HP LaserJet Products - Installing the Product in Microsoft Windows Vista

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Microsoft Windows Vista

This document provides step-by-step instructions for installing a driver for a LaserJet

using Add Printer Wizard through the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system.

Keys to the new print drivers

The HP Universal Print Driver (UPD) is the primary building block of the HP drivers built

into Windows Vista. When using Add a printer in Vista, most HP printing devices are

installed with a print driver that is built around the UPD.

• What does this mean?

The UPD uses a query method to install a permanent instance of a driver.

When a printing device is added, the reality is that the UPD has added a

permanent instance of the device. Open the Printers folder and you will see

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Microsoft Windows

Vista – Printer driver

installation

Security Level: Public

Date Written/Updated: November 2006

Document Summary

D Step-by-step instructions on how to install most LaserJet products using the Microsoft Windows

Vista operating system.

Summary of content (8 pages)

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white paper Microsoft Windows Vista – Printer driver installation Security Level: Public Date Written/Updated: November 2006 Document Summary D Step-by-step instructions on how to install most LaserJet products using the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. Microsoft Windows Vista This document provides step-by-step instructions for installing a driver for a LaserJet using Add Printer Wizard through the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system.
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that device. All functions of the UPD reside within the driver. This type of driver is known as a UPD-based driver. • Not all drivers in Vista are supported by the UPD. These few products have product-specific drivers included in Vista. They are: o HP LaserJet II Series o HP LaserJet III Series o HP LaserJet 4 Series o HP LaserJet 5 Series o HP LaserJet 6 Series Instructions Process 1. From the desktop Start menu, select Control Panel.
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Process 2. In the Control Panel Home window, select Printer under Hardware and Sound. Illustration 3. In the Printers window, select Add a printer. 4. In the Add Printer window: Select Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer. Go to Step 6. OR Select Add a local printer to choose an existing printer port or to create a new port. Go to Step 5.
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Process 5. Select the Create a new port radio dial; then select Standard TCP/IP Port from the drop-down menu. Select Next. Go to Step 8. Illustration 6. A list of local printers appears in a list. If the printer you are trying to add is not on the list, select The printer that I want isn’t listed. Go to Step 7. OR If the printer you are trying to add appears in the list, highlight it, then select Next. Go to Step 12. 7. Select Add a printer using a TCP/IP address or hostname. Then select Next.
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Process 8. Select TCP/IP Device from the drop-down list. Then input the printer IP address in the Hostname and Port name fields. Select the Query the printer and automatically select the driver to use check box and select Next. Go to step 12. Illustration Selecting the check box installs the PCL driver by default, if available. If you want to manually specify which driver to install, leave the check box blank and select Next. Go to Step 9. 9. On the Install the printer driver window, select Have Disk.
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Process 11. Select the desired LaserJet and printer driver from the list; then select Next. Go to Step 12. Illustration 12. The printer model and driver type appears in the Printer name field. Select the Set as the default printer check box, if desired. Then select Next. Go to Step 13. NOTE: Remember, the default printer driver selected is PCL, if available. If you want a different driver type for this printer, go back to Step 4. 13. The installation begins. Once the installation completes, go to Step 14.
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Process 14. Select the Print a test page button to send a test page to the LaserJet; then select Finish. Go to Step 15. Illustration 15. Select Close to exit the test page window. Go to Step 16. 16. Once the LaserJet is installed, select Control Panel > Printers (under Hardware and Software) from the desktop Start menu to view the newly-installed LaserJet. Go to Step 17.
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Process 17. Right-click on the LaserJet icon and select Properties to view printer properties. Illustration NOTE: Depending on your chosen printer driver, you may see different Installable Options depending on the UPD, drivers included with Vista, or product specific drivers you use. Available Installable Options can be installed, selected, and changed as desired.