When do i stop – HP Jetdirect 175x Print Server series User Manual
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The best source of a driver for your printer is the Web, because that gives you the latest driver.
(The drawback of getting your driver from the Web is that some drivers are quite large, and may
take several minutes to download at modem speeds. We think it's worth spending the time.) The
has current drivers for most HP
printers.
If your printer is an HP printer and you are running the installer from the HP Jetdirect CD in the
Autoconfigure network settings for me mode, you can select the option to download a driver
automatically from the Internet. The installer will search the HP support site for a driver for your
printer and, if it finds one, will automatically download it and install it for you. If you don't select
the option to download a driver automatically from the Internet, you can download one manually
before you run the installer.
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In many cases the driver is the same one that is used for a direct (non-networked) printer
connection, and you can probably find the driver on the CD that came with the printer.
In technical terms, what you need is a driver that installs using a .INF information file (rather
than installing by running a .EXE file). Make sure that your driver files include the .INF file. (If
you can't find the printer's .INF file, you may have to download the driver from the Web.)
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You may be able to find the driver on your operating system disc. If the operating system is more
recent than the printer, it probably includes a driver for that printer.
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If you previously had a direct connection from your computer to the same printer, or a network
connection to another printer of the same model, the network printer installer may be able to use
the driver that is already on your computer.
The installer software takes the driver location you specify, finds the driver, and installs it in your system.
When do I stop?
Essentially, you are finished with the installation process when you have a network printer installed on
your computer and you can print to it. That's usually when the test page prints successfully.
If you have two CDs -- a printer CD and the HP Jetdirect CD -- and you have just run the installer from
the printer CD, it's common to wonder whether you should be running the installer on the Jetdirect CD as
well. ("After all, that second CD must be there for a reason. Maybe I should run that installer, too, just to
be sure. . . .") You don't need to do that. Once your network printer prints successfully, you're done. (We
put the installer on the Jetdirect CD for situations where you can't find your printer CD, or where the
printer CD's installer doesn't deal with network printers. If your printer CD does handle network printers,
just run that installer and stop when it's done.)