HP Officejet Pro L7580 Wireless Connection

SOURCE: HP Officejet pro L7580 printhead

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For this specific issue about installing the printer to a wireless connection. You need to install the software first as a usb connection. After the successful installation of the usb connection then you can add a device and it should work.

Step one: Gather the necessary hardware and information Follow the procedure below before obtaining your wireless network:

1. Obtain your network SSID and WEP. To simplify this process, press the Wireless button on the all-in-one, and select Restore Network Defaults . This turns wireless off and sets the all-in-one's SSID to hpsetup .
2. Press the Wireless button to turn wireless back on. Look for hpsetup when you select your network.
3. Make sure that wireless is enabled on the all-in-one.
4. Make sure that the computer that will be using the all-in-one has access to the router/access point.

• A wireless 802.11 network that includes a wireless access point.
• A desktop computer or laptop with wireless networking support or a network interface card (NIC).
• Broadband Internet access is required for some features of the HP software to function. Cable Internet or DSL are examples of Broadband Internet access. NOTE: If you connect the unit on a wireless network that has Internet access, HP recommends that you use a wireless router (access point or base station) that uses Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
• The network name, or Service Set Identifier (SSID). NOTE: The SSID is obtained from the wireless router or access point using the embedded web server on the router. See the documentation provided with the access point for more information.
• The Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) key or Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) passphrase, if needed. CAUTION: To prevent other users from accessing your wireless network, HP strongly recommends using a password or passphrase and a unique SSID to your access point. Your access point might have been shipped with a default SSID, which can be accessed by other users using the same default SSID. For more information on how to change the SSID, see the documentation that came with your access point. NOTE: The WEP key and WPA passphrase are obtained from the wireless router or access point using the embedded web server on the router. See the documentation provided with the access point for more information.Some access points provide more than one WEP key. Use the first WEP key (index 1) when setting up the wireless network.
• If the network is set up with an Apple AirPort base station and you are using a password instead of WEP HEX or WEP ASCII to access this network, you need to get the equivalent WEP key. See the documentation that came with the Apple AirPort base station for more information.
• If IP address filtering is set up, verify that the unit address is listed.
• If MAC address filtering is set up, verify that the unit address is listed. NOTE: HP cannot set up or change the SSID, WEP key or WPA passphrase. This information is required before connecting the HP All-in-One to the wireless network.

1. Insert the software CD.
2. Click Install .
3. Click Next on the Please Allow All HP Install Wizard Processes screen.
4. Select Easy Install on the Choose Easy Install or Advanced Install screen.
5. Select Through the Network on the Connection Type screen. Figure 2: Connection Type screen
6. When it doesn’t find your device, click Next . Figure 3: Using Network Setup
7. Plug in your device via USB (it will tell you when to disconnect later). Figure 4: Making a connection to your all-in-one
8. Select your network from the list, and click Next . Figure 5: Wireless Network Setup
9. Enter your WEP key (if applicable). Figure 6: Specifying your network security settings
10. Once it has completed connecting to the network, click Next . Figure 7: Network connecting completed
11. Disconnect the USB cable from the computer and the All-in-One . Figure 8: Disconnecting the USB cable
12. Click Finish to complete the software installation process. Figure 9: Software installation complete

SOURCE: HP Officejet 6300 Network setup

Link : http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01388808&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

SOURCE: HP OJP L7580 and VISTA no SCANNER available

You may want to try the full install before spending more time troubleshooting. It's a 300mb download (!), but it might be worth a try.

You don't say what software you're trying to use to scan, either; you may wish to try another one. If you want to experiment, you can download a free photo editing package that won't take over all your preferences for files -- check out portableapps.com and look for GIMP.


I've got an older HP printer, a PSC 1610, and it took me something like *seven* times installing it on Vista before it worked right. It turns out there's the regular uninstall, and then there's a super uninstall, and then there's a super duper uninstall, etc -- something like seven different uninstallation procedures, which is just insane.

HP's drivers and cruddy software convinced me to never by another one. It's a shame -- the company made some laser printers 15 years ago that are still working perfectly.

Milan Cankovic

• 56 Answers
• Posted on Jun 01, 2009

SOURCE: HP printer cannot find access point and I'm not sure what to do.

You must first connect your printer to the pc using usb cable, then run installation wizard that is on the CD that came with the printer.

Wizard will guide you through the setup orcess where you will provider your routers ssid (linksys) to your printer, and your printer will use that ssid to connect to your router.

After the Wizard setup is done, it will tell you to disconnect the usb cable and only then your printer will work on wireless.

Good luck,
Milan