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03-02-2012 10:09 PM
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03-03-2012 03:20 PM
There is another option available of putting in a custom DNS server. The EWS for this model might differ slightly, but the same general steps apply for all HP printers.
What you want to do is gather the IP address off of the printer, you can do this by pushing the wireless icon on the display and you may have to go to view settings after. Take this ip and put it in the address bar of your web browser as if it were a webpage. From there go to the network tab along the top of that page, then you should have an ipv4 option along the left under wireless (or wired if you are using ethernet). In here you can set a manual IP, and a manual DNS server. Set the DNS server to manual, and put 8.8.8.8 as the primary, and 8.8.4.4 as the secondary.
These steps will have the printer go through googles DNS servers, which does seem to resolve this issue most of the time. The main cause is your ISPs DNS servers may not have the web services servers in their system, so when it goes to connect it times out, and gives you the proxy message.
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03-03-2012 03:20 PM
There is another option available of putting in a custom DNS server. The EWS for this model might differ slightly, but the same general steps apply for all HP printers.
What you want to do is gather the IP address off of the printer, you can do this by pushing the wireless icon on the display and you may have to go to view settings after. Take this ip and put it in the address bar of your web browser as if it were a webpage. From there go to the network tab along the top of that page, then you should have an ipv4 option along the left under wireless (or wired if you are using ethernet). In here you can set a manual IP, and a manual DNS server. Set the DNS server to manual, and put 8.8.8.8 as the primary, and 8.8.4.4 as the secondary.
These steps will have the printer go through googles DNS servers, which does seem to resolve this issue most of the time. The main cause is your ISPs DNS servers may not have the web services servers in their system, so when it goes to connect it times out, and gives you the proxy message.
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01-21-2013 02:50 PM
To find your printers ePrint email address:
a. Press the ePrint button on the control panel. You will see the web services Settings menu on the printer display.
b. Select Display Email Address from the printer display to view the printer’s email address.
01-24-2013 02:58 PM
Hi again tessa59,
Did the information I provided in my previous post help with your issue?
04-05-2013 08:10 AM
04-05-2013
08:20 AM
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02-23-2017
04:56 PM
by
OscarFuentes
Hi MGO,
I understand that you're having problems getting ePrint setup. Have you connected your printer to your network? I would take a look at the link below and the videos provided. The video walks you through process of setting up ePrint. Let me know how it goes.
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