Convert USB to a wireless printer- setup : The USB (Universal Serial Bus) connectivity procedure is by far the most used method in the consumer’s printing genre. If you want to use the USB cable to connect your PC with the printer, then it will give you maximum compatibility but the convenience to print gets reduced by a great margin. You are bound to stay close to the other connection source of the USB which might be the computer you use or the phone.
However, it has become a trend that people are switching to a much more advanced wireless printing option. You can easily change the setting from within the printer’s control panel. If you are using the service for the first time, you may always use HP Smart App to convert the connection to a wireless one. This works the best with All-in-One printers from Hewlett Packard.
Please follow the steps below to convert the USB connection into wireless setup and printing over Wi-Fi network or Wi-Fi direct:
- Begin the process by searching for HP from the search bar. Now click on your printer’s label to open the print assistant.
- Now, click on the Utilities or Tools button.
- Now move ahead and select the Printer Setup & Options button or Device Setup & software.
- Convert a USB connection to a wireless one using HP Print Assistant.
- To configure with HP Smart App, open the home screen and search for “Make printing easier by connecting your printer wirelessly”.
- A message will be sent to the owner regarding this change request.
- If you get the Learn More button, it will start a guided voice conference with me.
- Now you may safely connect to my account with my well-wishers.
Now, with the wireless function enabled, you can take printouts easily through Wi-Fi.
For printers that only have a USB by default, and no Wi-Fi connection option
If your printer came with only the USB connecting port, then you have to follow these quick steps below to fix the print or scan issues:
- You have to begin by plugging in the USB cable into the respective port on your router.
- Start the printer and wait for a couple of minutes for the printer to complete the start-up process.
- Log in to your PC with the privileges of an administrator.
- Go to Devices & Printers from the Start menu.
- Select either the option – “Add a Printer”, or select the option- “Add a Network, wireless or Bluetooth printer.”
- From the listed printers, select yours and follow the onscreen options to reinstall or freshly install a required or recommended driver for the printer.
- Now go ahead and complete the installation. Your printer should be ready to print using the Wi-Fi of the laptop in the connected network.
- Log in to the computer and open the Devices and Printers section from the Settings page.
- Either click on Add Printer or select Add a Network, wireless or Bluetooth printer.
Now, select your printer model from the list and you will be good to go for printing through the Wi-Fi network to which both the printer and the PC are connected.
Using a print server to print your documents and images
A print server will enable the direct hassle-free connection between your computer and the printer. The printer models which do not come with built-in Wi-Fi feature can be easily patched to the network via Wi-Fi using the print server.
To enable wireless printing using the print server, you may follow the steps below:
- You need to buy a print server for your printer. This device adds the networking capability in the printer where the server will be installed.
- You may connect the print service directly to the printer or through the USB. The print server can be installed in both ways.
- Now you need to connect the print server to your router using an Ethernet cable.
- Switch on the print server and the printer.
- Connect your PC with the printer so that it can start working on printing documents and taking scans of documents or photos.
These are some solid methods to print any document or image over Wi-Fi when the printer doesn’t have the Wi-Fi feature originally.