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1. #HP P1102W WIRELESS SETUP WPS INSTALL#
2. #HP P1102W WIRELESS SETUP WPS PROFESSIONAL#
3. #HP P1102W WIRELESS SETUP WPS MAC#

#HP P1102W WIRELESS SETUP WPS MAC#

Set up the printer on a Wi-Fi-enabled Mac You can also set it up using CUPS at Although not necessary, I reboot the computer and attempt to print something to confirm that all remains well after a reboot. Configuration tools vary, but OpenSUSE’s YaST is intuitive and quick. Instead, use your distribution’s configuration tool to discover and set up the printer. HP’s instructions say to use hp-setup, but again that does not work reliably for me. Set up the printer on a Wi-Fi-enabled Linux computer Not only is this unnecessary, it will lock you out if your router is reset or replaced and wants to give the printer a different IP address. Learn from my mistake and do not additionally set a static IP address in the printer’s web administration. Give it a static IP address (the one it now has should be fine) and save your work. In general terms, open the list of connected devices and find the one using the IP address you were given in step 2. This is done in your router’s configuration, and every router is different. This is optional but it makes this printer less unreliable for me. Once you have checked your work, go back to your router’s configuration and disable WPS. The printer’s web administration page should appear. Still checking your work, open a web browser and enter the IP address shown on the configuration page you just printed.

Two pages will print we are interested in the first one. If nothing happens after 10 seconds, release the button then immediately try again. To do this, press and hold the cancel (red X) button on the top of the printer until the ready light starts to blink, then release the button. First, print a self test and configuration page. I recommend that at this point you check your work so far. After a moment, the router’s configuration page will confirm success and you are in. The blue light just below the wireless button will begin to blink. On the top of the printer, press the wireless button. We’ll disable it in a moment. Still in the router’s configuration, initiate a WPS session. Instead, open your router’s configuration and enable Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS).

HP’s instructions say to use the HP Device Manager (GUI) or hp-setup (CLI), but neither work reliably for me. In Select From Discovered Devices, choose the correct detected printer. You must already be root running sudo hp-setup as a normal user will fail. This is done as root in order to have the printer available for all users of the computer you are seated at.

#HP P1102W WIRELESS SETUP WPS INSTALL#

Install the hplip package via your distribution’s package manager.Īs root, hp-setup.

If my family didn’t need wireless printing I would simply use it as an old fashioned USB-only printer and I would be a happy man.Ĭonnect the printer to a computer via USB. This is one of only two parts of setup that just worked, and the only thing that has reliably kept working over time. I cannot recommend this printer, but here’s what I know about it.

#HP P1102W WIRELESS SETUP WPS PROFESSIONAL#

My HP LaserJet Professional P1102w was a pain to set up and every couple of months stops working and requires sleuthing to fix.