HP Deskjet 3050 All-In-One Printer instructions

We bought an HP Deskjet All-In-One 3050 a while ago and it took me about 8 hours to get the thing to connect wirelessly. The printer seems to work fine once I got it set up but I couldn't find much help at all online, so I'm posting these instructions to hopefully help someone else who might be scouring the internet for help.

Problem:
Printer is connected through wireless to the router, but now the computers won't connect to the printer to install it. You can find an IP address for the printer. Happenes in MacOS 10.5 and Windows XP SP3

For Windows XP:

-Download the latest version of the drivers and software from the HP website. (I got version 22.5.0).

-Install them and this time it will give you the option to connect to the printer using its IP address.

-Type in your printer's IP address and the software will tell you it still can't connect to the printer. (You can find the address by printing a diagnostics page from the printer or checking the connected devices on your router. Use Google if you don't know how to do these.)

-Tell the install program to use the IP address you entered and install anyway.

-This was all I had to do to make it work. (Just make sure your printer's IP address doesn't change)

For Mac OS (I was using 10.5)

-Go to System Preferences, then go to Print and Fax.

-Click on the '+' to add a new printer

-Click on the IP icon on the top.

-Make sure that the protocol is "HP Jetdirect - Socket"

-Type in the IP address of the printer. It should recognize the printer, give it a meaningful name and hopefully you will have success! I did.

-Another tidbit I heard: If it doesn't recognize the printer, go to the drop down menu Print Using, chose select printer software, and type in f4500, and it should be the only one on the list. Then click add, and it will think for a second and the printer should get added.

Link to HP's video they recently put up

Link to my forum thread on the topic