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‎10-17-2017 06:47 PM

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Product: HP Envy 5660
Operating System: macOS 10.12 Sierra

Hi, I live in a sorority house in which we all share the wifi. Someone keeps printing to my HP Envy 5660 wireless printer and I was wondering if there was a way to password protect who can connect or print to it. Thanks in advance!

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‎10-17-2017 06:52 PM

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Sorry no there is no password protection for the printer.  Connecting to a public network will allow everyone to find and use your printer.   Use a USB cable for security.   Or you can use Wireless Direct, but you can't be on the Internet and print at the same time.

 

Or you can create your own private LAN which will isolate you and the printer.

 

Connect wireless printer anywhere, convert from wired, bypass failed radio, add WPA2 security.

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Printer-Networking-and-Wireless/Connect-your-wireless-printer-when-away...

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‎10-18-2017 08:30 AM - edited ‎10-18-2017 08:31 AM

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Hello csmith,

Since the sorority wifi is a problem, you might just set up Wi-Fi Direct.  It may not stop the ability of others to print.  Do they know the email address of the printer.  You could change that, just ask.  Also, you could only turn on the printer when you need it.  The printer cable is the easiest.  They only cost about $5-10 on Amazon, Walmart, etc.

 

Here's some info on Wi-Fi direct, which will connect printer to computer without a router/modem.  Good luck.

 

http://www8.hp.com/us/en/campaigns/wireless-printing-center/wireless-direct.html Wireless Printing Center - Case 2 How to connect to Wireless Direct if using cable

 

The above comes from this link:

http://www8.hp.com/us/en/campaigns/wireless-printing-center/overview.html?jumpid=ex_r11400_go_wpc-sa... Wireless Printing Center -has wireless setup

 

I am not an HP employee. 

 

 

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