When you are trying to connect your HP Printer to Windows 10 then a prompt usually appears saying, “Enter WPS Pin for HP Printer“. This happens when you are installing the printer on Windows 10. This is required so that you can use the WPS Pin and connect the HP Printer to a wireless network. In order to connect with wireless gadgets, HP Printers use WPS technology. It is a latest technology that is getting popular for establishing connection and letting various devices to communicate with each other. Also, the WPS Pin is safe and secure and creates a faster connection than USB cables. So, in this blog, we will discuss, “Where to find the WPS pin on HP printer?”
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What is the WPS Pin?
WPS PIN is an unique 8- digit number that HP Printer produces for wireless connection with routers. In simple terms, it is a secret code between your Printer and wireless router. This Pin protects your HP printer from unknown users just like Wi-Fi passwords. This WPS Pin technology is getting very popular and in the near future every printer company will use it. As all you have to do is find a WPS Pin and you will be able to connect the printer wirelessly.
Where to find the WPS Pin on HP Printer?
Here comes the main question of the blog i.e., “Where to find the WPS pin on HP printer?” The WPS Pin is located on the printer screen usually for most HP Printers like HP Envy 4520, HP Officejet 4650, HP Laserjet. Look at your printer carefully and you will find a small screen on which the WPS pin is mentioned to establish a wireless connection. On the other hand, some printers don’t contain a screen like HP Deskjet 2600, hp Deskjet 2652. But these printers also require a WPS Pin for connection. We are going to solve this problem through two methods.
Types of WPS Connection for HP Printer
You will find any of the following options on almost every HP Printer. This is necessary to connect the printer wirelessly.
- Push Button – For non-screen Printers
- WPS Pin – For Screen enabled Printers
Connect HP Printer Via WPS Button
You can use this method in order to connect the HP printer to your PC. It is applicable for those HP Printers that don’t have a screen or control panel. Let’s start with the process:
- Firstly, switch on your printer if it is off. And if it is ON then Restart it before proceeding to the next step.
- Now you have to search on the printer, a wireless button or Icon.
- After you find it, click the Wireless Button on the printer.
- Then you will see a light flashing of Blue or Green colour.
- Now go to your Router that is wireless.
- You will easily find a WPS Button on the backside of your router.
- Keep pressing that WPS button for few seconds.
- Then, you will see that on the router itself, the WPS light will start blinking.
- You have to wait for a few minutes now until both the lights on the printer and Router stops blinking.
- Lastly, your HP Printer is connected to the computer wirelessly.
The next method is for people who are using HP Printer with Screen or Control Panel-
- You have to repeat the first step of the previous method here. So, switch on your printer if it is off. And if it is ON then Restart it before proceeding to the next step.
- Now simply go to the HP printer screen or control panel and click on the Wireless Button.
- When you do so, then the Wireless BLUE light will start blinking.
- You will find an option of “WiFi Protected Setup“ on the printer screen.
- So, navigate to the option of “WiFi Protected Setup” and select “Push Button”.
- Now go to your wireless Router.
- As mentioned above, you will find WPS Button on the backside of your router.
- You have to keep holding the WPS button for few seconds.
- Then patiently wait for a few minutes until both the lights on printer and Router stop blinking.
- Now when you will look at your HP Printer screen, then you will see “Connection Established“.
- Lastly, the process is complete and your Printer is connected to the wireless network through WPS button.
Connect HP Printer Via WPS Pin
You can find the WPS Pin for your HP printer that has a screen or control panel in the following ways:
- As usual, switch on your printer if it is off. And if it is ON then Restart it before proceeding to the next step.
- Now navigate to the control panel of your HP Printer and press the Wireless Button.
- This will make the Wireless BLUE light blink.
- You will find an option of “WiFi Protected Setup“ on the printer screen.
- Then select the option of “WPS PIN“ after going to “WiFi Protected Setup”.
- This will generate a WPS Pin on your HP Printer.
- Please pay attention as this pin will be displayed on the screen only for few seconds. You have to generate a new Pin after that if it is not working.
- Lastly, on the computer screen, enter the WPS pin for your HP printer.
- And just like that, your HP Printer is connected wirelessly with your Windows 10 computer.
Conclusion
In this blog, we have provided all the methods through which you can find the WPS Pin of your HP Printer. Hope it works for you and you are able to connect your printer successfully. Thank you for reading our blog! You can also visit the Hp site from here