Anytime your iPhone is tethered AND your computer is sharing the connection your printer will be able to communicate with HP regarding pages printed and ink levels as if you had a wireless networked router.
Your printer should discover your Mac computer’s shared network(it took me a few tries)Ĩ. Open HP Smart app on your iPhone and click to setup new printer.ħ. You will get the option to join a personal hotspot on your. Put HP printer into wireless discovery mode.Ħ. Open the wifi settings on your iPhone and search for the Mac device you want to link your phone with. Connect your iPhone to your newly created computer’s shared wireless network using your WiFi settings on your iPhone.ĥ. Select it from the list where it says below. From there, click the dropdown next to it and select your ethernet port (may also be called Thunderbolt Ethernet if you have a newer MacBook). Share your iPhone’s internet connection through your computer’s WiFi by setting up a wireless network: see linked tutorial for the processĤ. To use your Mac as a WiFi Hotspot and connect other devices to it, just follow these simple steps: First, open it and click. Tether your phone to your Mac computer via USB cableģ.
Go to Settings > Network & internet > Mobile Hotspot & tethering. This may be a viable solution for people like myself who exclusively use their iPhone hotspot to connect to internet and also have a Mac computer.Ģ. Want to use the internet on a laptop computer or tablet but dont have a connection.
Instant Ink Solution: My printer won’t connect directly through my iPhone hotspot, however, I was able to connect using the following process by sharing my iPhone’s data plan through my iMac.