SOLVED Connect HP Printer Wirelessly

[pensioner77]

I have a hp Officejet Pro 8100 Printer and my PC is partioned with Mint and Win7. I have changed my connection from ethernet to wireless and I can print on the Win7 partion but on Mint 9 My prefered OS) everything is held as pending! "Enabled " is ticked in the printer properties.

[karlchen]

Hello, pensioner77.

Note: Mint 9 has passed the end of its supported life. It did so in April 2013, 4 years ago. - You should seriously consider upgrading to a supported Linux Mint release.
About your specific question on how to switch your Mint HP printer configuration to wireless network mode:
The exact details depend on the answer to the question:

• Are you using the HPLIP driver software which are available in the official software repositories (on Mint 17.x and Mint 18.x, no idea whether it was at Mint 9 times.)?
• Are you using the HPLIP driver software from the HP website here: HP Linux Imaging and Printing?

Regards,
Karl

[majpooper]

I am astounded that you are still on Mint 9 which is way before my time - that does not seem like a good idea.
Anyway I have a HP Officejet printer 8610. I had a wireless connection for a short time until I bought a cheap switch and connected via CAT5 to my network. I now this is not always possible depending on location etc. I do remember to set up a wireless connection I had to jump through some hoops I believe initially I had to establish a USB connection. This was per HP not linux as I recall but if you have it working with Windows maybe not. Anyway the wireless connection was always flaky hence I switched to a wired network connection.

[pensioner77]

Sorry Karlchen & majpooper, the Mint9 was an error I never meant to hit the 9 key, I am using Mint17!
I never installed specific drivers on the Linux partition as I remember "cups?" just worked , of course then I was using a USB connection for both OS's. If it is not an easy solution, I am not very IT proficient, would it be possible be connected by USB and still have the wireless connection when printing on the Win7 partition?

[AndyMH]

Don't have an HP but do have an Epson XP305 wireless printer. Using mint 18.2 (and don't remember any problems here when using 17.3).

Goto admin > printers > server > new > printer (or simply hit the add button).

Expand network printers and it should be there - can you see it? Epson works fine with DNS-SD, don't know about the HP. Given that you've had it working when connected direct should have the right driver.

[karlchen]

Hello, pensioner77.

Mint 17 is alright.
Provided you have got the HPLIP driver software installed (Ubuntu repo version or the one from the genuine HP website) you should find a menu item labelled "HP Device Manager" inside the Mint menu => Accessories.
Launch "HP Device Manager". Click on "Device" => "Setup Device". This is where you can configure the way how your printer is connected: via USB, via Ethernet cable, via wireless.

HTH,
Karl
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P.S.:
In case you should not have "HP Device Manager" under Mint menu - Accessories, you might like to check which hplip software packages are present on your system:
Terminal command sudo dpkg --list hplip* Should list as installed: hplip, hplip-cups, hplip-data.

[pensioner77]

Thank you everyone, AndyMH suggestion worked a treat.