There are three best ways you may connect your HP printer to Wi-Fi. The first is byusing the official HP Smart app. Simply launch the application, go toWireless Setup Wizard,and connect the printer to your preferred Wi-Fi network.

The second method includes pushing theWPS button on your Wi-Fi router. This allows yourprinter to connect to Wi-Fiwithout even having a password.

Apart from that, you may temporarily hook your printer to the computerusing a USB cableand set up Wi-Fi.

Now let’s get into the details.

Via HP Smart

HP Smart is afoolproof methodto connect your HP printer to Wi-Fi. Trust me, I have hooked a bunch of HP printers and have no single complaint.

To begin with, download andinstall the HP Smart app. Then, follow these steps:

Now, you’re all set toadd a network printerto otherdevices connected to that Wi-Finetwork.

Use the WPS Push Button / WPS PIN on Your Router

If you have admin access to the router, you may utilize its WPS push button to do the needful. You may also find theWPS PIN of your printerand connect it to the router.

Since the latter method is quite tedious, I will be emphasizing the former method in this section.

For that, first, take your printer near the router or vice-versa, whichever is possible. Then,

Setup Wi-Fi Through USB Connection

You also get an option to configure Wi-Fi when you aresetting up your printerfor the first time. For this, you shouldtemporarily connect your printer to a computerusing the USB cable. Then, go through these steps.

The printer is now ready to appear in the list ofwireless printers. Here’s a detailed guide to help you fix it if yourcomputer can not find the wireless printer.

Sometimes, you may also face criticalerrors like 0x0000011bwhen trying to add a shared printer. This is nothing but just a glitch in the Windows update. In such cases, consult our guide to fix the ‘Windows cannot connect to the printer‘ error.