1Setting Up Your Printer with a Parallel Printer Cable

Installing the Printer Software from the CD

Note: If the New Hardware Found box appears during the installation procedure, click the “X” in the upper-right corner of the box, or click Cancel.

1Insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive.

•For Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0, do the following:

a.From the taskbar, select Start ➙ Run.

b.Type the letter of the computer’s CD-ROM player (usually D:\ or E:\), followed by setup.exe then click OK.

•For Windows 3.1x, do the following:

a.In the Program Manger, select File ➙ Run.

b.Type the letter of the computer’s CD-ROM player (usually D:\ or E:\), followed by setup.exe then click OK.

Note: If you don’t know which drive letter is for your CD-ROM player, open Windows Explorer or File Manager and look for the letter next to the CD-ROM icon.

2When the opening screen appears, click Install HP DeskJet 8xxC Series Printer Software. (Your printer model number will be on the install button.)

3When the HP License Agreement box appears, read the agreement and click Accept.

4Do one of the following:

•If the printer is turned on and is connected to the computer with the parallel printer cable, the setup program automatically detects the printer and the port to which it is connected. Just follow the instructions on the screen. Then, proceed to step 5.

•If the printer is turned off or if the connection to the computer has not yet been made with the parallel printer cable, the setup program asks you to specify which port to use for the printer. Select an LPT-type port; the default setting of LPT1 is appropriate for most computers. Click Next and proceed to step 5.

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