Well, come to find out, the printer shows this pin number on its touchscreen (didn't notice it before because the laptop was in a different room)

The printer never gave any indication that the PIN number took

The instructions STATE that this PIN number is written in the documentation that came with the printer or it is on the printer itself

I printed out the wi-fi report page from the printer itself and it does have a PIN number in the

And the tech guys (who are virtually impossible to understand) work M-F 9-5 eastern which makes it impossible for anyone who lives in THIS country and has a REAL job during the day