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More About Your Printer
Setup Instructions
Using a Parallel Cable
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Connect the parallel cable.
A parallel cable, such as the HP IEEE 1284-
Compliant Parallel Interface Cable (part 
number C2950A), must be purchased 
separately.
2 Plug in electrical power cord.
3 Load white paper, printable side down.
4 Insert print cartridges.
a Press Power Button   to turn on printer.
b Remove vinyl tape from print cartridges. 
Do NOT touch or remove copper strip on 
print cartridges.
c Open top cover, then insert print 
cartridges.
d Close cartridge cradle latches, then close 
the printer’s top cover. Printer will print a 
calibration page.
5 Install printer software.
Windows 95, 98, and NT 4.0:
a Turn on your computer and wait for 
Windows to start.
b Insert the HP Printer Software CD into 
your CD-ROM drive. 
If a New Hardware Found dialog box 
appears, click Cancel.
c Select Start   Run.
d Click Browse.
e Browse to the CD icon  .
f Click on Setup.
g Click on Open.
h Setup file appears in the Run dialog box. 
Click OK.
i Follow on-screen instructions to install 
your printer software.
Windows 3.1x:
a Turn on your computer and wait for 
Windows to start.
b In Program Manager, select File   Run.
c Type the letter of the computer’s 
CD-ROM drive, followed by setup.exe 
(for example, if you are installing from 
your CD in drive D, type D:\setup.exe) 
then click OK.
d Follow on-screen instructions to install 
your printer software.
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