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How To: HP Printer Driver Update for Windows
Let’s get started setting up your HP printer! If you have recently added a new HP printer in your home or a current printer is just not working correctly, or at all; there are some easy solutions you can try.
Outlined below are some how to solutions along with a recommended automated solution with Driver Support to easily update your HP printer drivers with no fuss or worry. HP has robust printers that will work with just about all major Operating Systems.
See below for some of the main solutions to getting your printer setup today.
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Update HP Printer Drivers Using Device Manager
1) Go to Device Manager.
To Start Device Manager
Open the “Run” dialog box by pressing and holding the Windows key, then press the R key (“Run”).
Type “devmgmt.msc” in the dialog box like shown below
Open the “Run” dialog box by pressing and holding the Windows key, then press the R key (“Run”).
Type “devmgmt.msc” in the dialog box like shown below
2) Expand category “Print Queues” or “Printer” by click the arrow that is point right as seen below.
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3) Under this category, right-click on the HP printer listed (if its not listed you may want to read this HP Printer Not Printing Guide ).
Click Update Driver on the menu.
4) Click “Search automatically” for updated driver software.
If the driver is up-to-date, you will be notified that “The best driver software for your device is already installed”. Then you don’t need to update the HP print driver.
5) After the print driver is installed, restart your computer for the changes to be fully implemented.
NOTE: If this didn’t work you may need to try one of the other solutions below. Or just Download Driver Support now to run your free scan!
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Download Driver Support
Driver Support is an independent service provider for software products. It is a tool to help identify out-of-date or missing device drivers. Software Principles.
Full functionality requires $9.99 monthly subscription. By downloading you accept the Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.
Full functionality requires $9.99 monthly subscription. By downloading you accept the Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.
Download HP Printer Drivers (Manually)
Update HP printer driver using the HP Support site
1) You will need to know a few details about your printer (Product Name & Model ID, and what is your Windows operating system).
Also, the directions below may vary slightly based on the Windows operating system you are using.
*To use these steps, you have to be logged on to the computer with an administrator account. Chances are that you are already logged on with an administrator account. If you are not logged on with an administrator account, you must know the name and the password of an administrator account on the computer.
Try This Time-Saving ShortcutStart using Driver Support today and save time and frustration dealing with common Windows device issues. The software will inventory your computer for all active device types we support upon installation. When fully registered the service will update drivers for you and you get access to our technical support service for many common Windows issues.
Download Driver Support
Driver Support is an independent service provider for software products. It is a tool to help identify out-of-date or missing device drivers. Software Principles.
Full functionality requires $9.99 monthly subscription. By downloading you accept the Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.
Full functionality requires $9.99 monthly subscription. By downloading you accept the Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.
2) One you have located these items on your printer for step 1 you can then visit the HP support website here.
3) You will need to navigate the HP Support site to find the Printer Drivers section.
4) Once you find the correct section of the site you will need to run a search for your “HP (your model name)” printer .
5) If the HP support site correctly finds your printer it will load the printer driver page. You will then need to find the correct driver install package for your Windows Operating system.
There could be multiple options to download on these pages like Firmware, Software-ePrint, Utility-Diagnostic Tools, and finally some Driver packages (Full or Basic). Choose the correct HP Printer Driver install package to download to your Windows PC for the selected printer.
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6) Once the file is downloaded you will need to find the .EXE (executable) you got from HP and right-click to run or double-click the file.
7) The installation to run and find your printer, however this tool may not let you know when there are future driver updates and may need further configuration to get your printer to work properly.
Remember, Driver Support can monitor the HP printer drivers for you as a service and make sure you always have the most up to date drivers.
Your HP Printer still isn’t printing properly!? you have all the HP printer drivers updated, HELP!
Read our HP Printer Isn’t Printing for more tips and tricks to get that pesky printer working.
Automatic HP Printer Driver Update With Driver Support (Recommended)
If above two methods don’t work for you; or if you don’t have the patience, time, or computer skills, to update/fix manually it is possible to do it automatically with Driver Support.
Driver Support will scan your computer to detect any problem drivers in your computer whether its related to your HP printer or anything else running in or attached to your PC.
You don’t need to know what operating system your computer is running or the model of your printer, because we will take care of knowing all that when we scan your PC.
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Step 2. Let the software run the free scan for you to detect all your printer related driver download issues and any other optimization opportunities
Step 3. Click the “FIX IT” button and register Driver Support to get started updating your drivers for HP device drivers on your computer. This will guide you down the registration path.
Step 4. Once Registered and in Premium mode the software will walk you through the entire process, plus with your registration you will receive unlimited tech support with our Driver Support Signature Service!
Just call us toll-free after registration. With this service we can continue to help you with many of the HP printer related issues you may have.
HP ePrint is a term used by Hewlett-Packard to describe a variety of printing technologies developed for (mobile) computing devices, such as smartphones, tablet computers, and laptops.
Many HP ePrint technologies use cloud resources to provide mobile printing capabilities for specific HP ePrint-enabled printers and MFPs and for other printers using applications that provide network printing[1]. The HP ePrint portfolio of mobile printing solutions includes the following:
HP ePrint via Email[edit]
HP ePrint data flow
HP ePrint via Email is a feature of most HP printers and MFPs that enables printing documents attached to email messages sent to the device. The HP ePrint-capable printer or MFP must be registered to an HP ePrint cloud service called HP ePrint Center, which assigns a unique email address to the printer or MFP. The assigned email address is customizable but by default is arbitrarily set to promote security since only those who know the email address can use it to print.HP ePrint via Email does not require a print driver installed on the client. The HP ePrint public cloud renders the printing data from each separate attachment into a suitable print data stream, such as PCL3, PCL 5, or PostScript, and, subsequently, sends it to the HP ePrint enabled printer. For this to work, the attachments for printing must be in a native plain format, such as any of the following:
- MS Word document
- MS PowerPoint presentation
- MS Outlook document
- Image file (JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, TIFF)
- Adobe Acrobat file (PDFs)
- Text file and Rich Text Format (RTF)
- HTML file
Any email-capable client, including a smartphone, a tablet computer, a laptop, or any other email client, can submit print jobs to HP ePrint via Email. Anything that can send email can print.Registered users can also log into HP ePrint Center to manage and view their print jobs, their printers, and their settings. For example, HP ePrint Center provides options to create lists of users approved to print, and it includes spam filters to prevent unwanted print requests. Users can also change the email address of the HP ePrint-enabled printer or MFP by requesting a new one (each HP ePrint email address must be unique and, thus, must be approved).Figure 1 shows how data flows from the email client to the HP ePrint public cloud server (HP ePrint Center) for rendering into an acceptable print stream format and then forwarded to the HP ePrint enabled printer or MFP.
HP ePrint Public Print Locations[edit]
HP ePrint Public Print Locations data flow
HP ePrint Public Print Locations is a mobile printing service that prints from the cloud using one of the HP ePrint mobile device apps. HP ePrint Public Print Locations is meant for people who use printers while traveling. It also enables a business or a public facility to charge for printing. For example, a businessperson preparing for a presentation can print handouts at a destination hotel for a fee rather than carrying them as they travel, or a traveler can print a boarding pass at a hotel to save waiting in line at the airport.
The HP ePrint apps are free and include versions for AppleiPhones and Android devices. Users can find it at iTunesApp store or Google Play. It is also available for Blackberry mobile devices from BlackBerry App World. The HP ePrint apps lists various registered HP ePrint public printers at locations, such as hotels, airports, and print shops.
When a user submits a print job to HP ePrint Public Print Locations, the service returns a notification email message with an authorization code that is required for printing at the device. This authorization code prevents unwanted printing and depending on the business model enables the owner of the printer to charge for printing before the documents are printed.
The HP ePrint Service app uses GPS coordinates to locate and map HP ePrint public printers nearby. The user can use smartphone navigation features for directions to the location of the HP ePrint Public Print Location.
HP ePrint Public Print Locations supports the following file formats for printing:
- Microsoft Office (’95-2010) Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- OpenOffice.org (2.X/3.X)
- StarOffice (StarWriter, StarCalc, StarChart, StarDraw, StarImpress)
- Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
- Text and Rich Text Format
- Image files (PNG, BMP, JPEG, GIF, TIFF)
The HP ePrint Public Print Locations service maintains a database of public print providers. Each provider, upon receiving a print request, renders the print data accordingly and sends the print data stream (PCL or Postscript) to a destination print queue. To retrieve the print job, the user goes to the printer location kiosk and types the authorization code to release and print the print job(s).
HP ePrint Enterprise[edit]
Blackberry data flow
iOS and Android data flow
HP ePrint Enterprise is a private cloud printing solution for use in large networks, such as those in SMB, large corporations, or academic environments where IT departments can manage private cloud services. It provides a mobile printing option for people, such as mobile workers, who travel from office to office and need printing at remote locations. HP ePrint Enterprise also supports direct email printing from a corporate email service to HP and non-HP printers and MFPs.
The HP ePrint Enterprise (service) app enables users to submit print jobs to private company printers or to public print locations. The user must be registered with the company’s HP ePrint Enterprise server to view the company’s private printers in the HP ePrint Enterprise (service) app.
The HP ePrint Enterprise server is an ASP.NET application that is supported on Windows Server 2003/2008. It can send print jobs to any network-connected printer capable of PS, PCL5, or PC3-GUI language support. The following are system requirements for the HP ePrint Enterprise server application:
- Windows Server 2003 or 2008 R2 (32 or 64 bit)
- Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
- Microsoft SMTP server
- Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ)
- Microsoft Office (full installation)
- Microsoft Windows Installer
- Office Primary Interop Assemblies (PIA)
- Microsoft .NET Framework (3.5)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (or Express)
The method of sending data to the printer or MFP depends on the type of mobile device in use (i.e. Android, iOS, or BlackBerry). Android and iOS mobile devices use a direct connection to the HP ePrint Enterprise server. BlackBerry devices access the HP ePrint Enterprise network resources indirectly via the BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES); because of the indirect communication between the Blackberry device and the HP ePrint Enterprise server, the BlackBerry solution is considered more secure:[by whom?] print data never travels outside of the private network, and the channels that transmit print data can be secured and encrypted.[citation needed]
HP ePrint Enterprise is scalable to adapt to varying workloads. It can operate in a master/slave configuration where the slave server handles the primary workload while the master server handles backup and redundancy. The master server dispatches print jobs to appropriate slave servers. As the workload increases, additional slave servers can be deployed. A large geographically dispersed company can have the master server as the primary point of communication at corporate headquarters and slave servers at local sites. These reliability and scalability features are essential for successful cloud computing architectures.
HP ePrint Enterprise supports the following plain data file formats for printing:
- MS Word (2007) document
- MS PowerPoint presentation
- MS Outlook
- Image file (JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, TIFF)
- Adobe Acrobat files (PDF)
- Text file and Rich Text Format (RTF)
- HTML file
The HP ePrint Enterprise server accepts print jobs using two primary protocols: http/https and SMTP. Once the HP ePrint Enterprise private cloud printing service accepts a print job message, it converts the print job into an appropriate printer language (PCL or Postscript) via an internal rendering process and submits it to the printer or MFP via TCP port 9100. HP ePrint Enterprise server is capable of processing multiple print jobs simultaneously by using a message queue service with the ability to track the progress of each individual print job.
HP ePrint Enterprise server has a Web-based administration console, which any authorized user can access using a Web browser. This console provides settings for adding and managing users and print devices, configuring server settings, performing simple diagnostics, and tracking events.
HP ePrint Enterprise can be configured for guest user access. This enables users outside the company to remotely print to company devices. Guest users are given access for 30 days by default. An administrator can change the access period to any time value and or revoke access at any time.
HP ePrint Enterprise administrators can limit printing access to company devices by user (guest or regular) as needed.
HP ePrint Wireless Direct Printing[edit]
HP ePrint Wireless Direct Printing is a feature of some HP printers and MFPs that connects directly to mobile devices for printing. It requires the mobile device to have a compatible app that can print:
- Apple AirPrint (standard on iOS version 4.2 or later)
- HP ePrint
- any other app that can send a print job
An HP printer or MFP that has the HP ePrint Wireless Direct Printing feature behaves as a wireless access point where the mobile device connects as though it were on any wireless network. Once the device is connected, the user can print from any app that has printing options.
iOS (4.2 or later) includes Apple Airprint, and can print using HP ePrint Wireless Direct Printing once the mobile device is connected to the printing device wireless access point. Android and other platforms can connect to an HP ePrint Wireless Direct printing device, but can print only with supported apps, such as HP ePrint.
Apple AirPrint[edit]
AppleAirPrint is a mobile print subsystem included with iOS 4.2 and later (for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch) that can find available printers and send them print jobs. Apple Inc. and HP collaborated to develop Apple AirPrint to enable iOS devices to print to many HP printers, but, since its introduction, many other printer manufacturers are producing compatible printers. HP considers Apple AirPrint as part of the HP ePrint portfolio of mobile printing solutions.
Apple AirPrint creates a PDF internally, an HP filter (pdftopcl) renders the PDF into PCL data that the printer can process, and the printer prints it. Apple AirPrint begins when the user selects the Action button and chooses the Print option. Apple AirPrint searches the network for available printers using the mDNS network protocol. It filters the list of printers it finds and then displays only the compatible printers. All HP ePrint printers and MFPs are Apple AirPrint compatible.
HP ePrint Mobile apps[edit]
A screenshot of the HP ePrint Android app homescreen.
HP ePrint includes three mobile printing apps:
- HP ePrint (Android, iOS and BlackBerry)
- HP ePrint Enterprise (service) (Android, iOS and Blackberry)
- HP Designjet ePrint and Share
These apps provide features necessary for printing from Android, iOS and Blackberry devices.
HP is combining the features of several mobile printing apps to simplify the mobile printing experience for HP ePrint Wireless Direct Printing, HP ePrint Public Printing Locations, and HP ePrint Enterprise. HP ePrint via Email does not require a printing app, but HP ePrint Mobile apps function to configure settings and to organize email addresses and HP ePrint printers.
HP ePrint provides printing capabilities for HP ePrint printers and MFPs, local area network (LAN) printers, and HP ePrint Public Printing locations.
HP ePrint Enterprise (service) provides capabilities to use HP ePrint Public Printing Locations, HP ePrint Enterprise and print directly from Dropbox, Facebook, and Box.
HP Designjet ePrint and Share provides cloud printing capabilities for HP Designjet printers. It also provides a means to share and preview print jobs before printing to save on costly proofs.
HP ePrint Software[edit]
HP ePrint Software (formerly HP ePrint Mobile Print Driver) is a mobile print driver for Windows or Macintosh computers that supports cloud printing, HP ePrint Wireless Direct printing, local area network (LAN) direct printing from any application to any HP printer and HP ePrint Public Printing Locations. It provides mobile printing features including searching for and connecting to compatible printers, duplex printing, and multiple pages per sheet. It also can print directly to network connected HP Postscript printing devices. It is the HP mobile print app for PCs.
References[edit]
- ^'ACE: Automated capacity evaluation for HP ePrint'.
- 'HP's ePrint: Print from Just About Anything'. PCWorld. June 7, 2010. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
External links[edit]
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