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Uninstalling the printing software Note Uninstall software using the directions below for your operating system. Uninstalling software for Windows The printer comes with an uninstall utility that you can use to select and remove any or all of the Windows HP printing system components from your computer. To uninstall the software from Windows 2000 or XP, you must log on with administrator privileges. 1 Close all open programs. For Windows 98 and Me: a Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE. The Close Program dialog box opens. b Select a program except Explorer or Systray and click End Task. c Repeat step b until all programs except Explorer and Systray are closed. For Windows 2000 and XP: a Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE. The Windows NT Security dialog box opens. b Click Task Manager and then click the Applications tab. c Select a program and click End Task. d Repeat step c until all programs are closed. 2 On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to HP color LaserJet 1500, point to Tools, and click Uninstall. 3 Click Next, select the HP printing system components that you want to uninstall, and click OK. 4 Follow the directions on the screen. When the message "The following file is a shared file but is not used by any other programs. Would you like to delete it?" appears, click Yes to All. The system finishes removing files. 5 If prompted to restart the computer, click OK. Uninstalling software for Macintosh To remove the printing software from your Macintosh, drag the HP LaserJet files to the Trash. If you are using Mac OS X, you must also drag the PDEs to the Trash. For Mac OS 9.x: The driver files are located in: Macintosh HD\System Folder\Extensions\Printer Descriptions. For Mac OS X: The driver files are located in: Macintosh HD\Library\Printers\PPDs\Contents\Resources\.lproj. For Mac OS X: The PDEs are located in: Macintosh HD\Library\Printers\PPD Plugins\hp* 18 Printer basics ENWW

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Printer basics
ENWW
Uninstalling the printing software
Uninstall software using the directions below for your operating system.
Uninstalling software for Windows
The printer comes with an uninstall utility that you can use to select and remove any or all of the
Windows HP printing system components from your computer.
Note
To uninstall the software from Windows 2000 or XP, you must log on with administrator privileges.
1
Close all open programs.
For Windows 98 and Me:
a
Press
C
TRL
+
A
LT
+
D
ELETE
. The
Close
Program
dialog box opens.
b
Select a program
except
Explorer or Systray and click
End
Task
.
c
Repeat step b until all programs except Explorer and Systray are closed.
For Windows 2000 and XP:
a
Press
C
TRL
+
A
LT
+
D
ELETE
. The Windows NT Security dialog box opens.
b
Click
Task
Manager
and then click the
Applications
tab.
c
Select a program and click
End
Task
.
d
Repeat step c until all programs are closed.
2
On the
Start
menu, point to
Programs
, point to
HP color LaserJet 1500
, point to
Tools
,
and click
Uninstall
.
3
Click
Next
, select the HP printing system components that you want to uninstall, and click
OK
.
4
Follow the directions on the screen. When the message “The following file is a shared file but
is not used by any other programs. Would you like to delete it?” appears, click Yes to All. The
system finishes removing files.
5
If prompted to restart the computer, click
OK
.
Uninstalling software for Macintosh
To remove the printing software from your Macintosh, drag the HP LaserJet files to the Trash. If
you are using Mac OS X, you must also drag the PDEs to the Trash.
For Mac OS 9.x:
The driver files are located in:
Macintosh HD\System Folder\Extensions\Printer Descriptions.
For Mac OS X
: The driver files are located in:
Macintosh HD\Library\Printers\PPDs\Contents\Resources\<lang>.lproj.
For Mac OS X:
The PDEs are located in:
Macintosh HD\Library\Printers\PPD Plugins\hp*