Since the HP Officejet 8500 Pro did not have wireless built in but a LAN port, the only ways to make it work like a wireless printer is to hook it directly to an available LAN port of a wireless router or get a wireless USB print server for it but those print servers are close to $100 and not worth the price. When the printer is directly hooked to the wireless router, any computer can access it on the network as a network printer wirelessly.
I am on my 3rd HP OfficeJet Pro 8500A. I also made a few videos that show lots of other firmware problems with this printer. HP replaced my first printer two times and each time they said the replacement printer they were sending me was tested and will work. Guess what... it doesn't work any better. They informed me there is a firmware problem, but they will not fix it. If you watch my videos you can see all the other problems. Don't trust HP!!!!
Since the HP Officejet 8500 Pro did not have wireless built in but a LAN port, the only ways to make it work like a wireless printer is to hook it directly to an available LAN port of a wireless router or get a wireless USB print server for it but those print servers are close to $100 and not worth the price. When the printer is directly hooked to the wireless router, any computer can access it on the network as a network printer wirelessly.
darkjustice2600 4 weeks ago
hi,,i would like to know if how to connect my printer to the wireless network like yours,,
ejeck21 4 weeks ago
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I am on my 3rd HP OfficeJet Pro 8500A. I also made a few videos that show lots of other firmware problems with this printer. HP replaced my first printer two times and each time they said the replacement printer they were sending me was tested and will work. Guess what... it doesn't work any better. They informed me there is a firmware problem, but they will not fix it. If you watch my videos you can see all the other problems. Don't trust HP!!!!
PunkyPaneteddoShow 1 month ago