This may not be a Linux related question, but if anyone can help, i'd appreciate it.

I'm attempting to print from an iPhone 11 (or 11.5) to an Hp laserjet pro mfp m127fn printer.

I have installed the HP Smart App onto the iPhone

It would help if you provided more information.

Did you follow the instructions from HP and what happened when you did?

Thank you frankbell for your reply.

Currently, after installing the HP Smart App on the iPhone, I get to the point where the iPhone is searching for a printer, but the iPhone continuously searches for the printer indefinitely.

The problem may be that my printers wifi is not turned on. I attempted to follow the instructions at this website to setup the printer as wireless; however, I could not get past step 2 as I could not locate a button A. There isn't a button labeled A and there isn't a button that clearly indicates an wireless icon.

"Step to 2
Press & hold the (Wireless) button (A) on the printer until the wire-less lamp (B) flashes."

https://www.wirelessprinter-setup.co...27fn-wireless/

I have no experience with printing from a phone, and, frankly, don't want any, but I have a bit of experience with HP printers. I've used HPs exclusively for over a decade.

I would suggest that, on the printer menu, you go to "Setup" (normally represented by an icon that looks sort of like a gear) and look at the network and wireless settings. You might find the printer setting you need there. I'm guessing here, but it might be that the setting you need is "wireless direct."

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So you go to a random website to look at how to set up your printer but are surprised that those instructions don't match?? When you not only have the manual that came with it, but instructions from the people who MADE the printer?? Or look up an official HP video??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6he...nnel=HPSupport
https://support.hp.com/us-en/documen...623-1698506-16

And you're trying to print over wifi, and are somehow surprised that it doesn't work...because you don't have wifi turned on?? It's very obvious that your phone isn't going to find the wifi printer, when the printers wifi IS DISABLED, isn't it?? Did you perhaps try doing a SECOND search for information, and looking at the HP docs, before posting to a forum in the hopes someone else will do more research for you (as we seem to do often, based on your posting history)??

And how is an iPhone printing to an HP printer even REMOTELY Linux related???

I agree this is not a linux problem however,

As far as I know the printer needs to be connected to a wireless network but the printer itself can be wired. HP printers do have a wireless direct mode that you can print wireless using the printer as an ad-hoc network but this is different.

I believe your printer supports Print Anywhere but it has to be enabled in its setup configuration.

Before you can print from the HP Smart App you need to setup an account and attach the printer to that account.

You need to add the printer to the HP Smart app

I believe you need to enable internet access and web services on the printer.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06097800#faq

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I recently went through this exercise with a HP-LaserJet Pro M203dw. I will give you my experience, and some things you can try.

It is key to get the blue light on solid, ie, connected to your home wi-fi lan.

I thought the easiest route was to use the routers WPS feature to establish the first connection. The reason is simple, once connected to the home lan, you can connect to the printers internal configuration screens using a browser on any network attached system.

WPS is now considered a security risk. I had never used it before. My curent home router was supplied from my ISP, and had WPS feature disabled. I did not know that at first, I had to enable that in the router. As I understand it, WPS disables the checking of the password on each connection on the lan, ethernet or wi-fi. I believe it is a temporary setting, WPS seems to work for about 2 minutes. In that time frame, you press the blue wi-fi button on your printer, it takes about a minute, the light will turn solid blue; and you are connected. DHCP does its thing, assigns an IP address of your wi-fi lan without a password check.

Once connected, you can connect to the printers configuration pages, and set it up for your home lan. It came pre-configured for a sub-net I was not using. Open a web browser, enter the ip address of the now connected printer like this example 192.168.0.50:631 and you should see the setup screens for the printer.

Because of the security risk, you may want to monitor your network to make sure no one else is not leaking your wi-fi. Linux has the tools if you need guidance.

There are other approaches, WPS is the easy way.

Once I was connected to the printer, I changed the network config to match my network. I gave the printer a fixed address in my home sub-net. I don't like DHCP for printers. A power outage will cause every device to gain a new IP address when power comes back on. It is a scramble you can not predict which device gets what address; unless you configure them in your router. You have to associate MAC addresses to IP address. That is safe enough if you wish. Your choice.

After setting the printer up while WPS was enabled, I tested it, and I could print from my android phone, and other systems in the house. I then disabled WPS in the router, and all is well. The HP app for your phone is dead simple to use.

If your model has an ethernet port, you can use that also in place of WPS for initial setup. When I connected the printer with a ethernet cable, that disabled the wi-fi on the printer; just so you know. I'm aware using the ethernet port is not convienient, or even possible for a lot of people.

The added bonus, once I had the wi-fi connection working, I have since set up by laptop to print directly to the printer. I have my printer connected to a Raspberry Pi, it runs Slackware arm version, and cups on the Pi is how I was using it. That works along side the wi-fi connection. For the record, on my laptop I went into the cups configation screen, added a printer with the URI of 192.168.xxx.yyy/printers/printername. You can get the printer name in the config pages of the printer, and the IP address form your home lan.

Hope this helps, ask more if I have not made something clear.

I will try what you suggest, as I don't think the printer in of itself has wireless capabilities, as I found this on the net:


People also ask:

Is the HP LaserJet Pro MFP m127fn wireless?
Enable easy printing from smartphones, tablets, and laptops – at work, home, or on the go – using mobile printing features.
...
Print speed black (ISO, A4) Up to 20 ppm
Wireless capability No
Connectivity, standard Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port Built-in Fast Ethernet 10/100Base-TX network port

Thanks for all the good information. I will definitely study it and give this another go!

You didn't think to check the manual that came with the printer to see if it was wifi capable, before asking how to print over wifi??? Seems like a VERY obvious bit of research to do first.

You can get a small wifi client-mode box for about $20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TQEX8BO...v_ov_lig_dp_it

Plug it into the ethernet port, set it up with a static address. But if your printer is already plugged in to your router (likely), and you have wifi access to that network, you can set up a printer by doing as michaelk suggested, and actually setting it up with web/internet printing.

See this link for connectivity. It appears this printer does not have wireless connectivity. You can use e-print and air print though.