need help connecting wireless printer

happywithlife

I 'inherited' a wireless printer from my sister but can't get it to connect my laptop
my IT skills are pretty basic
so I've gone into the control panel and selected 'devices and printers' and went into 'add a printer' and tried to search for this printer ... no joy
I've turned the internet off and tried again, once back on ... still no joy

I have no cable to manually connect it

I have asked sister if there was a disc that I need to run to install the printer but she maintains no

I have no experience of wireless printers apart from those on the network at work and I've had no problem finding them to connect before

what am I doing wrong? what do I need to do? really need to print stuff off by tomorrow

miller50841

happywithlife wrote: »

I 'inherited' a wireless printer from my sister but can't get it to connect my laptop
my IT skills are pretty basic
so I've gone into the control panel and selected 'devices and printers' and went into 'add a printer' and tried to search for this printer ... no joy
I've turned the internet off and tried again, once back on ... still no joy

I have no cable to manually connect it

I have asked sister if there was a disc that I need to run to install the printer but she maintains no

I have no experience of wireless printers apart from those on the network at work and I've had no problem finding them to connect before

what am I doing wrong? what do I need to do? really need to print stuff off by tomorrow

Is it possible it's bluetooth technology?

happywithlife

wouldn't have a clue
its a bog standard hp wireless

there is a blue light flashing on it which says 'wireless'

miller50841

happywithlife wrote: »

wouldn't have a clue
its a bog standard hp wireless

there is a blue light flashing on it which says 'wireless'

I would think it uses bluetooth check the printer specs on google

happywithlife

will do thanks
can I ask the next very stupid question then

what does that mean?

ZENER

Perhaps if you told us the make/model we could help further.

From my experience of HP wireless printers (assuming it's a couple of years old if you got it as a freebee ? ) the setup involved a cdrom and the computer connected via USB in order to apply the wireless settings. After that it's painless enough.

Ken

happywithlife

its a Hp deskjet F4580
yeah its a couple of years old

I really think I need a CD to install it first but sister doesn't have a clue - i'd imagine her then boyfriend set it up for her :-)

ETA

Will have to get back onto her and get her to look again for that disc I presume

ZENER

Have a look here, there's a link to the driver and installer.

Ken

jimboy2011

Check hp site for the printer driver , thats what you need.

clintondaly

you need to connect it to your home wifi network first

happywithlife

ok thanks guys
think i'm on the right track
thanks a mill !