white paper Microsoft Windows Vista ­ Printer driver installation Security Level: Public Date Written/Updated: November 2006 Document Summary Step-by-step instructions on how to install most LaserJet products using the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. Microsoft Windows Vista This document provides step-by-step instructions for installing a driver for a LaserJet using Add Printer Wizard through the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. Keys to the new print drivers The HP Universal Print Driver (UPD) is the primary building block of the HP drivers built into Windows Vista. When using Add a printer in Vista, most HP printing devices are installed with a print driver that is built around the UPD. · What does this mean? The UPD uses a query method to install a permanent instance of a driver. When a printing device is added, the reality is that the UPD has added a permanent instance of the device. Open the Printers folder and you will see Page 1 of 8 white paper that device. All functions of the UPD reside within the driver. This type of driver is known as a UPD-based driver. · Not all drivers in Vista are supported by the UPD. These few products have product-specific drivers included in Vista. They are: o HP LaserJet II Series o HP LaserJet III Series o HP LaserJet 4 Series o HP LaserJet 5 Series o HP LaserJet 6 Series Instructions Process 1. From the desktop Start menu, select Control Panel. Illustration Page 2 of 8 white paper Process 2. In the Control Panel Home window, select Printer under Hardware and Sound. Illustration 3. In the Printers window, select Add a printer. 4. In the Add Printer window: Select Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer. Go to Step 6. OR Select Add a local printer to choose an existing printer port or to create a new port. Go to Step 5. Page 3 of 8 white paper Process 5. Select the Create a new port radio dial; then select Standard TCP/IP Port from the drop-down menu. Select Next. Go to Step 8. Illustration 6. A list of local printers appears in a list. If the printer you are trying to add is not on the list, select The printer that I want isn't listed. Go to Step 7. OR If the printer you are trying to add appears in the list, highlight it, then select Next. Go to Step 12. 7. Select Add a printer using a TCP/IP address or hostname. Then select Next. Go to Step 8. Page 4 of 8 white paper Process 8. Select TCP/IP Device from the drop-down list. Then input the printer IP address in the Hostname and Port name fields. Select the Query the printer and automatically select the driver to use check box and select Next. Go to step 12. Selecting the check box installs the PCL driver by default, if available. If you want to manually specify which driver to install, leave the check box blank and select Next. Go to Step 9. 9. On the Install the printer driver window, select Have Disk. Go to Step 10. If the desired LaserJet displays in the Printers column, you may select it and then select Next. Go to Step 11. Illustration 10. Select the Browse button to advance to where you saved the INF file; then select OK. When the Install the printer driver window reappears, select Next. Go to Step 11. Page 5 of 8 white paper Process 11. Select the desired LaserJet and printer driver from the list; then select Next. Go to Step 12. Illustration 12. The printer model and driver type appears in the Printer name field. Select the Set as the default printer check box, if desired. Then select Next. Go to Step 13. NOTE: Remember, the default printer driver selected is PCL, if available. If you want a different driver type for this printer, go back to Step 4. 13. The installation begins. Once the installation completes, go to Step 14. Page 6 of 8 white paper Process 14. Select the Print a test page button to send a test page to the LaserJet; then select Finish. Go to Step 15. Illustration 15. Select Close to exit the test page window. Go to Step 16. 16. Once the LaserJet is installed, select Control Panel > Printers (under Hardware and Software) from the desktop Start menu to view the newly-installed LaserJet. Go to Step 17. Page 7 of 8 white paper Process 17. Right-click on the LaserJet icon and select Properties to view printer properties. NOTE: Depending on your chosen printer driver, you may see different Installable Options depending on the UPD, drivers included with Vista, or product specific drivers you use. Available Installable Options can be installed, selected, and changed as desired. Illustration Document Attributes Product Models: All supported HP LaserJets Page 8 of 8 white paper ...