Hp LASERJET 3380, LASERJET 3300MFP, LASERJET 3200, LASERJET 3015, LASERJET P3005 Microsoft Windows Vista – Printer driver installation

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Vista – Printer driver

installation

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Date Written/Updated: November 2006

Document Summary

D Step-by-step instructions on how to install most LaserJet products using the Microsoft Windows

Vista operating system.

Microsoft Windows Vista

This document provides step-by-step instructions for installing a driver for a LaserJet
using Add Printer Wizard through the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system.

Keys to the new print drivers

The HP Universal Print Driver (UPD) is the primary building block of the HP drivers built
into Windows Vista. When using Add a printer in Vista, most HP printing devices are
installed with a print driver that is built around the UPD.

• What does this mean?

The UPD uses a query method to install a permanent instance of a driver.
When a printing device is added, the reality is that the UPD has added a
permanent instance of the device. Open the Printers folder and you will see

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that device. All functions of the UPD reside within the driver. This type of driver
is known as a UPD-based driver.

• Not all drivers in Vista are supported by the UPD.

These few products have product-specific drivers included in Vista. They are:

o HP LaserJet II Series
o HP LaserJet III Series
o HP LaserJet 4 Series
o HP LaserJet 5 Series
o HP LaserJet 6 Series

Instructions

Process Illustration

1. From the desktop Start
menu, select Control Panel.

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Process Illustration

2. In the Control Panel
Home window, select
Printer under Hardware
and Sound.

3. In the Printers window,
select Add a printer.

4. In the Add Printer
window:

Select Add a network,

wireless or Bluetooth
printer. Go to Step 6.

OR

Select Add a local printer to
choose an existing printer
port or to create a new
port. Go to Step 5.

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