setup button in further options.
6. Now select Wireless Settings after scrolling the list on the touch panel.
7. Now you have to click WiFi Protected Setup.
8. Next, click Pin from the list of options.
9. Your HP printer displays the eight-digit WPS pin, note it down and use it to establish the printer network connection.
Where to use the WPS pin to connect the printer to the WiFi network?
The next step is to enter this pin at the desired place to start wireless printing through your HP printer. Your PC automatically displays the pop-up screen, or it must be hidden in the right-bottom notification corner; click over it, and the dialogue box says, “enter the WPS pin for your printer.”
Now you will have to type the eight-digit pin in the field, click Next and follow the on-screen instructions to finish the process. Additionally, you can also access the configuration utility page at the final step or access the wireless access point to put the WPS pin printer in the desired location.
Hopefully, you were also able to connect your printer to the wireless network through the WPS pin. These detailed steps have helped various people to security establish the printer-router wireless setup. Facing challenges during the procedure or cannot understand any of the steps? Don’t worry. Pick up the phone and dial our HP support number for a detailed description of the setup instructions.
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