Whenever you try to connect the HP printer to your windows PC initially or even after the installation process, then the HP printer has to be started again to get the printing process in progress. In the case of hardware peripheral devices, HP printers need to install proper devices first. In some cases, drivers might install automatically. But in some cases, you have to download the appropriate printer driver from 123.hp.com and install them manually. In both of the cases, the installation process of an HP printer is not the easiest and might involve several errors. To keep this in mind, we have mentioned some ways to fix fatal error when installing HP printer drivers.
Try disabling HP Smart Install
HP Smart install is software that comes with every HP printers. When this software doesn’t support on your HP machine, then it can creates issues with driver installation. Thus, if you see a fatal error at the time of installation of HP printer driver, uninstall the HP smart install will surely correct the issue.
Use Windows Troubleshooter
Windows 10 is equipped with an in-built troubleshooter that helps users to resolve any existing issues by themselves. It is proficient enough to find and fix numerous issues in your computer system. Run the windows troubleshooter to fix this issue on your PC.
Disconnect and Reconnect the Printer
In some cases, by simply disconnecting and reconnecting your HP printer will fix the issue. For this, firstly, you need to turn off the printer and disconnect it from the computer. Then wait for few moments and reconnect the printer. This time use a different USB port as it is also possible that USB ports causing the error.
Try removing the Printer from Control Panel
Another possible solution to eliminate this error is to remove the printer from the control panel of your computer. You will also have to delete the printer’s drivers which are installed on your system.
Put a halt to print spooler service
One more way to resolve the fatal error while installing the HP printer is, to stop the use of print spooler service from the services window. Once you put a halt to print spooler service, then you need to delete the files in the spool folder too.
Printers are unavoidable parts of any office environment. Without them, quite a lot of purposes would be left displeased. In case your HP Printer is displaying a fatal error while installing the driver, then you should follow the above mentioned steps carefully. Use these measures well and get your HP printer running smoothly.
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