HP Printer Install and Troubleshooting
Friday, January 15, 2010
, Posted by Admin at 8:13 AM
Installing HP Printers
Installing HP printers is pretty straight-forward, meaning they install like most standard USB devices. Your HP printer should have come with an installation disk. DO NOT PLU IN THE PRINTER until after you run the disk. Doing so may cause the installation to fail. Once the software has been installed, plug in the USB cable and Windows will find the new hardware and load the device drivers you just installed.
Making Your HP Printer Default
Your HP printer should automatically go to the default printer if you do not already have a printer installed. To confirm that it is set to default, go to the Control Panel, then Printers. You may see a picture of your printer, and if it already has a check mark or default setting beside it, then it is already the default printer. If it does not, right click the printer then select Properties, then Set To Default.
Get Drivers for your HP Printer
With the recent release of Vista, or if you have lost your original driver disk for your HP printer, go to the HP website and download your latest drivers. You can remove your current printer or just update the driver in the Device Manager by right-clicking the printer and selecting Update Driver Software. Browse to the printer drivers you just downloaded and click OK.
Printers stuck in queue
One of the most frustrating problems with printers is when a print job gets stuck in the queue. This will often require a rebbot to purge the queue, but you can sometimes pause the printing and then cancel the print job by clicking the double-clicking the printer and click "pause" then "cancel."
Installing HP printers is pretty straight-forward, meaning they install like most standard USB devices. Your HP printer should have come with an installation disk. DO NOT PLU IN THE PRINTER until after you run the disk. Doing so may cause the installation to fail. Once the software has been installed, plug in the USB cable and Windows will find the new hardware and load the device drivers you just installed.
Making Your HP Printer Default
Your HP printer should automatically go to the default printer if you do not already have a printer installed. To confirm that it is set to default, go to the Control Panel, then Printers. You may see a picture of your printer, and if it already has a check mark or default setting beside it, then it is already the default printer. If it does not, right click the printer then select Properties, then Set To Default.
Get Drivers for your HP Printer
With the recent release of Vista, or if you have lost your original driver disk for your HP printer, go to the HP website and download your latest drivers. You can remove your current printer or just update the driver in the Device Manager by right-clicking the printer and selecting Update Driver Software. Browse to the printer drivers you just downloaded and click OK.
Printers stuck in queue
One of the most frustrating problems with printers is when a print job gets stuck in the queue. This will often require a rebbot to purge the queue, but you can sometimes pause the printing and then cancel the print job by clicking the double-clicking the printer and click "pause" then "cancel."
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