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06-10-2022 02:30 PM
I am extremely frustrated with HP. I have a printer that I wanted to hook-up to my local network ONLY. Seems I can't do that. I have to run through the internet (assuming through HP) to scan anything. To do that, I must sign into my HP account! I don't want them to know when I print much less what I print! Is there any way to set up my Officejet Pro 8720 to print & scan through my local network? I don't mean connecting a USB cable because we have multiple computers.
06-16-2022 03:22 PM
I have already installed all of the available software you mentioned. It still wants me to sign on to my account to scan. I consider that "going through the internet" as you now know I am scanning. That's unacceptable.
06-17-2022 06:24 PM
Hmm. You are proving my point. The fact that you claim “I didn’t” implies you know if I downloaded drivers or not. I can assure you I have downloaded drivers several times to no avail. I will try again but if you are tracking what I am doing that’s creepy. And it’s why I won’t buy you printers until that’s fixed. Also, just saying “you didn’t” without instructions on how and where to do it is not helpful.
06-18-2022 05:49 AM
You can install the printer in 2 ways. One way is to use HP smart which requires the user to sign in, and the 2nd way is just to install a full driver. Nothing creepy I just used common sense to know you didn't do it in a way that doesn't require an internet connection and any user details to work.
Uninstall HP smart from your computer, download the full drivers-software package and install those.
06-20-2022 08:05 AM
Great. First when I checked, the software you said was already on my computer but Okay.... I deleted software as you directed and installed drivers you designated. After numerous tries, it is stuck on finding my printer-scanner and says unsuccessful network installation. I have clicked retry several times and nothing works. Please help.