HP Wireless Printing Upgrade Kit (Q6236A)

by HP

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 9.6 x 2.4 inches ; 15 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000J3ZZ4Y
• Item model number: Q6236A
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (97 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 28, 2006

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Cut the Cord Between Your Computer and HP Printer
Get everything you need to print wirelessly in this simple upgrade kit. It includes a printer receiver and PC receiver for a wired desktop or notebook PC, and it's easy to both install and use. Works with most HP printers and All-in-Ones, plus all PCs, wired or wireless.

Setting up your HP printer adapter with your HP printer is a snap. View larger.

The HP printer adpater's various lights and ports. View larger.

With the HP Wireless Printing Upgrade Kit you can

• Print from virtually anywhere in your home or office via the wireless 802.11g connectivity
• Eliminate ugly cable clutter but still get the same print speeds as via USB
• Retain full all-in-one wireless functionality: print, fax from your PC, scan, and access photo memory cards access and PC status
• Set up quickly: just plug the receivers into your printer and PC; there's no configuration
• Protect your signal from interception with the secure wireless connection
• Use with a network, or just one PC

HP Printer Compatibility for the HP Wireless Printing Upgrade Kit

The HP Wireless Printing Upgrade Kit is compatibile with most HP printers, all PCs (wired or wireless) including the models highlighted in the following table:

Brand	Series
PSC	700, 1200, 1300, 1400, 1500, 1600, 2100, 2200, 2300, 2400, 2500, 2600, 2700
Photosmart	300, 400, A500, A600, A700, 2400, 2500, 3200, 3300, 7200, 7400, 7600, 7800, 8000, 8200, 8400, 8700, C3100, C4100, C5100, D5100, D7100, D7300
Officejet	4100, 4200, 4300, 5500, 5600, 6200, 6300, 7200, 7300, 7400, 9100
Deskjet	3700, 3800, 3900, 5100, 5700, 6500, 6800, D1300, D2300, D4100, F300
LaserJet	1000, 1600, 2000, 2600

Note: Microsoft Windows XP required

What's in the box
1 printer receiver, 1 PC receiver, Power cord for printer adapter, USB cable for printer adapter, Wireless Printing Upgrade kit CD, Setup guide

Product Description

With the advances in wireless technology enabling a more mobile work environment it may be time to think about providing new networking services for both internal staff as well as non-employees. HP Wireless printing technologies can not only improve productivity within the workplace but also offer new ways to provide alternate workspaces as well as quickly reconfigure existing workspaces.Primary InformationNetworking Type :  Print server Form Factor :  External Networking Interface :  USB Data Link Protocol :  IEEE 802.11b; IEEE 802.11g Connectivity Technology :  Wireless Dimensions&MiscellaneousWidth :  2.7 Inch Depth :  0.73 Inch Height :  0.38 Inch ExpansionService&SupportService & Support Type :  90-day limited hardware warranty Special FeatureCOO :  China UNSPSC CodeUNSPSC Code :  43201537 Product IDUPC:  882780625631Manufacturer Part:  Q6236A#A2L

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

53 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I can clear up some of the bad reviews and questions, February 18, 2009

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David T. Kight (Vidalia, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP Wireless Printing Upgrade Kit (Q6236A) (Office Product)

I read several reviews, most of the bad experiences could have been made better if HP would support and document this product correctly. This device assigns an address to your printer, similar to how each computer on a network has an address.

First you install everything according to the directions. I had to unplug and replug in the USB part that connects to the computer and the one that connects to the printer until the connection was made. Once everything is set up and installed, you need to start the advanced setup options. This is how you set the printer to have access to your other computers on the network. You have to permit it to allow other users to connect. If you have WEP or WPA (which you should if you have a wireless network for security) you need to put in the password. I suggest using WPA.

Once you do that, right click on the icon in your system tray and connect. THEN you can remove the USB device from your computer. Go to start, then printers. You should see your printer there, paused (because you took out the USB device). Right click the icon, share the printer, that gives you the shared name. Unpause it.

This allows you to browse out on other computer when you `add' a new printer. You need to put in the name (mine is hpoffice which I think is the default). Anyway, once you do this you can add the printer to other computers after installing the software on them.

I hope this helps. I can confirm, you can connect several computers to your printer using this, and you do NOT have to have the USB part plugged in to any computers, once you set everything up. Setting the device up makes it a networked device that you can access from any other networked device.

I will update this review later once I have used it a while.

76 of 84 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Wireless Down Grade Kit, February 23, 2007

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John Theodore Knecht "John Knecht" (Atlanta GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP Wireless Printing Upgrade Kit (Q6236A) (Office Product)

Folks, After reading the first review, I double checked with HP and they told me it would support more than one computer. So I bought it. It arrived last night...and I installed it to use. It worked great on my first machine, but I could not install on others. Since you need a wireless USB adapter for each machine.

Well...after 1 hour of chat with HP in India and then almost another hour with Level I and Level II support on the phone..they told me over and over it could not be done. I then found in the software options 'advance set up' and I choose that. It asks if I want to connect it to my wireless network. I say yes...and it then searches for my network. It finds it and then pulls up the security setting page and offers me 5 options, 4 of which are WEP enabled and one 'open.' Well...I entered my key of 26 chars for 128 encryption and guess what...IT DOES NOT ACCPET 26 chars. It only takes 22. So I called HP back and they level I told me it would not be able to do this. I asked for Level II and got Level II. Their answer was 'You have to set it up to 'open' and then it will work. If you set it to WEP we don't support it. We MAY, in the FUTURE, have an update that allows you to use WEP and the wireless technology."

Well...needless to say...Amazon is receiving back from me today this WORTHLESS WIRELESS UPGRADE DEVICE.

I was so mad I actually sent an email to Mark Hurd head of HP so he can know about their problems. ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Got it Setup and Working Great with Windows Xp & Vista, May 30, 2008

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Shaka Er Singleton - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP Wireless Printing Upgrade Kit (Q6236A) (Office Product)

this upgrade kit hooks up easily to my hp photosmart c4100 all-in-one printer. my wireless network consist of a pc with windows xp, a laptop with vista, and a second pc also with vista. after i figured out how to hook up the 1st pc and the laptop with only one pc adapter, with the laptop i printed a test page w/o the adapter just my wifi connection it worked great. now all i need to to do is set up my 2nd pc, and i know it will work fine. i did not have to make any calls to hp tech support i just read the simple steps on the support website for hp products after i registered my upgrade kit. took a total of 15 minutes.