Lab P-5 Printing in Vista

Like with any new operating system, Vista has compatibility issues. Usually those issues are resolved rather quickly by manufacturers coming out with new drivers.

HP laser printers had a LOT of problems printing to Vista when it first came out, so they created a Universal Print Driver (UDP). Let’s create an HP printer in Vista.

1. Go into the closet and find an HP printer.
2. Hook it up to the switch on your table so that each person can access the printer.
3. Go into Vista. Make sure it’s online.
4. Go to this website and make sure the printer is supported: http://h20325.www2.hp.com/blogs/laserjet/archive/2007/02/26/2551.html
5. Download the driver. Run the installer. It should find the printer.
6. Install Bro
1. Open control panels
2. Hardware control panel
3. Printers
4. Click “Add a printer”
5. Add a network printer.
6. Type in the IP address for Bro.
7. Connect away baby!
8. Print a test page

Have me check off:

____ Printer installed (HP)

____ Bro printer created.

____ Test page printed