Connectivity of HP Deskjet 3050A J611 series

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Hello, I bought this printer 3 months ago. It was printing and scanning perfectly both with Ehternet connection and wireless, with Windows Vista and Mac OS.X 10.5. I left for 45 days, when back I cannot print in wireless, but only in ethernet , and the scanner, in ethernet, scans half page. The blue light of connection is blinking slow; both my computers work well in wireless. When I send something to print it says "printer not connected". What I did: I moved the printer to another place of the room, close to the computer which catches wifi. Still blinking light and printer does not work. On my Mac, I deleted the printer from the printer list, (System preferences etc), now I have re-installed it and, when I launch the Print, the print windows says <Network host "is busy; will retry in xxx seconds> and the blue light is still blinking slow. But then it does not print!!  The printer still works with cable, but I would like to use wifi. Also the scanner scans half page and this is a problem I could not solve either. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks

[ShlomiL · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Please try the following:

1. Turn both the printer and the Mac off.
2. Unplug the router, replug it after 10 seconds and allow 1-2 minutes, then turn both your orinter and the Mac back On.
3. Temporary plug the printer to your Mac by USB
4. Enter System Preferences > Print & Scan and remove any existing print queu of the printer by clliking the minus sign.
5. From the Applications folder, enter the Hewlett-Packard folder, open the Device Utilities folder ad launch the HP Setup Assistant.
6. Follow the steps to reconfigure the wirelss connection.
7. Unplug the USB when prompted to do so.

Try printing and scanning from your Mac.

From Vista, click Start > Programs > HP > HP Deskjet 3050 Series.

You should see any option listed as Update IP Address or Reconfigure Setup, then you should see an option to Add a Device.

Please let me know of any change,

Shlomi