HP (Hewlett-Packard) CN461AB1H All in One Printer User Manual


 
Connect the printer with HP Wireless Direct
Connect a computer, smart phone, tablet, or other Wi-Fi capable device directly to your HP printer
with HP Wireless Direct. With an HP Wireless Direct connection you can print wirelessly, without a
router, from your Wi-Fi capable devices.
HP printing software is required for printing over Wireless Direct from a computer. A compatible
printing application is required for printing over Wireless Direct from a smart phone or tablet.
A Wireless Direct connection is turned on and managed from the printer’s control panel.
If your WiFi capable device supports WPA2 encryption, you can enable security when you setup
a Wireless Direct connection.
Five devices or fewer can simultaneously use Wireless Direct to connect to your printer.
A Wireless Direct connection can be used while your printer is also connected to a wireless
network or a USB cable.
Wireless Direct cannot connect to the internet.
This section covers the following topics:
Connect and print from a WiFi capable mobile device
Connect and print from a WiFi capable computer over a wireless router and Wireless Direct
Connect and print from a WiFi capable computer over Wireless Direct only
Change from printing over USB to a Wireless Direct connection
Connect and print from a WiFi capable mobile device
1. Setup your printer. A compatible print application is required for printing from a mobile device. If
your mobile print application can print over a wireless network connection, you can print over
Wireless Direct.
NOTE: Compatible with mobile devices with HP ePrint mobile app installed, HP Printer Control
app installed, Apple devices with iOS 4.2+, and HP webOS devices.
2. Turn on your printer’s Wireless Direct connection.
Press (X476 Series) or touch (X576 Series) the Setup
button from the control panel.
Open the Network Setup menu.
Open the Wireless Direct menu.
Select On to enable Wireless Direct connections or select On With Security to enable
secure, Wireless Direct connections to the printer.
3. Turn on your mobile device’s Wi-Fi capability.
4. From your mobile device, search for and connect to the Wireless Direct name for your printer,
such as HP-Setup-xx-Officejet Pro X576.
5. From your mobile device’s print application, confirm your HP printer is the default printer, select
print, and then print your document.
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