HP Wireless Printer no longer sees iPhone Personal Hotspot

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HP Wireless Printer no longer sees iPhone Personal Hotspot

I've just moved out of my house, where I had a solid WiFi hotspot. We have moved into a motorhome, ready to see the country. My iPhone plan includes a Personal Hotspot, and I'm using it now with my MBP. But my HP Wireless Printer (Color LaserJet Pro M252dw), which has printed several dozen pages when connected to the MBP (and a Dell windows machine) via the Personal Hotspot, has suddenly stopped recognizing the Hotspot. I've even taken the phone and laid it straight onto the printer, with the page in iPhone Preferences about Personal Hotspot. Type in the SSID, and the printer still tells me that it can't find that Hotspot.

When I searched Google, it gave me an Apple Community Forums page that looked like it was talking about trying to print from the iPhone. Please note that I'm not trying to do that. I'm trying to print from the printer on a connection that has worked before, but has suddenly stopped working.

Help!

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Mac user since 1997

MacBook Pro (M1, 2020)

Posted on Mar 20, 2024 3:26 PM

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sberman

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Mar 20, 2024 3:40 PM in response to elainezfw

Have you tried Settings > Personal Hotspot > Maximize Compatibility on the iPhone? You should.

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elainezfw Author

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Mar 29, 2024 10:07 AM in response to elainezfw

sberman, I tried your suggestion to no avail. But fear not! My problem seems to have gotten itself solved. I decided that I would fall back on using a printer cable in order to print. I won't try to decipher all the things that may have gone on, but once I printed using the cable, I found that I could disconnect the cable, and once again, print wirelessly. Thanks to everyone who considered a fix for my problem.

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elainezfw Author

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Mar 20, 2024 8:34 PM in response to sberman

I can certainly try that, but tell me why that should work now, when it didn't seem to be needed before now. Not pooh-pooh-ing your suggestion, but my whole setup worked just fine, without "Maximize Compatibility" enabled, until just today.

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