HP Envy 7640 appears as it's own wireless network

[sabuck]

My HP Envy shows up on the network scan as an available (but secured) wireless network called "Direct-1D-HP ENVY 7640 series" . Why is this? How can I change this to not show? Thank you.

[sabretooth04]

Yes, you have Wireless Direct enabled so it shows the Printers SSID.   If you disable Wireless Direct this will no longer show.

[sabuck]

Thank you for the suggestion. I have looked as to where I would change the setting or disable the setting of "Wireless Direct" and I cannot find it. Where can I find thi9s setting? 

[sabretooth04 · Accepted solution]

That information is in the User Guide that you download from the HP web site here.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-envy-7640-e-all-in-one-printer-series/6617267/model/6617268/...

1. From the Home screen, touch (Wireless) and then touch (Settings).

2. If the display shows that Wi-Fi Direct is Off, touch Wi-Fi Direct and then switch it on.  You switch it off.

3. From your wireless computer, turn wireless on, search for and connect to the Wi-Fi Direct name, for
example: DIRECT-**- HP ENVY-7640 (where ** are the unique characters to identify your printer). Enter
the Wi-Fi Direct password when prompted.

[sabuck]

Thanks!

[Iron_Head-5710]

My Phone and PC are showing that I have an HP Envy 7640 on my wireless Network but my actual Printer is an Epson XP-810 series.

Why can't I find my printer instead of this HP Envy 7640?

[sabretooth04]

Sounds like that is hyour old printer.   Remove and delete all printers from your computer and start over.

[Lesswireless]

My neighbor can print to my HP Envy 7640. After some digging my understanding (tho it may be wrong!!) is that if Wi-Fi Direct is on, this can happen. I do see a network name in my network list in the format mentioned in the solution - DIRECT-**- HP ENVY-7640.

I've tried to do the steps in the solution post:

1. From the Home screen, touch (Wireless) and then touch (Settings).

MY EXPERIENCE: I can to to the "Home" screen on my printer. I don't see an option that says "settings", but I do see "set up". I have gone down that path but I can't find any option that says "Wi-Fi Direct" with an option to turn it on/off. 

2. If the display shows that Wi-Fi Direct is Off, touch Wi-Fi Direct and then switch it on.  You switch it off.

3. From your wireless computer, turn wireless on, search for and connect to the Wi-Fi Direct name, for
example: DIRECT-**- HP ENVY-7640 (where ** are the unique characters to identify your printer). Enter
the Wi-Fi Direct password when prompted.

MY EXPERIENCE:  I have been able to log on my DIRECT-**- HP ENVY-7640 network from my wireless laptop, and have entered the password.

Recap: So, I still can't tell if Wi-Fi Direct is on or off. 

Does anyone have any ideas on this? Thanks in advance.

[Betty0610]

@Lesswireless

Welcome to the HP Support Community.

If you're using the Wi-Fi Direct way of connecting your Computer and Printer then your Wi-Fi Direct is always on.

I hope this answers your question. Let me know if you need any further assistance. 

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[Lesswireless]

• Hi, thanks. I think that is the problem. My problem is I cannot see how to turn wireless direct off I don’t see anything on the home or settings with the word wireless direct on it. So if it’s possible to turn it off please point me to that information. Thanks