HP 9600 manual To install the printer driver on a client, To add a network port to the printer

To install the printer driver on a client

Once you have connected the printer to the network and installed the printer driver on the network computer acting as the server, you can share the printer. Individual Windows users, known as clients, can connect to the printer in these ways:

￿In the Printers folder, double-click the Add Printer icon and follow the instructions for a network printer installation. See “To install the printer driver using Add Printer”.

￿Install the printer software from the Starter CD. When prompted, select Connected via the network, and then select Client setup for client-server printing.

￿On the network, browse to the printer and drag it to your Printers folder.

￿Add the printer and install the software from the INF file that has been saved to a location on your network. Ask the network administrator where the INF file is located.

On the Starter CD, the INF files are stored in folders using the following format: <CD>:\Setup\Drivers\PCL3\<operating system>\<language>.

For example, if your CD drive letter is D:, then D:\Setup\Drivers\PCL3\Win2k_XP\English would contain the English Windows 2000/XP PCL 3 INF file.

To install the printer driver using Add Printer

1Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers (Windows NT 4.0, 98, Me, and 2000) or Printers and Faxes (Windows XP).

(If Printers and Faxes is not found on the Start menu in Windows XP, click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Printers and Faxes.)

2Double-click Add Printer, and then click Next.

3For Windows 98, Me, 2000, or XP, select Network Printer. -Or-

For Windows NT 4.0, select Network Printer Server.

4Click Next.

5Do one of the following steps:

•Type in the network path or queue name of the shared printer and click Next. Click Have Disk when prompted to select the printer model.

•Click Next and locate the printer in the Shared printers list.

6Click Next and follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.

To add a network port to the printer

If you have already installed the printer software using the printer setup program, and you want to create a port to connect through the network to the printer via an HP Jetdirect external print server, follow these instructions:

1After installing the print server software, right-click hp deskjet 9600 series in the Printers folder and select Properties.

2For Windows NT 4.0, 2000, and XP: Click the Ports tab, and then click Add Port. -Or-

For Windows 98 and Me: Click the Details tab, and then click Add Port.

3Select a new HP standard port and assign it to the printer.

4Click OK.

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