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HP Printers - Installing an HP Print Driver Using Add Printer Wizard (white paper)

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INSTALLING AN HP PRINT DRIVER USING
ADD PRINTER WIZARD
CONTENTS
Overview ............................................................................................................................................. 1
Description .......................................................................................................................................... 1
Additional Information ...................................................................................................................... 2
OVERVIEW
HP recommends the following steps when installing an HP print driver using Add Printer Wizard.
DESCRIPTION
Use the following steps to install an HP print driver using Add Printer Wizard.
1. Open the Devices and Printers dialog
2. Click Add a printer at the top of the dialog
3. Click “The printer that I want isn’t listed”
NOTE: If you select your device from this list, the printer may be installed using a different print
driver and using WSD.
4. Click “Add a printer using a TCP/IP address or hostname”
5. Select TCP/IP Device in the drop down for Device type:
6. Uncheck “Query the printer and automatically select the driver to use”
NOTE: Failing to uncheck this setting may load a different print driver instead of the HP print
driver.
7. Enter the Hostname or IP Address
8. Enter the Port name or use the default
NOTE: For the v3 UPD, the list of reserved characters that cannot be used to start a port name
include "\\\\", "USB", "DOT4_", "LPT", "HST_", "IP_", "IPX_", "COM", "FILE:", ":raw", "TS", ":",
"\\", "WSD-", "/.ipp", "/ipp", "ipp://", and "Secure".
9. Click Have Disk
10. Browse to the location of the print driver
11. Click Open
12. Click the inf file or use the default inf file
13. Click Open
14. Click OK
15. Select the print driver and click Next
16. If asked, click “Replace the current driver” and click Next
17. Enter a Printer Name and click Next
18. After the installation complete, configure Printer Sharing and click Next

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