3 If the System Setup Wizard does not run automatically, click Start > Run, and then in the command line text box, type the letter of your CD-ROM drive followed by: \SETUP (for example, type D:\SETUP).
4 Click Install Printer Driver from the CD Browser menu.
5 Click Next at the Welcome screen.
6 Click Yes to accept the terms of the license agreement.
7 Select the port that your computer will use to communicate with the printer.
Select Express Install using HP recommended defaults to install all of the printer utilities, including the Toolbox. If you do not select this, continue to step 9. Click Next.
You can connect only one cable, parallel or USB, at a time to your printer.

For Windows

The printer driver software runs on Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98 and above and lets you print via the USB or parallel cable.

The setup software detects the version of the operating system that you are using. If you install a new version of Windows later, you must reinstall the printer driver. For example, if you upgrade from Windows 98 to Windows 2000, you must reinstall the printer driver.

Making copies of the printer software

The Starter CD contains a utility that lets you copy the printer software on to disks. When you run the setup program, select Customization Utility to copy disks.

You can also use this utility to copy the printer software to your hard drive or to a network drive. After the files are copied to another location, you can install the printer software from that location.

To install the printer driver

Before you can install the printer driver, you must complete steps 1 through 5 in

Setting up the printer.

You must have administrator privileges to install a printer driver on a computer running Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 or Windows XP.

1Start Windows and make sure no other applications are running.

2Insert the Starter CD into your CD-ROM drive. The System Setup Wizard runs automatically.

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450 specifications

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