HP DeskJet 900C Network Guide
hp deskjet 900c series Printer Network Guide for Windows
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Table of Contents
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Setting Up Windows 95 and 98 Hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Setting Up Windows 2000 Hosts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Setting Up Windows NT 4.0 Hosts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setting Up Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Hosts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Installing Printer Software on Each Client Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Option 1: Point and Print Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Option 2: Add Printer Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Option 3: Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3 Peer-to-Peer Connection
Setting Up a Peer-to-Peer Printer Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Operating Systems for the Peer-to-Peer Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Installing Printer Software on Each of the Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Windows 95 and 98 Client Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Windows 2000 Client Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Windows NT 4.0 Client Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
4 Client Server Network Connection
Operating Systems for the Client Server Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Windows Terminal Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Setting Up a Client Server in Windows 2000 or NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Setting Up a Client Server in NetWare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5 Using Your Printer Software
Finding the HP Printer Properties in Windows 95, 98, 2000 or NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
HP Printer Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
HP DeskJet Toolbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Windows for Workgroups 3.11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Appendix
Language Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Windows 95, 98, 2000, and NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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Using Your Printer on a Network
Your HP DeskJet Printer can be shared over a network in three different ways:
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Locally Shared: Share your printer from a network-connected computer by enabling
printer sharing on your computer. See “Locally Shared Printer Connection” on page 5.
Printer Host Clients
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Peer-to-Peer: Connect your printer to a network via an HP JetDirect External Print
Server. See “Peer-to-Peer Connection” on page 17.
Print Server
Printer Clients
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Client Server Network Connection: Connect your printer to a network via an HP
JetDirect External Print Server. Clients print through a Windows NT, Windows 2000 or
NetWare server. See “Client Server Network Connection” on page 21.
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Print Server
Printer ClientsServer
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Setting Up Your Printer
To share your printer on a network, you must connect the printer to your network using
one of the methods listed on page 1. Before you set up your printer, check that your
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computer is fully set up, operational, and meets the minimum system requirements listed
in “System Requirements” in your electronic User’s Guide. To set up your printer:
1 Attach Automatic Two-Sided Printing Module.
a Turn knob on printer’s Rear Access Door
counter-clockwise and remove door.
b Insert module into back of printer.
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2 Connect Parallel Cable to Host Computer or an HP JetDirect External Print Server.
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Locally Shared: Connect your printer to the parallel port of the host computer. See
“Locally Shared Printer Connection” on page 5 for details.
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Peer-to-Peer: Connect your printer to the parallel port of an HP JetDirect External
Print Server on your network. See “Peer-to-Peer Connection” on page 17 for details,
and consult your print server documentation for help setting up the print server.
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Client Server Network Connection: Connect your printer to the parallel port of
an HP JetDirect External Print Server, and share the printer from a Windows NT,
Windows 2000 or NetWare server on your network. See “Client Server Network
Connection” on page 21 for details.
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3 Plug in Electrical Power Cord.
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4 Load White Paper.
Printable side
5 Insert Print Cartridges.
a Make sure OUT tray is down and press Power Button to turn printer on.
b Open top cover and raise cradle latch.
c Remove vinyl tape from print cartridges.
Do NOT touch or remove copper strip on print cartridges.
d Push print cartridge straight down into print cartridge cradle.
e Close latch and then close top cover.
A calibration page will print.
Tri-Color
OUT tray down
Note: The part numbers for your two print cartridges are:
Black HP 51645 Series or HP No. 45
Tri-Color HP C6578 Series or HP No. 78
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Locally Shared Printer Connection
In the locally shared configuration, the printer is connected directly to the parallel or USB
port of a selected computer that functions as a host to other computers on the network. To
locally share your printer, the printer software must be installed on the host computer
and on each client computer.
Note: USB is only supported in Windows 98 and 2000.
Printer Host Clients
Setting Up a Locally Shared Printer
1 Set up the printer. See “Setting Up Your Printer” on page 2.
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Printer Host
Note: For best results, do not install any parallel connected devices, such as a scanner
or tape backup system, between the printer and computer.
2 Install the printer software on the host computer, and share your printer on the network.
See the section “Operating Systems for the Locally Shared Connection” on page 6 to find
instructions for your operating system.
3 Install the printer software on each of the client computers. See the section “Operating
Systems for the Locally Shared Connection” on page 6 to find instructions for your
operating system.
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Operating Systems for the Locally Shared Connection
Installation instructions for the supported operating systems can be found on:
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Windows 95 and 98 See page 6 See page 13
Windows 2000 See page 8 See page 13
Windows NT 4.0 See page 10 See page 13
Windows for Workgroups 3.11 See page 12 See page 16
Operating System Host Client
Setting Up Windows 95 and 98 Hosts
Host
Preparing Your Computer to Share Your Printer on the Network
Turn on the host computer.
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2 Click Start Settings Control Panel.
3 In the Control Panel, double-click Network.
4 Click the File and Print Sharing button.
5 Click to select I want to be able to allow others to print to my printer(s).
6 Click OK, and then click OK to close the Network dialog box. If prompted, restart
Windows.
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