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Re: Can an officejet 6500 wireless printer be "wired" to a PC and also run wireless for la (480 Views)
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Can an officejet 6500 wireless printer be "wired" to a PC and also run wireless for laptops.

‎11-09-2011 05:56 AM

The printer is working with the PC and laptops in the wireless mode.

My question is, can this be done?

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Re: Can an officejet 6500 wireless printer be "wired" to a PC and also run wireless for la

‎11-09-2011 02:30 PM

If you mean wired with USB, the answer is yes.  If you mean wired to a network with Ethernet, the answer is no.

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Re: Can an officejet 6500 wireless printer be "wired" to a PC and also run wireless for la

‎11-10-2011 07:16 AM

Thank you very much for your response.

Last question, I installed the printer program as "wirelwss" hook up.

Do I neeed to reprogram the computer for "wired" connection also???

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‎11-10-2011 10:01 AM

Yes.  If on a PC go to Start > All Programs > Hewlett-Packard > OfficeJet 6500 series > Add a Device (or similar words).   Make sure the printer is plugged in with USB when you do this.

 

It will create a second instance of the printer (rename it so you can tell them apart).  Now you will have a wireless instance of the printer and a USB instance, both listed in Control Panel > Printers.

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