For all operating systems, use the Add Printer Wizard to install the appropriate operating system driver on the server
and client machines, as shown in the following table.
Table 66: Windows servers with Windows clients
Computer
function
Steps
Server and clients
1. Click Start, click Settings, and then click Printers.
Server and clients
2. In the Printers folder, double-click the Add Printer icon to start the Add Printer Wizard.
Server only
3. Click Next, and then click Local Printer. Click Next. If your operating system is
Windows 98 or Windows Me, go to step 6.
Server and clients
4. Select the appropriate port in the list of ports, or click Add Port to connect to a network
port that is not in the list of available ports.
Server and clients
5. Select the printer model in the list of available printers, or click Have Disk if you are
installing the driver from an alternative source, such as disk, CD-ROM, or software
download. If you are installing from a software download, you must know the path to
where the software has been downloaded.
Server only
6. After the installation is complete, highlight the Printer icon and click File, and then click
Properties. In the Printer Properties window, click the Sharing tab.
Server only 7. You must enable the File and Print Sharing service for either Microsoft networks or
Novell networks on the server.
Server only
8. To exit Properties, click OK. A hand appears beneath the Printer icon in the Printers
folder, indicating that the printer is shared.
Client only 9. You can install the driver using Point and Print in one of the following four ways:
•
In Network Neighborhood, locate the server and double-click the printer share name.
•
In Network Neighborhood, locate the server, and then drag and drop the icon for the
shared printer into your Printers folder.
•
In the Printers folder, open the Add Printer Wizard. The next action depends on the
operating system:
•
For Windows 98, and Windows Me, click Network Printer.
•
For Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003,
click Network printer server.
Client only
10. Click Next. Type the network path or queue name, or select Browse to search the
network to locate the appropriate path.
Client only 11. In Network Neighborhood, locate the server and double-click. Then locate the printer
share name and right-click.
Client only
12. Click Install to complete the installation through the Add Printer Wizard.
Setting a default printer
This section applies to the Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows
Server 2003 operating systems.
1.
In Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, and and Windows 2000 OSs, click Start, click Settings, and then
click Printers. In Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, click Start, click Control Panel, click Printers and
Faxes (Windows XP Professional) or Printers and other hardware devices (Windows XP Home).
2. Select the printer that you want to set as the default printer.
3.
From the File menu, click Set As Default. A check mark appears next to the menu option.
4.
Click Close.
Windows 3.1x
The HP Color LaserJet 3500 series printer has not been tested with and is not supported in Windows 3.1x.
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