HP Deskjet 6940 Support Question
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Question posted by leGi on September 7th, 2014
How To Factory Reset Hp Deskjet 6940 Network
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Answer #1: Posted by DreadPirateRoberts on October 21st, 2014 8:00 AM
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Setting up your wireless printer
https://www.hpsmart.com/us/en/wireless-printing/connecting-your-wireless-printer
Setting up a basic home network
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/support-topics/network-internet-support/setup-home-network.html
Drivers, Software & Firmware for HP Install Network Printer Wizard
http://h20565.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/psi/swdHome/?sp4ts.oid=19656&ac.admitted=1382194872411.876444892.492883150
Troubleshooting network issues
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/support-topics/network-internet-support/network-internet-connections.html
Setting up Airprint for Apple devices
Related HP Deskjet 6940 Manual Pages
User Guide - Macintosh - Page 10
... less than one watt of power.
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When the printer is manually turned off might cause printer failure. In this mode, the printer continues to consume a maximum 3.0 watts of the following buttons and lights, click the appropriate option: ● Report Page button ● Network light
Power button and light Use the Power button to...
User Guide - Macintosh - Page 20
... the computer CD-ROM drive. For more detailed instructions on an Ethernet network
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HP Deskjet 6940 series Wired Ethernet networking
For setup information, click one of the following options:
● Ethernet basics ● What you initially installed the printer as a standalone printer with the printer. Unplug the USB connection from the Ethernet port on the back of...
User Guide - Macintosh - Page 22
... Each device on the network send print jobs directly to the printer, which prints them in the order received.
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HP Deskjet 6940 series Internet connections Networks might not be a router or a Macintosh OSX computer running Internet Sharing. A gateway can either be connected to create instant IP-based wired or wireless networks of Ethernet networks, see the documentation...
User Guide - Macintosh - Page 24
... the Internet. The hub is powered on.
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HP Deskjet 6940 series Devices use a gateway to manage the network's Internet access in this example, the network devices are connected to a hub, rather than a router.
Install the printer on an Ethernet network
Installing the printer on each computer that came with the printer. 2. Chapter 4
computer uses Internet Sharing to manage...
User Guide - Macintosh - Page 26
... the computer's CD-ROM drive. 3. Ethernet lights
The printer's Ethernet lights indicate the status of the printer driver on the computer.
Caution It is receiving or transmitting data over the Ethernet connection.
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HP Deskjet 6940 series Follow the onscreen instructions.
On the Connection Type screen, select Wired
Network. 4.
Close all applications running on . Off
Not...
User Guide - Macintosh - Page 28
... icon
Off
Status of the printer network connection
Not connected to print the page in another language:
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Follow these steps to an Ethernet network. HP Report page
The HP Report page supplies useful information about the printer's wired and front USB port connections. If the printer has just been connected to a network, wait a few minutes before...
User Guide - Macintosh - Page 30
... Web server (EWS) provides a simple way to the HP Deskjet 6940 series printer.
Use the printer's EWS to occur in the print
cartridges. ● View network statistics.
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PictBridge Last The last known error to do the following: ● Check the printer's status. ● Adjust the printer's network configuration. ● Check estimated ink levels in the...
User Guide - Macintosh - Page 32
... settings. Release the Report Page button.
Networking glossary
numbers
10/100 Base-T: A technical term for Ethernet. 10/100 refers to the factory default settings
After the printer is configured for Fast Ethernet.
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HP Deskjet 6940 series Chapter 4 (continued) Parameter Visibility
Security
Reset Bluetooth
Description
Shows whether or not the printer is visible to other Bluetooth devices...
User Guide - Macintosh - Page 34
... IP address. For example, 1 Mb/s equals 1,000,000 bits per second (or 125,000 bytes per second): The measure for a device on the network.
The printer's MAC address is one device on a network to communicate with each other. q
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HP Deskjet 6940 series For more information about Internet Sharing, see the Windows documentation. j
k
l LAN (Local Area...
User Guide - Macintosh - Page 36
...select the printer
for printing or to configure the Bluetooth settings
1.
Open the HP Printer Utility.
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...printer when connected.
Chapter 4
The basic procedure for the printer. Select the printer when it is listed in the Bluetooth settings. Connect the HP Bluetooth Wireless Printer Adapter to a network. Insert the HP Bluetooth Wireless Printer...
User Guide - Macintosh - Page 84
... ● The computer that you are using is connected to the network
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Try to the printer ● The network hub, switch, or router is on and working
properly. ● The printer is idle. 2. State of the printer. Try these solutions again. The printer is selected in the application from which you are trying to...
User Guide - Pre-Windows 2000 - Page 10
...9679; Network light
Power button and light Use the Power button to turn the printer on and off, cancel a print job, and restart a job. The printer lights give... maximum 3.0 watts of power.
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HP Deskjet 6940 series The printer is designed with Small Paper Tray (optional)
Buttons and lights
Use the printer buttons to the printer.
Chapter 3 Optional accessories (continued)
Automatic...
User Guide - Pre-Windows 2000 - Page 20
Note A USB cable might not be running Windows 98 SE or later to a network, see the setup poster that follow. Insert the printer software CD in Control Panel and
delete the printers for the USB installation.
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HP Deskjet 6940 series The Setup Wizard begins. 4. Unplug the USB connection from the Ethernet port on the back of...
User Guide - Pre-Windows 2000 - Page 22
... network examples To see some examples of wires in the order received. For example, if five users each send a print job to the printer, which prints them in each one another using a "language" called TCP/IP. Chapter 4
1 RJ-45 plug
Network communication TCP/IP Devices on a network communicate with one and each
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HP Deskjet 6940 series...
User Guide - Pre-Windows 2000 - Page 24
....
If possible, use AutoIP to the Internet. Verify that the printer is directly connected to obtain IP addresses. The hub is powered on the network hub or router.
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HP Deskjet 6940 series However, in order to limit exposure to the network. Install the printer on an Ethernet network
Installing the printer on each computer that came with the...
User Guide - Pre-Windows 2000 - Page 26
...: 1.
Activity light
The Activity light flashes when the printer is connected to an Ethernet network and powered on . Follow the onscreen instructions.
Link light
The Link light is solid when the printer is receiving or transmitting data over the Ethernet connection.
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Insert the printer software CD in the computer's CD-ROM drive. 3.
User Guide - Pre-Windows 2000 - Page 28
... and idle, and then press the Report Page button once.
Chapter 4 (continued) Status of the icon
Off
Status of the printer network connection
Not connected to obtain valid settings.
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HP Deskjet 6940 series If the printer has just been connected to a network, wait a few minutes before printing the HP Report page to allow the printer to an Ethernet...
User Guide - Pre-Windows 2000 - Page 30
... to occur in the printer PictBridge function since
Error
the printer was last turned on a network.
This setting does not apply to the HP Deskjet 6940 series printer.
Not Specified means that applies to do the following: ● Check the printer's status. ● Adjust the printer's network configuration.
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HP Deskjet 6940 series Link Config
The network link configuration:
●...
User Guide - Pre-Windows 2000 - Page 32
...Resets the printer's Bluetooth settings to the factory default settings.
● Yes, reset Bluetooth: Resets Bluetooth to factory default settings.
● No: Settings remain as a last resort when troubleshooting the printer.
While holding down the Report Page button. 3. Release the Report Page button.
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HP Deskjet 6940 series The default passkey is configured for the network...
User Guide - Windows 2000 - Page 32
... Bluetooth device before allowing the device to send a print job to it .
Release the Report Page button.
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HP Deskjet 6940 series The level of the Bluetooth device. Reset the printer to the factory default settings
After the printer is powered on. 2. Verify that have to its memory. Note You cannot change this address.
While holding down...
