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Why is my printer not being detected by Surface Pro 3?

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Cannot get Surface Pro 3 to recognize my printer. It is a HP Officejet J3680. When I run "Add a device" from the "Change PC Settings" menu, I get a "No devices found" response. I am using a 2.0 usb cable that I am plugging into a 3.0 port. Is that a problem? Whenever I plug the cable into the 3.0 port on the computer, I get a "ding" that indicates that the computer recognizes that something has been plugged into that port.
 

Funky Cricket

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Install the HP driver software, then plug in the printer per the directions provided by HP. Let us know if this works.