HP Officejet Pro 8000 Wireless, Mac OS 10.7.2 can't get it set up to run wireless

[Bruce777]

I have an iMac, OS 10.7.2, Airport Extreme router, and an HP Officejet Pro 8000 Wireless.  I recently replaced my router with an Airport Extreme.  My printer setup CD is for OS 10.4 or 10.5.  I'm trying to setup the 8000 wirelessly but without much luck.  As I understand it, the HP 8000 setup is now included in OS 10.7.  I followed some of the items from another post on this topic with OS 10.6.  Somehow I can't seem to get to the place were the printer install asks me to choose a network.  I have updated all of the software, setup a printer connected with a USB cable.

[Bruce777 · Accepted solution]

I figured this out (with some help from the Print Doc on "Is there driver for Deskjet 3050 for Mac OSX 10.7).  Once I stopped thinking like the Mac OS 10.6 approach with an hp utility things were easy.

- delete any previously set up printers

- scrub the old hp software

- remove the usb cable from the printer if you have one connected

- reset the printer network to hpsetup (press power button, network button 2x, cancel 3x, release power)

- print out the wireless network test report (press network button and update button 2x). verify ssid is hsetup

- change the mac wireless network to hpsetup

- go to the sys pref > print scan

- add the 8000 printer

- click on the options and supplies and go to the printer webpage

- use the network wizard and change the network from hpsetup to your network

- finish

- go back to the sys prefs and change the network to your network

- go to the printer and print out the wireless network test report (press network button and update button 2x).  Check that the SSID is your network

- try printing something to your printer.  It might take a little time the first print.

[Bruce777]

I cleaned this up for my records and thought I would repost:  

Setting up HP8000 on Mac OS 10.7.2 for wireless printing

- delete any previously set up printers

- scrub old hp software and update software to get the hp 2.8 drivers

- remove the usb cable from the printer if you have one connected

- reset the printer network to hpsetup (hold down the power button and press network button 2x and then cancel 3x, release power button.)

- print out the wireless network test report (hold down the network button and press the update button 2x). verify the network name / ssid is hsetup

- got to sys prefs > network and change the mac wireless network to hpsetup

- go to the sys pref > print scan

- add the HP 8000 printer

- click on the options and supplies button and click on the Show Printer Webpage

- click on the networking tab > wireless in the left pane > start network wizard and change the network from hpsetup to your network

- finish (this page may freeze up.  close the browser)

- go back to the sys prefs and change the wireless network back to your networt

- go to the printer and print out the wireless network test report (press network button and update button 2x).  Check that the SSID is your network

- go to sys prefs > print scan > select your printer > options & supplies > show printer webpage > network info (check ssid and compare to wireless network test report)

- try printing something to your printer.  It might take a little time the first print.