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If you have enabled Web Services on your printer, you can print to your printer by email. Just check the Web Services menu for the email address of your printer, then send the file you want to print to that email address as an attachment. 7. When the software has been installed, the HP Printer Setup Assistant starts automatically, to set up a connection to your printer. Follow the instructions on your screen. 8. When you reach the Select Printer screen, look for your printer's URL (which you noted in step 1) in the Printer Name column. ● If you find the right name, scroll sideways if necessary to see the Connection Type column, and check that it shows IP Printing. Then highlight that line. Otherwise, continue searching further down the list. ● If you cannot find your printer's name with an IP Printing connection type, check the box My printer is not in the list. Click Continue. 9. Continue following the instructions on the screen. When you reach the Printer Queue Created screen, click Quit to exit, or Create New Queue if you want to connect another printer to the network. 10. When the HP Printer Setup Assistant has finished, you can remove the DVD from the DVD drive. If the printer driver is already installed, the HP Printer Setup Assistant can be run at any time from the DVD. Connect a computer to the printer by USB cable (Mac OS X) You can connect your printer directly to a computer without going through a network, by using the printer's built-in Hi-Speed USB device port. A USB connection may be faster than a network connection, but it has some disadvantages that you should bear in mind: ● The cable is of limited length. ● It is more difficult to share the printer. ● You cannot use Web Services. ● You cannot use automatic firmware updates. NOTE: The use of non-certified USB cables can lead to connectivity problems. Only cables certified by the USB Implementor's Forum (http://www.usb.org/) should be used with this printer. Printer software installation The following instructions apply if you intend to print from software applications using a printer driver. See Printing on page 42 for alternative ways of printing. 1. Make sure the printer is either turned off, or disconnected from the computer. 2. Insert the HP Start-up Kit DVD into your DVD drive. 3. Open the DVD icon on your desktop. 4. Open the Mac OS X HP Designjet Installer. ENWW Connect a computer to the printer by USB cable (Mac OS X) 19

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If you have enabled Web Services on your printer, you can print to your printer by email. Just
check the Web Services menu for the email address of your printer, then send the file you want to
print to that email address as an attachment.
7.
When the software has been installed, the HP Printer Setup Assistant starts automatically, to set up
a connection to your printer. Follow the instructions on your screen.
8.
When you reach the Select Printer screen, look for your printer's URL (which you noted in step 1)
in the Printer Name column.
If you find the right name, scroll sideways if necessary to see the Connection Type column,
and check that it shows
IP Printing
. Then highlight that line. Otherwise, continue searching
further down the list.
If you cannot find your printer's name with an
IP Printing
connection type, check the box
My printer is not in the list
.
Click
Continue
.
9.
Continue following the instructions on the screen. When you reach the Printer Queue Created
screen, click
Quit
to exit, or
Create New Queue
if you want to connect another printer to the
network.
10.
When the HP Printer Setup Assistant has finished, you can remove the DVD from the DVD drive.
If the printer driver is already installed, the HP Printer Setup Assistant can be run at any time from the
DVD.
Connect a computer to the printer by USB cable
(Mac OS X)
You can connect your printer directly to a computer without going through a network, by using the
printer's built-in Hi-Speed USB device port. A USB connection may be faster than a network connection,
but it has some disadvantages that you should bear in mind:
The cable is of limited length.
It is more difficult to share the printer.
You cannot use Web Services.
You cannot use automatic firmware updates.
NOTE:
The use of non-certified USB cables can lead to connectivity problems. Only cables certified
by the USB Implementor's Forum (
) should be used with this printer.
Printer software installation
The following instructions apply if you intend to print from software applications using a printer driver.
See
Printing
on page
42
for alternative ways of printing.
1.
Make sure the printer is either turned off, or disconnected from the computer.
2.
Insert the
HP Start-up Kit
DVD into your DVD drive.
3.
Open the DVD icon on your desktop.
4.
Open the
Mac OS X HP Designjet Installer
.
ENWW
Connect a computer to the printer by USB cable (Mac OS X)
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