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<p>I&#8217;ve ran into a strange issue when trying to install multi-function printer on a Windows 7 x64 machine.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve tried the usual steps to install the printer:</p>
<p><strong>Click on the Win Orb | Type &#8216;Add a printer&#8217; | Choose to Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer</strong></p>
<p>As my printer wasn&#8217;t listed I&#8217;ve clicked on the &#8216;<strong>The printer that I want isn&#8217;t listed</strong>&#8216; option.</p>
<p>In the &#8216;Select a shared printer by name&#8217; box I wrote the path to the printer:</p>
<p><strong>\\servername\printername</strong></p>
<p>After that Windows tried to search for a driver on Windows Update site, which wasn&#8217;t successful. Then I tried to provide the path to a driver that I have previously downloaded from the HP support site. Again no luck, I was not able to install printer.<!--more--></p>
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<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #008000;">SOLUTION:</span></p>
<p>Then, I&#8217;ve tried a different approach and was successful.</p>
<p><strong>Click on the Win Orb | Type &#8216;Add a printer&#8217; | Choose to Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer | The printer that I want isn&#8217;t listed</strong></p>
<p>Select &#8216;Add a printer using a TCP/IP address or hostname radio button</p>
<p>In the &#8216;<strong>Hostname or IP address</strong>&#8216; box type the name of the printer or IP address.</p>
<p>Now, the printer was successfully installed without providing the path to the driver.</p>