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Network Basics Step 4: For other HP printers or non-HP printers: Use the Jetdirect CD to install the printer on your network. (You will need to know where your printer driver is located. See Where do I find the printer driver? for more information.) Note: An HP Web Jetadmin CD-ROM may also be included with selected HP Jetdirect products. HP Web Jetadmin is a feature-rich printer management tool. However, it is not required for network printer installation. Where do I find the printer driver? At some point late in the installation, the installer software 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 most subtle part of the installation. If you are running the installer from your printer CD, the installer generally knows right where to look for the driver -- on the CD. If you are running the installer from the Jetdirect CD, the installer will probably need you to tell it where the driver is. Here are a few places you can look: q The best source of a driver for your printer is the Web, because that gives you the latest driver. (The drawback of getting your driver from the Web is that some drivers are quite large, and may take several minutes to download at modem speeds. We think it's worth spending the time.) The HP support site at http://www.hp.com/go/get_software has current drivers for most HP printers. If your printer is an HP printer and you are running the installer from the HP Jetdirect CD 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. file:///C|/Bottlecap_Structure_26--TestMerge/DOCS/EN/NETBASIC/START.HTM (3 of 5) [5/20/2003 3:46:12 PM]

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Network Basics
Step 4: For other HP printers or non-HP printers:
Use the Jetdirect CD to install the printer on your network. (You will need to know
where your printer driver is located. See
Where do I find the printer driver?
for
more information.)
Note:
An HP Web Jetadmin CD-ROM may also be included with selected HP
Jetdirect products. HP Web Jetadmin is a feature-rich printer management tool.
However, it is not required for network printer installation.
Where do I find the printer driver?
At some point late in the installation, the installer software 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 most
subtle part of the installation.
If you are running the installer from your printer CD, the installer generally knows
right where to look for the driver -- on the CD. If you are running the installer from
the Jetdirect CD, the installer will probably need you to tell it where the driver is.
Here are a few places you can look:
●
The best source of a driver for your printer is the Web, because that gives
you the latest driver. (The drawback of getting your driver from the Web is
that some drivers are quite large, and may take several minutes to download
at modem speeds. We think it's worth spending the time.) The HP support
site at
has current drivers for most HP
printers.
If your printer is an HP printer and you are running the installer from the
HP Jetdirect CD 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.
file:///C|/Bottlecap_Structure_26--TestMerge/DOCS/EN/NETBASIC/START.HTM (3 of 5) [5/20/2003 3:46:12 PM]