HP 3500 3500 Installation instructions, General installation for Windows 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP

Installation instructions

General installation for Windows 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, and 2003

General installation instructions for the Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 operating systems are similar.

If the HP Color LaserJet 3500 series printer is connected through a file or print server, the HP Color LaserJet 3500 printing-system software must first be installed on the server before being installed on any client systems. If the HP LaserJet printing-system software is not first installed on the server, then bidirectional communication, some Driver Autoconfiguration methods, and Device Status and Alerts are not available to the client systems.

For Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, administrator rights on the system are necessary to install the software.

When the HP Color LaserJet 3500 printing system installer runs, the HP LaserJet uninstaller is always added to the system.

Installing from the printing-system CD-ROM

Follow these instructions to install the HP Color LaserJet 3500 printing system from the CD-ROM that came with your printer.

1.Close all programs that are open on your computer.

2.Insert the CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive.

Note If your CD-ROM does not start automatically, click Start, click Run, and then browse to and double-click the SETUP.EXE file in the root directory of the CD-ROM.

3.Click Install Printer and follow the onscreen prompts.

Installing from a network or from downloaded files

Follow these instructions if you downloaded the files from the Web, or if you are installing the printing system files from a network. You might need to see your network administrator for the location of the printing-system software file.

1.Browse to the location of the SETUP.EXE file.

2.Double-click the SETUP.EXE file.

3.Click Install Printer and continue to follow the instructions until the printer is installed. For detailed installation instructions, see the "Detailed Windows installation" section of this guide.

Detailed Windows installation

This section provides information about the installation dialog box sequence for installing the HP Color LaserJet 3500 printing-system software in Microsoft Windows environments. You can choose to install the software by using either a typical installation or a custom installation.

Typical Installation dialog box sequence

Note	This represeints the installation sequence for Windows XP Professional. The order and appearance of dialog
	boxes can vary among operating systems.

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