I am trying to print photos using hp Smart

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Yes just a minute

HPB273E6 DeskJet 2700 series

Yes, all was well until I selected Print photos and then was asked for the PIN from the printer

It is not my personal pin for logging in. It is a PIN that is written on the inside of the printer's door where you access the cartridges. So it is the printers' pin, not my pin.
The instructions in hp Smart tell you where to find this pin, but keeps rejecting it as invalid.

Ok I see it
No I do not have hp Smart open at the moment

what window are you referring to? The window showing your picture? Or the window within hp Smart that looked like this to enter the pin.
Ok Now I have the window I was had in hp Smart that looks like yours. That is where I entered the printer's pin.

ok

Power is on , Internet connection is lit. Paper icon is flashing - printer doesn't like how I have loaded photo paper.

Not sure what the WiFi key is.
WiFi key on the printer?
Which is the cancel button?

Ok, doing it now.

ok both are off, power is blinking
Printer took took in the two pieces of photo paper. NowWifi is blinking,

Yes

try again?

I press wifi and it is still blinking. Hold longer?

Do you mean turn it off and back on?

ok

Ok, it took a while to turn off. Now enter the same pin from the door in hp Smart?

wifi button is blinking. I haven't yet entered the Pin again. I have a mobile hotspot and it isn't showing that the printer has connected.

It is open

Message: couldn't connect to the printer. Check wifi connection and try again. WiFi button is still blinking.
The wifi button on the printer has always seemed tempermental to me. Even if I hold it down, it continues to blink. I'll try again

yes, hp

OK I now have the home window for Smart

There are no instructions, just icons for what you want to do. Print photos, Scan, etc. When I got this far before, I chose Print photos and the Printer Setup process started first, and that is where I got stuck with the PIN process.
Also, this screen says "printer offline". Obviously because the wifi button is blinking.

Well nothing happens because the printer is not connected to wifi.

Always just press the printer's wifi button and it connects automatically. I have turned off the computer. Let me try press the power button and then the Wifi button.

Ok the wifi button is still blinking. Wifi service is on but shows only one connection. With printer connected, it should show two.

This is not the first time this has happened and I don't think it's connected to the printer setup problem.

Ok wifi is now steady on. I'll select Print and send something to the printer. Ok it printed a page. but Smart didn't ask for the pint. I think this is because plain documents don't require Smart functions. I need to load photo paper and start over I guess. I was not asked for the PIN until I tried to print photos. Maybe I need to spend some time on this and if it's not fixed, contact Howly again. Is there a way to get back to you if I can't get this going?

Ok will that take me to you?

Thanks. Fingers crossed.