"Edward W. Thompson" <thomed***@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
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>I have a HP Deskjet 6980 which is set up to connect to my wireless network.
>The OS is WINXP Pro SP3.  The problem is the printer does not print after
>being left for a few hours.  It appears to lose its 'connection' to the
>network  despite the LEDs on the front of the machine showing it is
>connected and the printer Report Page confirms this.
>
> The printer Report Page always shows the printer is connected and shows no
> difference from when the printer is in 'the printing mode' and when it is
> not. The printer will print if it is powered down and restarted,. The
> signal strength is shown as '5', that is the maximum ( on the scale 1-5).
> The printer is located about 15 feet from the wireless router.
>
> I have tried with the computer Firewall on and off but the firewall
> (Sygate) does not appear to be the problem.  I have also reset the printer
> network settings (as described in the Manual) but without success.  The
> printer is in the 'Infrastructure mode' not ad hoc.  Further the printer
> is assigned a 'static IP address'.
>
> The printer is set to 'Channel 7'.  I have not tried it on a different
> Channel and perhaps that is the solution.  I an not clear what changing
> the channel will do and how that relates to the source (the wireless
> router). If changing the Channel changes the wireless frequency does it
> imply that the frequency of Channel 7 doesn't 'match' that of the router.
> If that is the case wouldn't that adversely affect 'Signal Strength' that
> presently shows the maximum?  You can see I am not sure what I am doing
> :-).
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>