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Network Basics Once you have made this choice, the installer proceeds with its tasks, asking you for the information it needs at each point. If you chose "Autoconfigure . . ." it will ask only a few questions; if you chose "Let me configure . . ." it will ask some detailed questions about the setup of network addressing. Printer drivers At some point late in the installation, the installer needs to have the printer driver to complete the installation. So at that point the installer may ask you where to find the driver. Knowing where to find the driver is usually the trickiest part of the installation. Technically speaking, what you need is a driver that installs using a .INF information file (rather than installing by running a .EXE file) There are several alternatives for finding this driver and its .INF file: q In many cases this is the same driver that is used for a direct (non-networked) printer connection, and you can probably find the driver on the CD that came with the printer. (In fact, some printers come with the network installer program on the printer CD. If your printer is one of these, the simplest way to install your network printer is to run the installer from the printer CD instead of from the HP Jetdirect CD, since the installer knows where to find the driver on the printer CD. For a list of these printers, click on this button: .) q If you want to make sure of having the latest driver for your printer, you can download it from the Web. If your printer is an HP printer and you are running the installer in the "Autoconfigure network settings for me" mode, you can select the option to download a driver automatically from the Internet. The installer will search the HP support site for a driver for your printer and, if it finds one, will automatically download it and install it for you. If you don't select the option to download a driver automatically from the Internet, you can download one manually before you run the installer. The HP support site at http://www.hp.com/cposupport/software.html has current drivers for most HP printers. q You may be able to find the driver on your operating system disc. If the operating system is more recent than the printer, it probably includes a driver for that printer. file:///C|/Bottlecap_Structure_26--TestMerge/DOCS/EN/NETBASIC/FIP0020.HTM (3 of 4) [5/20/2003 3:45:36 PM]