HP Officejet Pro 8600 error message when printing

[DaveW65]

When printing from my Microsoft Surface Pro 4 I am receiving the following message: Printer HP Officejet Pro 8600 cannot be contacted over the network.

I have printed from my other 2 Surface Pros and from an Apple and Samsung phone on the same printer and network.  

I have removed the printer from the device and re-intalled then restarted the computer.  Still cannot print.

This computer connects to the network fine and has online connection.  

Ran HP Troubleshooter and 2 network issues were identified: 

[sandytechy20]

@DaveW65

Welcome to HP support community.

Assign manual IP address and that should fix the issue.

To identify which IP address is currently assigned to the printer, do the following:

1. On the printer control panel display, from the Home screen, touch ( Wireless ), and then touch ( Settings ).

2. Touch Print Reports

3. Touch Wireless Test Report.

Setting a Static IP Address

Once you know your printer’s IP address, entering it is pretty easy. Here’s what you do:

1. Run your Web browser.
2. In the Web browser’s address bar, type the IP address of your printer and press Enter. Assuming you entered the right address, the HP printer control panel should appear.
3. Click the Networking tab.
4. Under Connections, click Wired.
5. Under IP Address Configuration, click Manual IP.
6. Enter the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway in the appropriate boxes.
7. Click Apply.

You can refer this HP document for more assistance:- Click here

Let me know how it goes.

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