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b. Double-click Printers and Other Hardware. c. Double-click Printers and Faxes. For Windows XP (Classic Start menu): Click Start® Settings® Printers and Faxes. For Windows Vista (Classic Start menu) and all other Windows versions: Click Start® Settings® Printers. For Windows Vista (default Start menu): a. Click ® Control Panel. b. Click Hardware and Sound. c. Click Printers. 3. Double-click Add Printer. The Add Printer Wizard opens. 4. Click Next. 5. Select Local printer attached to this computer, and then click Next. You are prompted to attach the printer to the computer. 6. Select the port you want your printer to use, and then click Next. 7. Select Have Disk. 8. Browse to your CD drive, and select the correct directory for your operating system. NOTE: If you installed the printer drivers from the Drivers and Utilities CD before you connected the printer to your computer, the HBP (host based printing) driver for your operating system was installed by default. Operating System Windows Vista Windows XP Windows 2003 Server Windows 2000 Windows NT Software Path D:\Drivers\Print\Win_2kXP\ D:\Drivers\Print\Win_NT.40\ NOTE: After selecting the directory containing your printer drivers, you may be prompted for additional files in order to continue installation. Insert the operating system CD, and then click OK. 9. Click Open, and then click OK. 10. Select the type of driver you want to install (HBP or PS) in the Manufacturer list, and the printer model in the Printers list, and then click Next. 11. Proceed through the rest of the Add Printer Wizard, and then click Finish to install the printer driver. Installing Additional Printer Software 1. Turn on your computer, and insert the Drivers and Utilities CD. The Drivers and Utilities CD should launch the installation software automatically.

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b. Double-click
Printers and Other Hardware
.
c. Double-click
Printers and Faxes
.
For Windows XP (Classic Start menu):
Click
Start
®
Settings
®
Printers and Faxes
.
For Windows Vista (Classic Start menu) and all other Windows versions:
Click
Start
®
Settings
®
Printers
.
For Windows Vista (default Start menu):
a. Click
®
Control Panel
.
b. Click
Hardware and Sound
.
c. Click
Printers
.
3. Double-click
Add Printer
.
The
Add Printer Wizard
opens.
4. Click
Next
.
5. Select
Local printer attached to this computer
, and then click
Next
.
You are prompted to attach the printer to the computer.
6. Select the port you want your printer to use, and then click
Next
.
7. Select
Have Disk
.
8. Browse to your CD drive, and select the correct directory for your operating system.
NOTE:
If you installed the printer drivers from the
Drivers and Utilities
CD before you connected the printer
to your computer, the HBP (host based printing) driver for your operating system was installed by default.
NOTE:
After selecting the directory containing your printer drivers, you may be prompted for additional files
in order to continue installation. Insert the operating system CD, and then click
OK
.
9. Click
Open
, and then click
OK
.
10. Select the type of driver you want to install (HBP or PS) in the
Manufacturer
list, and the printer model in the
Printers
list, and then click
Next
.
11. Proceed through the rest of the
Add Printer Wizard
, and then click
Finish
to install the printer driver.
Installing Additional Printer Software
1. Turn on your computer, and insert the
Drivers and Utilities
CD.
The
Drivers and Utilities
CD should launch the installation software automatically.
Operating System
Software Path
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows 2003 Server
Windows 2000
D:\Drivers\Print\Win_2kXP\
Windows NT
D:\Drivers\Print\Win_NT.40\