123 HP Printer Setup
Do you find difficulties in connecting your HP Officejet printer through Wi-Fi?
In this section, we will be discussing wireless and wired printer setup of HP Officejet 6950.
As most of the printers now do support both wireless printing and wired printing, it has become much important to know about these setups.
We will explain in detail how to set up your printer in the wireless method, how to change your IP address, and many more.
If in case you wish to connect your HP Officejet 6950 Printer wireless you can access through the HP wireless direct and Wi-Fi Direct features. From these methods, you can connect Wi-Fi capable devices such as smartphones, tablets, or computers to your printer to setup a wireless network connection without the help of a wireless router or access point.
HP WI-FI DIRECT AND WIRELESS DIRECT
Wi-Fi Direct allows you to print wirelessly through your computer, Smartphone, or tablet. For that, your device must download the recommended printer software from 123.hp.com/setup as stated earlier. To turn on Wi-Fi direct follow the steps given
Go to the printer control panel in your Officejet 6950 printer and click on the Wi-Fi Direct option.
In Wi-Fi direct option select settings. There you can Turn On the Wi-Fi direct option.
You can connect up to five devices through the Wi-Fi direct method.
You can also access this method even when your printer is connected via USB cable. Make sure that your device has an active internet connection. If you have connected your printer to the computer with a USB cable, follow the steps below for the Wi-Fi Direct connection
Open the HP printer software on the computer.
Select Tools> Device Setup & Software> Connect a new device.
Under the connection tab, you will find a Wireless option.
It will automatically list the available printers there select your HP printer from the list of detected printers.
Follow the instructions displayed on the screen to complete the setup.
First, you have to Turn Wi-Fi Direct ON in your HP Officejet 6950 printer and in your mobile.
Then choose the document that you have to print from your mobile and click on Print.
The screen will now display the list of available printers.
From that list of available printers select your printer and click OK.
To print using Wi-Fi Direct from your computer, make sure that you have turned on the Wi-Fi direct option in your HP Officejet 6950 printer and computer.
Choose the printer’s name from the list of the available network in the Wi-Fi settings on your computer.
Next, enter the password to connect the printer with your computer.
Check your internet connection and make sure that the HP Officejet 6950 printer and your computer are connected to the same wireless network.
Make note of your Network name (SSID) and Password.
Use the above credentials mentioned in step 2 to connect both the printer and computer to your wireless network.
After completing the above HP Oj6950 manual driver steps, you can download the latest version of the Driver for your HP Officejet 6950 printer. Go to 123 hp com oj6950
Enter your HP Officejet 6950 printer model number HP Officejet 6950 in the box mentioned and click Begin.
A new page will open containing the driver for your HP Officejet 6950 printer. Now click Download and save that file.
After downloading double click on the downloaded driver setup file to launch the driver installation.
Click Next in the driver installation software and follow the on-screen instructions of the driver installation software for completing the HP Officejet 6950 manual driver installation on your computer.
Connect your Macintosh or Mac book Pro and HP Officejet 6950 Mac Setup printer to the same wireless (Wi-Fi) network.
Make note of your wireless network name SSID (Service Set Identifier) and password WEP (Wireless Encryption Protocol)key or WPA (WiFi Protected Access)security.
Switch ON your Wi-Fi router, hp Officejet 6950 printer, and computer or laptop.
Disconnect any USB or Ethernet cable from the hp Officejet 6950 Mac setup.
Press and hold the Wireless icon in the printer’s control panel.
Go to Wireless Setup Wizard in the setting tab and press OK.
A list of available Wi-Fi networks will be displayed by the wizard.
Select your Wi-Fi network from the list and press OK.
If the name of your wireless network is not listed then, enter your username SSID and password WEP key or WPA that you have noted in the initial step.
After the above step, 123 hp setup 6950 printer will get connected to your wireless network.
Open your browser and search 123.hp.com/officejet 6950 in the search bar and type your HP Officejet 6950 Mac Setup.
Select your 123.hp.com/setup 6950 printer from the suggested printer model and click.
A new page will open in that, click.
Full-featured HP Officejet 6950 Mac setup & driver will be downloaded to your Mac.
After downloading is complete, double click on it (file name ends as .dmg).
Click the HP inkjet SW OSX file on the installer page.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
HP Utility setup window will open.
Click Add 123 hp setup 6950 Printer and choose your printer from Use or Print using the menu drop down list.
Click Continue and follow the on-screen instruction to complete the HP Officejet 6950 Wireless Setup for MAC