Install HP M1522 MFP on windows 2008 server x64 (Network Install)

If you got this printer and tried to install on a windows 2008 server, you know that when you run the setup it throws an error and stops. I don’t know why HP has not made its setup program work on server OS. I had used a HP photosmart 5188 earlier and faced the same problem earlier. Back then, they said that i should install a substitute printer driver (I think it was HP Deskjet 990c)

Anyways, its actually simple to get the network setup going for this printer:

1. Run the Add Printer wizard as an administrator and click on “Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer”

2. In the next screen click on “The printer that I want isn’t listed”

3. In next screen, select “Add a printer using TCP/IP address or hostname” and click next

4. In the next screen, put in the hostname or the IP address of your printer (this you will need to find out using your router IP table or DHCP client table). Leave “Query the printer and automatically select the driver to use” checked.

5. Let is now contact printer and identify the device. On this screen click on “Have Disk” and from your CD that came with the printer select the file: <drive letter>:\Drivers\winxp_vista_x64\hppdps08.inf

That should be it, have all default options selected on the next couple of screens and you should be good to go.

[ I actually already installed the printer and these screens didn't came up again, or i would have added the screenshots for them as well ]

Hope it helps.