HP printers have been leading the printers’ market with ever-changing technical features suiting the tech evolution of our digitally dominated world. It comes with high-resolution printing results in both wired and wireless printers. WPS pin is a unique code for your HP Printers that grants you access to a wireless connection with your Wi-Fi routers. It can be defined as an 8-digit secret code between your printers and routers and can only be used for wireless routers. So let’s move on and answer the question- Where to find the WPS pin for my HP Printer?
WPS pin and printer assistant
HP Printer Assistant is your go-to answer for an easy and smooth user experience with your printer’s performance. It is management software that helps to install your print drive, lets you scan documents and images, check the ink levels, and order printer supplies besides high-resolution prints. There are a lot of other services that the software offers but seems to have difficulty in answering when you ask “where to find the WPS pin for on HP printer?”
So, let’s walk you through the steps involved in the process of finding the WPS pin:
Begin with turning your HP Printer on.
Now, choose to go to the “Control Screen”.
Locate and go for the “Wireless” key or button.
Hit “Settings”, and then “Wi-Fi Protected Setup”.
Get into the “WPS Pin” and get the generated 8-digit code.
Note: Now, you can use the 8-digit WPS pin to connect your printer to your wireless router network.
Conclusion
HP Printers have been on the top amongst all other printer brands with its premium best-in-class technical features. It offers a WPS pin that is a unique code to connect your HP printers to wireless routers and this read has been focused on answering one question that users have been asking- “Where to find the WPS pin for my HP Printer?”, with the steps to follow.
Types of WPS Connections for HP Printer On all the HP Printer you will find either of the below WPS options to connect the printer wirelessly.
WPS Push Button (For non-screen Printers)
WPS Pin ( For Screen enabled Printers)
Connect HP printer using WPS Push Button
Go to the control panel of your HP Printer and then after this after pressing the Wireless or Settings Button, you will observe a Blue Light starts blinking.
Go to the option of “WiFi Protected Setup” and then follow the instructions which appear on the printer screen.
After this, you will have to select the option “WPS Button”. When you do so, the printer will tell you to press the WPS button the wireless router.
After pressing the WPS button on the router, move to the printer and for a wireless connection, hit continue.
Now Connection will be established and the printer is ready to use.
If you are using an HP printer with a screen and you have a WPS Push button then follow the below steps.
Make sure printer is ON before moving to the next step.
Go to the HP printer control panel or screen and Press the Wireless Button.
Now the Wireless BLUE light will start blinking.
On the printer screen, you will find the option “WiFi Protected Setup“.
Go to “WiFi Protected Setup” and select “Push Button”.
Go to your wireless Router.
At the backside of your router, you will find a WPS Button.
Press and Hold that WPS button for 3-4 sec.
WPS light will start blinking on the router itself.
Wait for 2-3 mins Both the lights on printer and Router stop blinking.
Take a look at the printer screen “Connection Established“.
Now Printer is connected with the wireless network with WPS Button
Connect HP Printer Using WPS Pin
Go to the control panel of your HP Printer and then after pressing the Wireless button, go to the Settings.
After touching on the WiFi Protected Setup, you should follow the prompts appearing on the screen.
Now you will be prompted to PIN, tap on this PIN. When you do so, WPS PIN will be displayed on the screen.
Next step is to access the configuration utility or the software for the wireless access point or wireless router. After this, you will have to enter WPS PIN.
After the completion of setup, in All Programs, open the HP Folder of Printer. Then, go to the Printer Setup and Software. Then, choose the option of “Connect a New Printer”. This way, you can easily install the Network Printer Driver.
Congratulation WPS Pin has been generated and your HP Printer is connected wirelessly with you windows 10 computer.
This should help you out in finding the WPS on your HP printer. Regards, Jake.