How to Install HP Envy 4500 Printer

HP Envy 4500 is a wireless printer supporting various advanced features. The printer has printing capability, supporting services such as ePrint and AirPrint. The printer installation involves unboxing the printer, setting up the accessories, enabling power supply and connecting the printer to your device via USB, wired or wireless network. The steps below are for performing the unboxing and basic hardware setup.

Quick Steps for HP Envy4500 Installation

• Clear all the safety material and tapes from the trays and carriage access area of the printer.
• Connect the printer to an electrical outlet using a power cord.
• Load paper into the input tray.
• Find and press the Power button on the control panel.
• Set your country, region, date, and time on the control panel.
• Unpack the new ink cartridges and load them into the empty slots. Align the installed cartridges.
• Install the driver on your Windows/Mac computer using the installation CD or by downloading it.
• Connect the printer to your computer.

Detailed Guidance for How to Install HP Envy 4500 Printer

• A gist of how to unbox and install the Envy 4500 printer installation is given in the above section. The following sections comprise detailed instructions for the same.
• Unboxing is nothing but setting the printer and its accessories free of all the packaging material and tapes.
• Using the supplied power cable, connect the printer to a power source. Plug the cable’s one end into an appropriate port on the printer's rear and the other end into the power source.
• Locate the Power button on the printer's control panel and press it. Set your preferences on the control panel, including the date and time.
• Draw the printer’s input tray out, slide the paper width guides out and place a stack of paper in it. Ensure that the paper is not curled or wrinkled. Adjust the guides according to the size of the stack.
• Open the cartridge access door and lift the lids on the slots. Peel off the plastic tapes on the new cartridges and then insert them into appropriate slots in the printer. The color cartridge goes into the left slot and the black ink cartridge into the right slot.
• Close the lids on the slot and then pull access door down. Wait until the printer prints a calibration page. Mount the page with its print side down on the scanner glass and then scan it. The printer will now align the installed ink cartridges.
• The printer’s hardware setup is complete. The next step is installing of the printer driver. You can either use the supplied setup disc or download the driver from the manufacturer’s site.
• Once the driver gets downloaded completely, find and double-click the .exe file (Windows) or the .dmg file (Mac) in the Downloads folder of your computer.
• Select the language, regions and the purpose of installation, if prompted. Respond appropriately to the installer's on-screen prompts. Connect the printer to your computer when a screen displays asking you to do the same. The computer will detect and connect to the printer. Print a test page to verify the connection.