HP Printers are one of the most technically advanced printers, with some of the devices and models are capable of printing wirelessly, AirPrint, or Print Anywhere technology.
To make these printers highly capable, HP printer drivers and software plays a vital role. These drivers or software can be downloaded or updated through the HP website or directly from the device management section.
Hence if you are buying a new printer or using an older one, you need to download the printer driver software, update drivers regularly (whenever the update launches), and update BIOS as well.
This article will introduce you to the process to download and update printer drivers for your HP printers. Additionally, we have mentioned the multiple options to update the drivers; you can use any one as per your convenience.
Go through every point and do not miss even a single one because this document will help you increase the productivity of your HP Printers and thus saving you a lot of money that might have waisted in repair and service of your printer.
What is HP Printer Driver?
A printer driver is a software that helps your computer to communicate with the printer. In other words, driver software interprets the data of computer to the format which your printer can understand.
The printer models are designed uniquely, and hence they understand the different languages; that is why you need to download the printer drivers as per your printer model.
Every new update version comes with bug fixes, which help in removing errors that are hampering the printer’s performance.
Below are the uses of HP Printer Drivers
· The printer driver helps the computer to understand the format which your printer knows.
· It works as a translator between computer and printer.
· HP keeps providing the bugs and fixes in the latest version of printer drivers, hence preventing your printer free from errors.
· The computer can send the print job to the printer in a language understood by your HP printer. And this happens because of printer drivers.
How to Download and Update HP Printer Drivers?
Now you would have got to know the real importance of printer driver software. This section will make you learn the downloading process, which is an essential step if you are installing your printer.
At times due to improper guidance, users download the drivers with wrong steps hence end up installing the corrupted software. Read and follow the steps provided here to get proper knowledge of the downloading process.
Download Printer Driver
1. Firstly you need to look for your printer model name and number, which can be seen from the printer manual or on the printer.
2. Now you will have to visit www.support.hp.com using your computer’s browser.
3. Then you need to click “HP printer driver and software”.
4. Further, you will be prompted to enter the name of your printer in the desired field and click “Enter”.
5. Now you will be provided a list of drivers and software required for your specific printer model.
6. You need to click on each software and click “Download”. The most important one will be listed on top, and it is recommended to download all.
7. Further, you need to install the downloaded files and follow the on-screen prompts.
Update Printer Driver
Printer driver update can be done using two methods, both of them mentioned herein.
Through Windows Update
1. You need to turn on your computer and save all the running files.
2. Now you will have to press the “Windows” key and then search for “Check Updates”.
3. Further, you need to click the “results” available for updates (if any).
4. After that, you will you the Driver Updates will start installing on your computer.
Through Device Manager
1. Firstly you need to search and open “Device Manager”, you can also open the Run dialogue and type “devmgmt”.
2. Now on your computer screen-”device manager windows” will open.
3. Further, you need to right-click “The name of your HP printer” and then select “Update drivers” from the drop-down list.
4. On the next screen, click “Search Automatically for updated driver software”.
5. Now you need to follow the on-screen prompts to install the updated drivers.
6. Finally, restart your computer to save the settings and reboot your computer.
Conclusion
HP printer driver are critical for your printers to operate by working as a translator between computer and printer. The first step while installing the HP printers, should be to download the drivers as per your printer model. Additionally, it would help if you kept on updating drivers with the latest version either directly from the HP website or from “Devices Management”.
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