Hewlett Packard HP Deskjet Printer > Download Drivers

Before installing this printer driver Hewlett Packard HP Deskjet Printer, read the following precautions:

• Before starting the installation of drivers, connect your printer Hewlett Packard HP Deskjet Printer to your computer, and that the printer is powered On. See your printer manual for details.
  
  Important! Do not turn printer off, remove cables, or unplug the printer, or interrupt it in any way during the driver installation process.
  
  
• Close virus protection programs or other software programs that are running on your computer.
  
  
• You must have full-control access to HP Deskjet Printer printer settings to carry out an installation. Before starting the installation of drivers, log in as a member of the Administrators group.
  
  
• If you have an earlier version of the Hewlett Packard printer driver installed on your computer, you must remove it with the uninstaller before installing the new driver for Hewlett Packard HP Deskjet Printer.
  
  
• Click on Download Now and a File Download box will appear.
  Select Save This Program to Disk and a Save As box will appear.
  Select a directory to save the driver in and click Save.
  Locate the driver file using Windows Explorer when the download has completed.
  
  
• Running the downloaded file will extract all the driver files and setup program into a directory on your hard drive. The directory these driver are extracted to will have a similar name to the printer model that was downloaded (i.e., c:\HP Deskjet Printer). The setup program will also automatically begin running after extraction. However, automatically running setup can be unchecked at the time of extracting the driver file.
  
  
• Open the Printers Window (Click Start-Settings-Printers).
  
  
• Update the printer driver if it was previously installed
  
  
• Right click on the printer and select Properties from the pop menu.
  
  
• On the General tab, select New Driver.
  
  
• Click on the Warning Box that pops up.
  
  
• A printer listing box will appear. Select Have Disk.
  
  
• Another box Install from Disk appears.
  
  
• Click the Browse to locate the expanded files directory (i.e., c:\HP Deskjet Printer).
  
  
• Click on the file ending with .inf .
  
  
• Click Open and then Okay and let driver files install.
  
  
• Add the printer HP Deskjet Printer if it hasn't been installed yet.
  
  
• Click Add New Printer
  
  
• Follow the instructions of the Add Printer Driver Wizard.
  
  

• Search and consult the Readme file for additional installation drivers instructions for your printer Hewlett Packard HP Deskjet Printer.

  
  
  

Depending on the environment that you are using, a Windows printer driver provided by Microsoft may be installed automatically on your computer. However, it is recommended that you use this official printer driver provided by Hewlett Packard for HP Deskjet Printer printer.