HP LaserJet M2727 MFP - Software Technical Reference

Install printer drivers by using Add Printer
If the computer is running a 64-bit MS Windows operating system, install the corresponding 64-bit driver.
The 64-bit drivers are included on the software CD-ROM. Use the following steps to install a driver by
using the Add Printer Wizard.
1. Insert the Windows installation CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2. Go to the Add Printer feature in Windows.
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In Windows 2000, click Start on the desktop, click Settings, click Printers, and then click
Add Printer. The Add Printer Wizard screen appears.
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In Windows XP and Windows Vista, click Start on the desktop, click Settings, and then click
Printers and Faxes. The Printers and Faxes window appears. Click Add Printer. The Add
Printer Wizard screen appears.
3. Use the Add Printer Wizard to find and connect to the product.
4. Select the Have disk option on the Install Printer Software screen, and navigate to the
appropriate driver file on the Windows printing-system software CD .
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To install the HP PCL 6 printer driver, select the following file in the root directory:
hppdp607.inf
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To install the HP postscript level 3 emulation printer driver, select the following file:
For 32-bit: \Drivers\win2k_xp_vista\PS\hppcps07.inf
For 64-bit: \Drivers\winxp_vista_x64\PS\hppdps07.inf
5. Complete the Add Printer Wizard steps. The driver is installed as part of the process.
Point-and-Print installation
Use the following information to install a printer driver by using the Microsoft Point-and-Print feature
when you do not connect directly to the product on the network.
Point-and-Print is a Microsoft term that describes a two-step printer driver installation process. The first
step is to install a shared printer driver on a network print server. The second step is to "point" to the
print server from a network client so that the client can use the printer driver.
This section outlines the procedures for installing printer drivers by using Point-and-Print. If these
procedures are not successful, contact Microsoft. HP provides printer drivers that are compatible with
the Point-and-Print feature, but this is a function of the Windows operating systems, not of HP printer
drivers.
Administrator privileges are necessary to install the printer driver.
In a homogenous operating system environment (one in which all of the clients and servers are running
in the same operating system), the same printer driver version that is vended from the server to the
clients in a Point-and-Print environment also runs and controls the print queue configuration on the
server. However, in a mixed operating system environment (one in which servers and clients might run
on different operating systems), conflicts can occur when client computers run a version of the printer
driver that is different from the one on the print server.
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