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| Printer Drivers Win98 | |
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by Claud Sibert - February 18, 2002 North Orange County Computer Club | |
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Please do not request a
copy of this printer driver. In my mind's eye, this article is the limit
of my responsibility to the reader.
I wish to thank the Hewlett-Packard Web Site for the instructions to install a new Windows 98 printer driver for my old HP Deskjet 855C printer. Begin as follows: 1. Click Start, Settings and Printers. 2. Double-click Add Printer. 3. Click Next. 4. Select Local Printer. 5. Click Next. 6. In the manufacturer list, choose HP (or your printer.) 7. In the printer list, choose the model of the printer. 8. Click Next. 9. Choose the port (usually lpt1.) 10. Click Next 11. Select yes or no. 12. Click Next to continue. 13. Click Finish to complete installation. 14. Insert the disk or CD when prompted. |
This is all very well and
good; however, I encountered the problem that the necessary files could
not be located on the Windows 98 CD Full Version. Hewlett-Packard,
although helpful, gives no hint about the next event(s).
When the message advising the files cannot be located on the CD appears, click OK. You are now back 1 level. Click DETAILS, and the Installation Wizard will reveal the file in question is actually located in a Driver12.CAB file (for example.) Windows Explorer located the Driver12.CAB file in the Win98 folder on the C: drive. At this point, I launched PKZip for Windows and extracted that file into a folder HPdriver98 (for example.) Now, I return to the Installation Wizard and instruct the Wizard to locate that file in the HPdriver98 folder. Oh me, after installing that file, another error message appeared declaring the next file could not be found. I repeated the extraction process 8 times for a total of 9 files. Finally, the Installation Wizard declared installation was complete. Copyright 1995-7 by North Orange County Computer Club. All rights reserved. |
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Number 228 - May 2002
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