hp deskjet 900c series Printer Network Guide for Windows English
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Table of Contents 1 Using Your Printer on a Network Setting Up Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Locally Shared Printer Connection Setting Up a Locally Shared Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Operating Systems for the Locally Shared Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using Your Printer on a Network English Your HP DeskJet Printer can be shared over a network in three different ways: • Locally Shared: Share your printer from a network-connected computer by enabling printer sharing on your computer. See “Locally Shared Printer Connection” on page 5. Printer Host Clients • Peer-to-Peer: Connect your printer to a network via an HP JetDirect External Print Server. See “Peer-to-Peer Connection” on page 17.
English Setting Up Your Printer To share your printer on a network, you must connect the printer to your network using one of the methods listed on page 1. Before you set up your printer, check that your computer is fully set up, operational, and meets the minimum system requirements listed in “System Requirements” in your electronic User’s Guide. To set up your printer: 1 Attach Automatic Two-Sided Printing Module. a Turn knob on printer’s Rear Access Door counter-clockwise and remove door.
2 Connect Parallel Cable to Host Computer or an HP JetDirect External Print Server. English • Locally Shared: Connect your printer to the parallel port of the host computer. See “Locally Shared Printer Connection” on page 5 for details. • Peer-to-Peer: Connect your printer to the parallel port of an HP JetDirect External Print Server on your network. See “Peer-to-Peer Connection” on page 17 for details, and consult your print server documentation for help setting up the print server.
English 4 Load White Paper. Printable side 5 Insert Print Cartridges. a Make sure OUT tray is down and press Power Button to turn printer on. b Open top cover and raise cradle latch. c Remove vinyl tape from print cartridges. Do NOT touch or remove copper strip on print cartridges. d Push print cartridge straight down into print cartridge cradle. e Close latch and then close top cover. A calibration page will print.
Locally Shared Printer Connection English In the locally shared configuration, the printer is connected directly to the parallel or USB port of a selected computer that functions as a host to other computers on the network. To locally share your printer, the printer software must be installed on the host computer and on each client computer. Note: USB is only supported in Windows 98 and 2000. Printer Host Clients Setting Up a Locally Shared Printer 1 Set up the printer.
English Operating Systems for the Locally Shared Connection Installation instructions for the supported operating systems can be found on: Operating System Host Client Windows 95 and 98 See page 6 See page 13 Windows 2000 See page 8 See page 13 Windows NT 4.0 See page 10 See page 13 Windows for Workgroups 3.11 See page 12 See page 16 Setting Up Windows 95 and 98 Hosts Host Preparing Your Computer to Share Your Printer on the Network 1 Turn on the host computer.
Installing Printer Software on a Windows 95 or 98 Host Settings Printers. English 1 Click Start 2 Double-click Add Printer, and then click Next. 3 Choose Local Printer as the printer connection, and then click Next. 4 Click the Have Disk button, and insert the hp deskjet 900c series printer software CD into your CD-ROM drive. 5 In the Install From Disk dialog box, click Browse, then move to the hpf9x01.inf file in the folder for your language and the Windows 95/98 operating system.
English Setting Up Windows 2000 Hosts Host Installing Printer Software on a Windows 2000 Host 1 Turn on the host computer. 2 Click Start Settings Printers. 3 Double-click Add Printer, and then click Next. 4 Choose Local printer as the printer connection, and then click Next. 5 Select a printer port in the Use the following port list (LPT1 is recommended), and then click Next. 6 Click the Have disk button. 7 Insert the hp deskjet 900c series printer software CD into your CD-ROM drive. 8 Click Browse.
14 Click Share as and type the name you want to use for your printer on the network. English 15 Click Next. 16 Type the location of your printer and any additional comments (optional), and then click Next. 17 To print a test page, click Yes; otherwise click No. Click Next. 18 Click Finish. Note: You can copy Windows 95 or 98 printer software to your host to allow for a Point and Print installation of printer software on Windows 95 and 98 client computers. Click Start Settings Printers.
English Setting Up Windows NT 4.0 Hosts Host Installing Printer Software on a Windows NT 4.0 Host Note: To install the printer software on a Windows NT 4.0 system, you must have administrator privileges to the host computer. 1 Turn on the host computer. 2 Click Start Settings Printers. 3 Double-click Add Printer. 4 Choose My Computer as the printer connection, and then click Next. 5 Select a printer port from the Available ports list (LPT1 is recommended), then click Next.
11 Click Shared and enter a share name for the printer. English 12 To print a test page, click Yes; otherwise click No. Click Finish. Note: You can copy Windows 95 or 98 printer software to your host to allow for a Point and Print installation of printer software on Windows 95 or 98 client computers. Click Start Settings Printers. Right-click the printer icon and choose Properties. Click the Sharing tab, and then click Shared. In the Alternate Drivers list, click a driver.
English Setting Up Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Hosts Host Installing Printer Software on the Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Host 1 Turn on the host computer. 2 Close any virus protection programs or other software programs that are running on the computer. 3 Insert the hp deskjet 900c series printer software CD into your CD-ROM drive, and select File Run in the File Manager. 4 If your CD-ROM drive is drive D, enter D:\setup.exe. Otherwise, enter [Your drive letter]:\setup.exe. 5 Click OK.
Installing Printer Software on Each Client Computer English Client Computers on Network Important Make sure you have installed printer software on the host and shared the printer before you install printer software on a client computer. When you are installing the software for a locally shared printer on a client computer, you have three options: • Point and Print Installation (see page 13): This option is quicker than the Add Printer Installation. It is supported by Windows 95, 98, 2000, and NT.
10 To print a test page, click Yes; otherwise click No. English 11 Click Finish. Note: For additional Point and Print installation options, see your Windows 95, 98, 2000, or Windows NT 4.0 documentation. Option 2: Add Printer Installation Installing Printer Software on Windows 95 or 98 Clients 1 Click Start Settings Printers. 2 Double-click Add Printer, then click Next. 3 Choose Network printer as the printer connection, then click Next. 4 Click Browse.
Installing Printer Software on Windows 2000 Clients Settings Printers. English 1 Click Start 2 Double-click Add Printer. 3 Click Next. 4 Choose Network printer as the printer connection, and then click Next. 5 Click Type the printer name, or click Next to browse for a printer. Note: You can also locate a printer by searching in the Directory or connecting to a printer on the Internet or your intranet. For more information on these options, see the Microsoft documentation for Windows 2000.
5 To use this printer as your default printer, click Yes; otherwise click No. English 6 Click Next, and then click Finish. 7 If prompted, restart Windows. Option 3: Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Installation 1 Insert the hp deskjet 900c series printer software CD into your CD-ROM drive and select Run from the Program Manager File menu. 2 If your CD-ROM drive is drive D, enter D:\setup.exe, and click OK. Otherwise, enter [Your drive letter]:\setup.exe, and click OK.
Peer-to-Peer Connection English In a peer-to-peer direct network configuration, the printer is directly connected to the network via an HP JetDirect External Print Server, and each computer on the network sends print jobs directly to the HP JetDirect External Print Server. Setting Up a Peer-to-Peer Printer Connection 1 Set up the printer. See “Setting Up Your Printer” on page 2. In step 2, connect the printer to the HP JetDirect External Print Server with a parallel cable.
English Operating Systems for the Peer-to-Peer Connection Installation instructions for the supported operating systems can be found on: Operating System Page Windows 95 and 98 18 Windows 2000 19 Windows NT 4.0 20 Note: If the Add Printer Installation starts up automatically, begin with step 4 of the appropriate section.
10 Select the printer port, from the Available ports list, that you configured when you set up English the HP JetDirect External Print Server, and then click Next. 11 Accept the default name for your printer (recommended) or enter a new name. To use this printer as your default printer, click Yes; otherwise click No. 12 Click Finish to complete the installation of the hp deskjet printer software.
English 15 Click Next. 16 Type the location of your printer and any additional comments (optional), and then click Next. 17 To print a test page, click Yes; otherwise click No. Click Next. 18 Click Finish. Windows NT 4.0 Client Computers 1 Install the HP JetDirect port software on each client according to the instructions included with the print server. 2 Click Start Settings Printers. 3 Double-click Add Printer. 4 Choose My Computer as the printer connection, and then click Next.
Client Server Network Connection English In the client server connection, you connect your hp deskjet 900c series printer to the network with an HP JetDirect External Print Server. Clients print to the Windows 2000, NT, or NetWare server that is serviced by the HP JetDirect External Print Server.
English Setting Up a Client Server in Windows 2000 or NT 4.0 1 Set up the printer. See “Setting Up Your Printer” on page 2. In step 2, connect the printer to the HP JetDirect External Print Server with a parallel cable. Print Server Printer 2 Set up the HP JetDirect External Print Server. Install and configure the HP JetDirect External Print Server according to the instructions provided with the print server.
Setting Up a Client Server in NetWare English • Refer to the Novell documentation or web site for NetWare printer installation methods and NetWare client software. • See the documentation that came with your HP JetDirect External Print Server. • Go to the HP web site at http://www.hp.com, and navigate to the network printing site, for information on setting up an HP JetDirect External Print Server in a NetWare environment and for additional network printing information.
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Using Your Printer Software English Use your printer software to control how and what you print through the HP Printer Properties dialog box. In addition, using the HP DeskJet Toolbox, you can maintain your printer and access an electronic copy of the User’s Guide. Finding the HP Printer Properties in Windows 95, 98, 2000 or NT 4.0 1 From your software program, click File Print. Your software program opens a Print dialog box. 2 From the Print dialog box, click Properties.
HP DeskJet Toolbox English When you install your printer on a network, your HP Printer Properties dialog box has a Services tab that enables you to access your HP DeskJet Toolbox. Click the Services tab, and then click the Open the HP DeskJet Toolbox button to display the HP Toolbox. In the Printer Services tab of the Toolbox, you can perform printer maintenance services. You can right-click any item in the Toolbox to view help information related to that item. Windows for Workgroups 3.
Appendix English Language Codes Windows 95, 98, 2000, and NT 4.0 If you are doing an “add printer” installation, you need to navigate to the INF file in the folder for your language and computer's operating system. • Windows 95, 98: [CD drive letter]:\[language code]\driver\win9x_me\hpf9x01.inf • Windows 2000: [CD drive letter]:\[language code]\driver\win_2k\hpf2k01.inf • Windows NT: [CD drive letter]:\[language code]\driver\win_nt\hpfnt01.inf Windows for Workgroups 3.
English Index A L Add Printer Installation 13 Windows 2000 15 Windows 95/98 14 Windows for Workgroups 3.11 16 Windows NT 4.0 15 Automatic Two-Sided Printing Module 2 Language Codes 7, 8, 10, 14, 18, 19, C Cartridges 4 Client Server Connection 21 NetWare 23 Operating Systems 21 Windows 2000/NT 4.0 22 Clients Locally Shared 13 NetWare Client Server 23 Peer-to-Peer 18 Windows 2000 Client Server 22 Windows NT 4.0 Client Server 22 H HP DeskJet Toolbox 25, 26 HP JetDirect Print Server 1, 17, 22 hpf2k01.
