Hp deskjet 2540 forgotten password

[Ilona76]

I can not find the password to put into my iPad when I try to connect so I can print directly from my iPad, I have already printed from it and I'm sure it did not ask for a password but now when I connect it asks for one, can any one help please?

[Herculean]

Hi Ilona76,

It seems you or someone close to you might have unknowingly enabled security on your WI-Fi DIrect connection.

You can check this by printing out your Network Configuration page:
Press the Wireless button and the Start Copy Black button from the printer control panel at the same time.

The Wireless Direct passcode should be displayed on the first page of the printout.

To change the Wireless Direct password or turn off the security passcode:
1. Connect your computer or iPad to the Wireless Direct printer network (HP-Direct-XY-Deskjet 2540 series)
2. Once connected, open a web browser and type in 192.168.223.1 in the addressbar and press enter.
3. At the printer EWS page navigate to Network>HP Wireless Direct>Edit Settings.
4. Change the passcode or turn off security passcode and click Apply.

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[bobsvilla]

Had a paper jam while printing from my iPad. Now iPad won't connect to HP 2540. Did power off restart.  Printed out new pswd, inst'd to settings, doesn't work....bob

[Herculean]

Hi Bob,

If the blue wireless light is blinking on the printer, then it's not connected to a router.

If you want to connect directly to the printers AP from the iPad, press the HP Wireless Direct button so that the white light is solid:

1. From the iPad, connect to the HP-Print-XX-Deskjet 2540 wireless AP.

2. Bring up a photo or doc and select print.

3. Select the DeskJet printer to print.

Let me know if this works.

[Mcelarney]

Need help am on my iPad and it's coming up I need a password get the network please can anybody help

[Herculean]

Hi Mcelarney,

Please see the second post on this page above to resolve your issue.

Thanks

[bobsvilla]

Password reset didn't work. I turned off iPad, turned back on....everything worked  🙂

[DonaldandJoan]

We have a HP 7520 Printer and a Apple Ipad and we want to print from our IPad it comes up we need a Printer password how do we find that we have tried our Computer password but doesn't work

[chappyATC]

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[Mrery5681]

This helped me huge I couldn't figure out how to do it but thanks for the info