Wireless manual setup on iPad

[SteWoodbine]

Hello, I am having trouble connecting this printer to my WiFi network. My router does not have a WPS button. I see another user asked about this and they were told to use a usb cable however I only have an iPad. Is there any other way to connect this to the network or even connect the iPad to it directly?

[senan6806]

@SteWoodbine

A warm welcome to HP Community!

I believe we can use HP Smart App and and HP Auto wireless connect feature to connect the printer to your home wireless network. Here is how to do it:
1.) On the printer control panel, press the Setup button. Open the Service menu. Select Restore Defaults.(This step will restore default wireless settings on the printer and enable Auto Wireless connect. Immediately continue to the next step to install the software. You have approximately 120 minutes to complete the software setup using the HP auto wireless connect feature.) 

2.) Download and install HP Smart App on your iPad from here.

3.) Open HP Smart App and follow the onscreen instructions to connect the printer to a wireless network.

You may refer to this video for detailed instructions.

If in case you are still not able to connect the printer to your home WiFi, then try WiFi direct printing. WiFi Direct enables printing from a wireless mobile device without requiring a connection to a network or the Internet. Instruction on how to setup and print using WiFi direct can be found on page 35 on this document.

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