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Software Technical Reference for the HP LaserJet 9000 printers OS/2 installation instructions NOTE: Installation procedures differ depending upon whether or not a printer object does or does not exist on the OS/2 Desktop being used. Use the instructions that match the desktop. Installing a printer in OS/2 when a printer object does not appear on the computer desktop To create a printer object and install a printer driver, use the following procedures: NOTE: Use this procedure if the OS/2 desktop does not have a printer object. A system can have this configuration if no printer was selected during OS/2 installation, or if all the print objects have been deleted from the desktop. 1. Open the templates folder that is located in OS/2 system folder after OS/2 installation. 2. Click the Printer template. Press and hold the right mouse button. 3. Drag the template to Desktop. 4. Release the right mouse button. 5. Type a name for the printer in the Name field. 6. Select a port to which the printer is connected. 7. Click Install new printer driver. A window appears with a list of the printer drivers that are shipped with O/S2. 8. Click Other printer driver. 9. Point to the downloaded printer drivers. 10. Click Refresh. Wait until the window fills with printer drivers. 11. Select a driver by clicking the left mouse button over the desired driver. 12. Click Install. Installing a printer in OS/2 when a printer object does appear on your desktop To install a new printer driver using an existing printer object, use the following procedure: NOTE: If the 16-bit HP LaserJet driver is installed on a system, delete it before installing this driver. Use these directions if a printer object exists on the OS/2 desktop, but you do not have the correct printer driver installed on the system. This could happen if a different printer has been added to the system. 1. Select the Printer object using the right mouse button. 2. Click Settings. 3. Click the Printer Driver tab. 4. Select one of the Printer Driver objects using the right mouse button. 5. Click Install. 6. Click Other OS/2 printer driver. 7. Point to the downloaded printer drivers. 8. Click the Refresh button. Wait until the window fills with printer drivers. 9. Select a driver by clicking the left mouse button over the desired driver. 10. Click the Install button. Additional information about the OS/2 drivers is included in the readme files that come with each driver. 147

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Software Technical Reference for the HP LaserJet 9000 printers
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OS/2 installation instructions
NOTE:
Installation procedures differ depending upon whether or not a printer
object does or does not exist on the OS/2 Desktop being used. Use the
instructions that match the desktop.
Installing a printer in OS/2 when a printer object does not appear on the computer desktop
To create a printer object and install a printer driver, use the following procedures:
NOTE:
Use this procedure if the OS/2 desktop does not have a printer object. A
system can have this configuration if no printer was selected during OS/2
installation, or if all the print objects have been deleted from the desktop.
1.
Open the templates folder that is located in OS/2 system folder after OS/2 installation.
2.
Click the
Printer
template. Press and hold the right mouse button.
3.
Drag the template to
Desktop
.
4.
Release the right mouse button.
5.
Type a name for the printer in the
Name
field.
6.
Select a port to which the printer is connected.
7.
Click
Install new printer driver
. A window appears with a list of the printer drivers that are
shipped with O/S2.
8.
Click
Other
printer driver.
9.
Point to the downloaded printer drivers.
10.
Click
Refresh
. Wait until the window fills with printer drivers.
11.
Select a driver by clicking the left mouse button over the desired driver.
12.
Click
Install
.
Installing a printer in OS/2 when a printer object does appear on your desktop
To install a new printer driver using an existing printer object, use the following procedure:
NOTE:
If the 16-bit HP LaserJet driver is installed on a system, delete it before
installing this driver.
Use these directions if a printer object exists on the OS/2 desktop, but
you do not have the correct printer driver installed on the system. This
could happen if a different printer has been added to the system.
1.
Select the
Printer
object using the right mouse button.
2.
Click
Settings
.
3.
Click the
Printer Driver
tab.
4.
Select one of the
Printer Driver
objects using the right mouse button.
5.
Click
Install
.
6.
Click
Other OS/2 printer driver
.
7.
Point to the downloaded printer drivers.
8.
Click the
Refresh
button. Wait until the window fills with printer drivers.
9.
Select a driver by clicking the left mouse button over the desired driver.
10.
Click the
Install
button.
Additional information about the OS/2 drivers is included in the readme files that come with each driver.