Installing HP Color Laserjet 3800dtn drivers

Supported UNIX systems

Department supported UNIX systems require no updates. Simply start printing with lpr -P cps4172.

Supported Windows systems

Supported department PCs should already have the correct drivers and print queues installed. If your supported windows PC is missing the cps4172 printer, you may need to reboot

If you are having problems with a supported machine after rebooting, please contact staff@cs.umd.edu.

Unsupported Windows (XP/2000) systems

  1. Download the drivers from HP's web site. You want the HP Color LaserJet 3800 PostScript driver.
  2. Double-click on the file to extract its contents. Pay attention to where you are extracting these files, you'll need to navigate to them later. The default location is C:\clj3800.

  3. Click Start -> Printers and Faxes for windows XP, or Start -> Settings -> Printers for Windows 2000.
  4. Double-click on Add a printer
  5. Select Network printer
  6. Select Connect to a printer on the internet...
  7. In the URL box, enter http://cprint.cs.umd.edu/printers/cps4172
    Yes, the URL here is different than elsewhere in the FAQ, due to a bug in the windows driver

  8. Click Next
  9. Select HP from the left column.
  10. Click on Have Disk
  11. Click on Browse to navigate to where you extracted the driver files that you downloaded. (C:\clj3800 by default) and select hpc3800d.inf
  12. Click Open
  13. Click OK
  14. Select HP Color Laserjet 3800 PS
  15. Click OK and wait for the driver to install.
  16. Choose No when prompted if you want this printer to be your default printer.
  17. Click Finish
Next configure the printer's extra hardware features:
  1. Click on Start -> Printers and Faxes
  2. Right-click on the new printer (e.g., cps4172 on http://cprint.cs.umd.edu)
  3. Select Properties
  4. Click the Device Settings tab
  5. Scroll down to Installable Options
  6. Click on Tray 3 and set it to Installed.
  7. Click on Duplex Unit and set it to Installed
  8. Click on Printer Memory and set it to 288 MB.
  9. Click Apply

  10. Scroll back up to the Form to Tray Assignment section.
  11. Click on Tray 3 and select Letter
  12. Click OK
Finally, set up default behavior:
  1. Right-click on the new printer (e.g., cps4172 on http://cprint.cs.umd.edu)
  2. Select Printing Preferences...
  3. Click on the Paper/Quality tab.
  4. Under Print Task Quick Sets, enter a new name (e.g., CS defaults)
  5. Under Paper Options, Size should be set to Letter
  6. Source should be Automatically Select
  7. Type is Plain

  8. Click on the Finishing tab.
  9. Make sure the Print on Both Sides box is checked.
    The printer is smart enough not to duplex when printing on transparencies.
  10. At the top right of the page, click Save.

  11. Click Apply You must click Apply before clicking OK to set these as the default preferences.
  12. Click OK
Remember that unsupported machines must be on the local network or using the department VPN in order to print. Systems using the campus wireless network are not considered to be on the local network, and must use the VPN.

Mac OSX systems

Now, to add the printer:

  1. Start the Printer Setup Utility which is located in /Applications/Utilities
  2. Since you will need access to the Advanced Properties setup, you will have to do one of the following two things depending on your version of OS X:

  3. Make sure the drop down menu at the top says Advanced.
  4. For Device:, choose Internet Printing Protocol using IPP.
  5. For Device Name:, type the name of the print queue (e.g., cps4172).
  6. For Device URI:, type in ipp://cprint.cs.umd.edu/printers/cps4172
  7. For Printer Model: choose HP from the pop-up menu.
  8. For Name (ppd), choose HP Color Laserjet 3800 .
  9. Click the Add button. This will add the printer to your printer list.
  10. To configure the printer, click on the Show Info icon.
  11. Choose Installable Options from the pop-up menu.
  12. For the Collation in Printer pull-down menu, choose Yes:Total RAM >= 160 MB...
  13. For the Tray 3: drop-down, choose Installed.
  14. Click the Duplex Unit box since that is also installed.
  15. Leave the Printer Disk option as None.
  16. Click the Apply Changes button at the bottom. You are finished configuring your printer.