Driver installation

The B9180 can be connected via a USB or Ethernet cable. For this installation I will be using the USB port, but I will also install it on a network later in the review. The installation is a simple matter of just following the instructions on screen. The entire installation time took about 12 minutes.

Insert CD and you can start	Turn off anti-virus software for installation
Installation will check for updated driver	Full installation is 600mb - Express is 200mb Rec.
The rest takes care of itself	Select USB or Network installation
Connect to your selected pot	Confirmation that you did it correctly - 10/10
A gallery of "Home" style pictures are displayed	Congratulations - you did it (or was it HP)
This screen appears every time you boot up	As does this one in when launching Photoshop

No major problems were encountered, the entire process was very simple. For the initial installation I didn't install any of the extra software, other than the Photoshop Plug-in (a dedicated page for that item will follow later in the review). You can choose to do a full install at any stage by reinserting the CD. I ran the installation CD again and chose to install all the applications. The only extra item that seems to have been installed is HP Photosmart Premier. This is a very good image management application, but the basic features are better suited to the average home/hobbyist printer.

HP Photosmart Premier - it's good, but possibly not advanced enough for a B9180 user