None of my ios devices (IMac, Iphone 5, Ipad) can locate my wirelss printer. HP Photosmart 5520 which is definitely successfully connected to my home wifi network. I've checked and rechecked the wireless settings, rebooted EVERYTHING, updated EVERYTHING and nothing works. My Mac has never played nicely with it but it did work at one point. Now, it doesn't even appear in the add printer box. It's just gone. My mobile devices both say "No Air Printers Found".
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Print the test page and see whether the printer is connected to your network.
As mentioned in my original post, yes; my printer is most definitely connected to my network.
@ Baby Boomer
Your post would be perfect for someone who's devices had a base line communication with the printer, but unfortunately I'm not in that category. None of my stuff even knows it's there so that makes it impossible to follow your steps. Deepest thanks though.....
Please post the Private IP addresses of the Printer and your Mac and what the Private IP is for your Router. All of them will be in the Private IP ranges of 192.168.x.x, 10.x.x.x or 172.x.x.x, so no worries about posting them on this forum.
My router is 192.168.1.1 my Mac is 192.168.1.100 and my mini is 192.168.1.101.
my printer is most definitely connected to my network
How do you know that?
@ Linc Davis
.....the display on the printer is showing as connected to the wifi and has the correct network ID. Also, the print test page (from the hard wired PC) reflects the correct wifi and says it is in fact connected.
Thanks....
Please connect the iMac to your router with Ethernet and turn off Wi-Fi. Can it detect the printer?
Hmm, ....that will be tough. They're on different floors of the house. If I can't figure something else out, I'll have to lug my Mac downstairs and try it. Maybe I'll try that this weekend.
I see you completely disregarded my post about posting the IP addresses of the printer and your computers.
I also don't understand your reply the B Boomer.
Can you Ping the IP of the printer from your Mac? If you can't then it is not connected to the same network. Not sure what network your printer is connected to but if you can't Ping it from your Mac it isn't on th same network.
sorry brother/sister, ...no disrespect but a few unexpected work life situations popped up and I got mad busy this week. Deeply appreciate your help but will have to circle back to this over the weekend perhaps.
.....much love !
.....and just like that , ....Voila!! It's working again. I did absolutely nothing except let it sit for two weeks and the sum-***** just decided to start working again. This has happened before and I will never understand the cause. Thanks to everyone that tried to help. VERY weird !
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