Can't get iPad 10th Gen to print on my HP OfficeJet Pro 8600

See:

• Use AirPrint to print from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
• Connect an AirPrint printer to a Wi-Fi network - Apple Support

Apple AirPrint is a driverless connection protocol. A high proportion of modern printers intended for Home, SoHo and Business environments now support AirPrint. Check your printer model against this list:

About AirPrint - Apple Support

If your printer supports AirPrint - and is set-up correctly - should you continue to experience difficulties your WiFi Router may be unexpectedly failing to pass Apple Bonjour traffic on you local network - or your WiFi Router or Network Switch may be blocking this (or other) device discovery protocol(s).

This can occur for a number of reasons. Ensure that your wired and wireless network segments are part of the same IP-subnet, are not defined as separate VLANs - or that one or other are defined as “guest” networks, or placed in a DMZ. You may find that your router has a setting that limits/restricts broadcast and network discovery traffic; by example, if your Router has an IGMP Snooping setting, try toggling this or similar settings. Your Router WiFi settings may also have privacy settings that isolate WiFi clients from each other; if present, ensure these settings are disabled.

The Apple Bonjour protocol uses mDNS (Multicast DNS) UDP port 5353.

You may find that restart of your network components will resolve the problem. You’ll need to restart your network devices in the correct order. Assuming that you WiFi Router provides DNS services for your network, restart devices in this order - allowing time for devices to fully boot/restart prior to restarting other devices:

• WiFi Router
• Upstream wired Network Switch(es)
• WiFi Access Points / Network Extenders
• Other fixed infrastructure devices - such as Printers
• Client devices

Restarting your iPad, after restarting other devices in the correct sequence, is most simply achieved by a forced-restart of the iPad:

• On an iPad with a Home button: Press and hold the top button and the Home button at the same time. When the Apple logo appears, release both buttons.

• On an iPad with Face ID: Press and quickly release the volume up button, press and quickly release the volume down button, then press and hold the top button. When the Apple logo appears, release the button.

If you continue to have difficulties, check to see if your iPad is using the new WiFi Private Address feature. This feature is intended to provide additional privacy and security when using “public” (untrusted) WiFi networks.

Settings > WiFi > [Your WiFi Network / SSID] - tap the “i” icon - Private Address

The Private Address feature is largely unnecessary for your home WiFi network; if enabled, Private Addressing can interfere with anticipated operation of other devices, such as AirPrint/Airplay. In such circumstances, you may need to disable this feature - and can be enabled or disabled for each individual network.

Use private Wi-Fi addresses in iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and watchOS 7 - Apple Support

If your printer is not compatible with AirPrint, there are alternatives…

Some printer manufacturers have a suitable companion App that provides Print capabilities for mobile devices, often using a web-based print service. Others can print directly if the App supports other network printing protocols. By example, some HP Printers use the HP Smart App - available in the App Store:

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/hp-smart/id469284907

You might also consider connecting a non-AirPrint printer to a Windows PC or Mac computer - and install a “helper application” that allows the computer to emulate AirPrint capabilities; one such option is Readdle Printer Pro, for which suitable software for PC is available. A link to the PC software is included from this page:

https://readdle.com/printerpro

A further alternative is to consider installing a dedicated Print Server Appliance on your network - and connect your printer to this. One example is the Lantronix xPrintServer.

The remaining solution is to simply replace your printer with one that is AirPrint capable.

ME TOO! The above solutions do not resolve the issues.... I have a similar Post (Posted on Nov 16, 2023 1:06 PM) and unable to get anyone to provide a workable solution.... Very Frustrating!

Having the same issue, my ipad sees the printer and I can selected it but it will not print. This is a new printer which has airprint and it is enabled. I tried connecting the printer using ethernet and then I switched to my wireless network (same network my ipad is connected to). Oh and my ipad could see the printer no matter which was the printer is connected (wireless or ethernet) but still no printing. My two windows laptops had two or three clicks and I was printing with no issues but the ipad not so much. Bought this ipad because I was considering making the switch to apple, but that desire has passed as the ipad has been nothing but one issue after another. Really not trying to bash apple but man it doesnt just work like they try to make it out to be. Not sure why its so difficult to do something as easy as printing.

So I managed to finally get mine to print. Like I mentioned previously my new printer has airprint and my iPad even seen the printer and I could select it, but it would not actually print. Printer and iPad are on the same wireless network. What finally worked was to reboot my wireless network, I unplugged my wireless hub and the extenders and then plugged them back in and just like magic I was back up and running properly, no more printing issues. Hope this helps.

I use the The Linksys Velop MX4000 Series for WiFi giving us Mesh Coverage. I have rebooted my system often with no change to the issue. I believe it is a setting or a connection issue (and probably my error(s)) because up to April this year, no issues. Then we had hard wood installed instead of carpets requiring me to disassemble my office for a few days. When I reset up office, that is when issue began. It has been a long number of months dealing with the issue. I finally gave up trying to figure it out on my own a have reached out like this post to see if there is a solution.

Your printer is AirPrint capable.

You may wish to start with this link:

About AirPrint - Apple Support