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W7 laptop - no wireless connection to printer

onthelimit

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Posted December 17, 2010 at 1:20PM

Compaq laptop, HP 309g printer, Thompson router.

Set it up last weekend and all worked OK. She rang 2 days later to say no print. Printer showed as 'off-line'. Uninstalled software and downloaded up to date version. Installation went OK until wireless where message 'cannot connect etc...check firwall...' Prints via USB OK. Printer Config Page shows it as connected to the router with an IP address of 192.168.1.65. - config source DHCP.

Any ideas, please.

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onthelimit

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Posted December 18, 2010 at 5:52PM

Nobody?

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Jollyjohn

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Posted December 19, 2010 at 12:03PM

In control panel right click on the printer and select properties.
Under ports check the printer is on the correct port. You will have to make the column wider to see the ip address of the port - tick the box with the correct address and the printer will appear online.

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onthelimit

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Posted December 19, 2010 at 2:33PM

Thanks - I'll have a look next time I'm there.

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oarenchina

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Posted December 29, 2010 at 5:08AM

Hi buddy,

I know only too well your feeling about the headache, since I am right on the way to crack the HP 309g printer.

I'm not entirely sure that I have the correct model, but I think it's an HP photo-smart premium 309g, using a network connection. It was working fine on my Ubuntu 9.10 install before, but one day it failed with the message "cups-missing-filter". I accidentally deleted it from the list of drivers. Now, whenever I run a tool to install it back, it hangs at "searching for network printers".

Anyway, really hope someone help you and me get us out of the hook?

Good luck!

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