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I need help connecting my printer to the internet

 

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Please download your User Guide here.

 

https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-deskjet-3700-all-in-one-printer-series/8954253/model/1126203...

 

Starting on page 34 explains how to connect to the Internet.

 

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That might be one of the most unhelpful answers ever...After downloading 3 different things, I found the page you were talking about, and it describes how to set up web services. That's great...but doesn't remotely answer the question of how to actually connect the thing to wifi. 

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This sucks to set up. 

So turn it on and follow the instructions to get it into wireless setup mode (for me it was hold wifi and cancel for 3 seconds). Once that happens, the printer will emmit it's own network. Switch your wireless connection to that network. 

Now try the wizard. Hopefully it will find your printer and stuff just works, but, being HP, that's likely not the case. 

So, when the wizard fails, and you're connected to the printer, go to your command line. Hit <Widnow Key> and type cmd. Once there, you can type ipconfig and hit enter. That will put up a bunch of numbers on your screen...look for the one that says wireless gateway. Copy that into your browser of choice

Hopefully, now you'll have access to the printer's settings. In there you should see network. From there you can follow the instructions to get it to hit your home network. 

Or frankly, once the wizard doesn't work, take it back and get something with a USB port or a touch screen. 

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