Adding HP Laserjet 4200N Printer

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Adding HP Laserjet 4200N Printer

I'm trying to set up this printer to work with my iMac and I'm having no luck. Someone please point me in the right direction.
1. I installed the driver found on hp.com
2. Connected the printer to my iMac with a USB printer cable
3. Went to Print & Fax in System Preferences and clicked on the + sign to add printer
4. I selected "Line Printer Daemon - LPD" for Protocol drop down menu
5. For the "Print Using" drop down menu I selected "Select a driver to use..." it expanded to a long list of printer options. I see "HP Laserjet 4200 Series" listed and I selected that but the "Add" button is gray and I can't click on it....I don't know why.
6. Because step #5 failed for me, I went back to the "Print Using" drop down menu and selected "Other" and that opened a window asking me to search for the printer driver that I had downloaded which I stated in step #1. My problem is I have no idea where the driver is located so I can complete step #6. When I installed it I did specify it to be installed in my hard drive but I went into my hard drive and can't find it anywhere.
Can you some help me with this if any of this makes any sense to you?
Thanks so much!
Tuan

iMac 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.5.4), 2GB memory

Posted on Jan 23, 2009 8:31 PM

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Answer 1

Kappy

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Jan 23, 2009 8:56 PM in response to t h

If your printer is Bonjour aware you've configured it wrongly. First, you don't use Line Printer Daemon because you have a USB connected printer. When you open Print & Fax, then click the [+] button to add a printer you want to click on the Default icon which will present a printer list. If your printer is detected it will appear in the list. Select it, then wait to see if the drive is automatically selected. If not, then select "Select printer driver" from the drop down menu. Scroll through the driver list until you find the driver for your model. Select the driver and click on the Add button.

If you need more help select Mac Help from the Finder's Help menu and search for "add printer."

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t h Author

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Jan 23, 2009 9:02 PM in response to Kappy

Hi Kappy,
Thanks so much for responding to my question!!!
I just clicked on the Default button and my printer is not detected and the "Print Using" drop down menu is gray and I can't access it. Could this be because my USB printer cable is not working properly? Also, why is the "Print Using" drop down menu deactivated for me?
THanks!

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t h Author

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Jan 23, 2009 9:13 PM in response to Kappy

I think that's what I clicked on. It's the first icon on the left hand side followed by Fax, IP, Windows, Bluetooth... right? It has a printer icon on top of the word "Default", is that what you're talking about?

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Kappy

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Jan 24, 2009 11:08 AM in response to t h

Yes. When you click on Default you should look in the list for your printer to appear. When it does then select it. When you do the utility will start searching for the printer driver. If it doesn't find one, then select "Select print driver to use" from the Print Using drop down menu. You can then locate the printer driver for your printer model.

The printer must be connected to your computer with a USB cable, and the printer must be turned on.

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Answer 5

Kappy

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Jan 23, 2009 9:08 PM in response to t h

I'm referring to the Default icon in the toolbar of the Print & Fax preferences, not an application's Print dialog.

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