![]() ![]() In the end, once the firmware was updated, AirPrint from the iPad worked.Price is ridiculous. However, then, the online tech had to do the update as the firmware update utility would not open properly (under OSX 10.11.2). This was my obstacle with :updating the firmware". You have to go to a lower OSX value (at least 10.9) to get the firmware update option. and here's the kicker, if you search the HP Website for this computer and go in under the OS at 10.11.x (El Capitan) you WILL NOT see a firmware update option. It was totally due to the firmware not being current. I complained and they then said they would do it for free. Since this printer is out of warranty they wanted to charge about $30 for a support phone call. It's only a matter of time.Ĭalled HP Customer Support. So, if you CAN print at home via AirPrint, you might as well prepare yourself to have your wireless network hacked by your teenaged neighbor. So, my wireless printer is connected via Ethernet to my Apple Time Capsule and it prints fine from all my Macs, but no go for AirPrint from my iOS5 devices.Īnd buying a newer printer wouldn't help because none of them connect to WPA2 networks. ![]() All my Macs do, but my wireless printer doesn't. ![]() How do you get the printer on the wireless network? If you have a wireless router that supports WPS, it's apparently easy, but Apple's routers don't support WPS because it is not considered to be a secure network protocol, despite claims to the contrary.Īpple supports WPA2, which rocks in terms of wireless security, but each device that connects needs to provide the WPA2 password in order to join the network, and guess what? Printers don't have an interface through which you can send a password. But there's a second issue that I'm stuck on. One, as you have discussed, you need to upgrade the firmware so the printer is truely ready to handle AirPrint. ![]()
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