I'm not a 'power user' so please be patient. Wife and I are both running 14.04 on our respective laptops with no problems. We connect to the Home WiFi with no issues. I purchased an HP-Envy 4500 All-in-one printer. Works well with USB connection, no problems. But when I attempt to set it up as a Wireless printer on our laptops it can not be found.
The 'Wireless Network Test Results' (created by the printer), shows a good connection, and passing traffic between the printer and the wireless router.
When I go to system settings > Printers > Add Printer > Network Printer there is nothing listed. If I click "Find Network Printer" no printers are found.
If I try to use HPLIP Device Manager with the USB cable connected, HPLIP will enter a crash-loop and not add the printer.
We would both like to have wireless printing capability but from other questions here, there seems to be some issues. Before we moved, we had this functionality, but have had updates to Ubuntu, changed from DSL to Cable, and changed WiFi routers from Asus to Belkin. Any ideas or suggestions?
Best Answer
I suggest that, rather than having the System Settings > Printers tool attempt to automatically find the wireless printer, you specify the Device URI. I have an HP printer and, although it attaches to my router with ethernet, I think the process is the same.
I assume the 'Wireless Network Test Results' shows the printer's IP address. I suggest you use this to add a network printer:
Then continue and let the system look for drivers, select HP and, I assume, since the printer worked by USB, the exact model is selectable. Test by printing a test page.