Plug it in with Ethernet and let it power up. Now turn on Bonjour in Safari prefs and see if, in the Bookmarks menu, you now have an entry in the Bonjour submenu for that printer. You might. And it might just lead to a page that lets you configure it, including its Wi-Fi adaptor. If nothing shows up under Bonjour, look in your router’s DHCP table, if you know how. There you may see the IP address of the just-acquired printer address lease.
My Epson didn’t; the web page was just an ink level status meter. But my HP LaserJet most assuredly does. I don’t use Wi-Fi though; it’s near enough for Ethernet. Moreover my printer supports Wi-Fi Direct, so even with Wi-Fi on, it need not be connected to my network; it acts as a little Wi-Fi network of its own that can be used for printing by anybody in range. And I set up EPrint so I can just email it to print, if I’m afar (also works with Google CloudPrint). HP are really quite good about accessibility. About the only thing I can’t do, rather stupidly, is operate the copier functions; some other printers have little smartphone apps for that, but mine has the regular old touch keypad (not touchscreen). Anyway, see how you go. You might be able to go quite far once it’s plugged in to the net. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
