You can access your printer settings and check the IP address and change the settings (if required).
Follow the following steps:
Step 1: Open the devices and printer dialog box by clicking Start button > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Devices and Printers (or Start button > Control Panel >All Control Panel Items > Devices and Printers), and select the printer whose IP address you wish to check/change.
Step 2: Select the desired Printer (here HP Deskjet 3540 was selected)
Step 3: Run the HP Print Assistant .This program manages the printer and gives access to the Help information. The HP Print Assistant program may take some time to open, as your PC/ laptop would try to establish a connection with the printer.
Step 4: Click on the Utilities icon to get the printer utilities screen.
Step 5: Run the ‘Update IP Address’ utility. Before the utility program starts, a pop-up message appears - “Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to your computer?”. On confirmation, a screen showing the printer’s Previous IP address appears (in this case 192.168.1.11). Please note that the box next to the Test button would be blank.
Step 6: We have to now check whether the printer’s Previous IP address matches the Printer’s current IP address.
Your system may be connected to the printer through a wireless or an Ethernet connection.
For Wireless Connection: Press the Wireless button or touch the wireless icon on the printer display. The printer’s IP address appears . As shown in this screen, it is 192.168.1.5. In case, the printer does not have a display, print the Wireless Network Test Report. This report includes the printer’s IP address.
For an Ethernet Connection: Press the Ethernet icon on the printer display. The printer’s IP address appears. In case the printer does not have a display, print the Network Configuration page. This report includes the printer’s IP address.
Step 7: Update HP Software with Printer IP Address: From the above screens , we can see that the Printer’s previous IP address saved on your system (192.168.1.11) does not match the Printer’s current IP address (192.168.1.5).
Enter Printer’s current IP address or hostname in the box provided and Click Test (to test the printer connection with the changed IP address).
On successfully connecting to a printer with the current IP address, the software shows a Success message. Click Save to update the software with this new IP address.
