HP Deskjet 970cxi Printer - Manual (Page 2)

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1 Using Your Printer on a Network
Setting Up Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2 Locally Shared Printer Connection
Setting Up a Locally Shared Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Operating Systems for the Locally Shared Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Setting Up Windows 95 and Windows 98 Hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Setting Up Windows NT 4.0 Hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Setting Up Windows 3.11 Hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing Printer Software on Each Client Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Option 1: Point and Print Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Option 2: Add Printer Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3 Peer-to-Peer Connection
Operating Systems and Print Servers for the Peer-to-Peer Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Setting Up a Peer-to-Peer Printer Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installing the Printer Software on Each of the Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4 Client Server Network Connection
Operating Systems for the Client Server Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Setting Up a Client Server in Windows NT 4.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Setting Up a Client Server in NetWare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5 Using Your Printer Software
Finding the HP Printer Properties in Windows 95, 98, or NT 4.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
HP Printer Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
HP Toolbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Windows 3.11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Appendix
Language Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Acknowledgments
Microsoft, MS, MS-DOS, and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation (U.S. patent numbers 4955066 and
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MMX and Pentium are U.S. registered trademarks of Intel Corporation.
Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc.
TrueType is a U.S. trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
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