I installed a local printer and left it running because it was taking ages searching Windows 7.
It is an HP Laserjet P2015 on a USB port and seems ok and setup correctly because it is in my Printers folder as default.
However whenever I try printing something, I see the printer in the printer dialog and click ok - immediately it pops up this weird new dialog box as if it wants me to select the printer again...
see attachment,
I do not know what to enter - my printer is not a network printer, it cannot find the printer and I cannot cancel the dialog box.
When I kill the word task, I get a message saying the doc has been sent to the printer, but nothing is sent to the printer.
Added new Win 7 PC to home network with HP LaserJet P2015 connect to XP PC via USB.Using Win 7 Add Printer wizard, Win 7 PC sees the printer but gives missing driver error. 'Windoes cannot find a driver on the network"On HP site I cannot find a win 7 driver. Say N/A <as of Sept 2009>
My printer is an HP laserjet P2015. In Vista, I had an HP postscript plugnplay driver that worked great, but HP provided Microsoft with the wrong Windows 7 driver for this printer. The driver in W7 is a PCL6 Universal driver, and though it works, it doesn't work well.
When I clean installed W7, W7 installed my printer and the universal driver that came with W7. I tried to "Add a printer" so I could try my old vista driver, but W7 wants to automatically add that universal driver.
Is there a way to "Add a printer" with my own choice of drivers?
I was wondering if anyone can help with driver for LJ2200 (duplex) that I can install across the network. Or if there is another way to install this printer.
I have an elderly (approx 3 years old) , but perfectly functioning HP Laserjet 1000. I understand that HP have not, and will not, issue a Win 7 driver update for this machine. I do not want to have to buy a new printer, when this one works brilliantly. My question is, if I install XP on a separate partition, and reinstall the Laserjet, will it work? And are there any implications in running two different operating systems on the same computer, please?
I have an HP Laserjet 1020 that I can't get to work with my OS (Windows 7 Beta 32-bit). I found the driver on the HP site, but it will not function with this Beta system, and Windows will not recognize the printer as a printer; it just comes up as a device. How do I solve this problem?
I already looked through the updates catalogue and found nothing that looked right.
i can't get a HP LaserJet 1320 to work on Windows 7 64-bit. It is a printer connected to an XP machine on the network, when i add the printer, it says, that the driver can't be found on the network, then i can pick a driver from disk, but the 64-bit driver package, that HP offers on their page for this printer doesn't work.
There's also an install.exe in the package, but it just says Installing for too long and does nothing.
This printer is about 5 years old. It is perfect for my needs, but HP will not issue a Win 7 driver for it. I REALLY don't want to buy another . I have been given lots of advice, and tried all sorts of options. Once I did actually manage to print something.
The printer is a hybrid: parallel port connector with a USB connector coming out of it.
Please can someone advise me how to get this going?
i am trying to download drivers for hp laserjet 1320 printers. i went to hp website and and when i try to download it, it tells me the file is not available. can someone help me to get this drivers for my windows 7 pc?
I have two CP1518ni LaserJets and I am using the USB port in both cases. The laptop I am using is a Lenovo IdeaPad.I have no problem with the LaserJet that I use at home.The LaserJet that I use at work does not work, and it prints an extra page after every document. (I have heard that HP is aware of this problem - but no solution is currently available for USB users).Since I know that the printer works at home, how can I copy this driver and use it for my printer at work? Both printers are set up for USB so it makes sense that I use the same driver. I have labeled one as Home and the other as Work, in case there are documents still in memory when I close down the computer.Can I just copy the Home printer driver (how?) and then change its name to Work?
I have an old HP laserjet, with parallel socket, and have just bought a new computer with only USB sockets. Bought a suitable lead, RS232 to USB, and initially the printer worked OK, but intermittently
I have a Laserjet 5N (I know, pretty old) connected via parallel (LPT1) port to my computer. It worked just fine on my old machine with Windows XP on it, however, I just bought a new computer with Windows 7 on it and I've been having problems making it work ever since.I went to Control Panel > Devices and PriFnters > Add printer, did the "Windows Update" which updated the list of drivers and the HP LaserJet 5N was listed there.
I installed Windows 7 on an office laptop and I cannot print now because I don't have the correct drivers. i didn't see any on the HP website either, but maybe I'm looking in the wrong place?
With 32bit Vista Ultimate, the HP Color Laserjet 3500 printer worked fine. I just upgraded to Windows 7 and when I plugged the printer cable into the computer it started to download drivers, etc... After it was all set, I went to print. It goes into the print Que and just sits...almost like it is not being pushed to the printer. I uninstalled & reinstalled...also tried to run compatibility mode but to no avail.
Is there any driver better than the Windows 7 default driver or the ones currently available from HP? Those from HP seem to be actually for a different printer - the HP Color LaserJet CP2025 Series.
The real issue is that those drivers only support a resolution of 600 x 600 dpi but the HP LaserJet 5000 has a max resolution is 1200 x 1200 dpi.
Any idea how get the max resolution out of the printer?
Repeatedly, over several days, while trying to add a printer laserjet printer, when I click the Windows Update button I get the message,Windows was unable to get a list of devices from Windows Update. Please try again later. Nothing else, no error codes.
This is the second clean install of Windows 7 (I had to do the second because the first clean install failed to include the system protection tab for System Properties) and has consumed a better part of a three days!
What's the problem fix?
HP does not provide the drivers (says they are included in the Windows Vista installation which is not much help for a Windows 7 install).
Is there another source of the drivers or can they be extracted from the Vista package?
I just updated my desktop pc to windows seven and having a trouble printing with a usb hp laserjet1020
I get the printer shared and connected. send a page to print. and the page shows up in the printer que and just sits there until i restart the computer. and have to restart each time i need to print. or till i turn off the printer and disconnect the usb and reconnect and power it back up
it prints fine from the computer the usb printer is connected too.
just wont print the shared laptops. on is vista and the other is windows seven connected to homeshare.
I had trouble finding how to get my HP Laserjet 4 printer to work in Windows 7.
My research indicates it would run in Vista using built in drivers, but I didn't have or use Vista. I also tried driversguide, and HP site just says "supported"
When I used one of the available earleir drivers I always get the error message:
"W2 INVALID PERS"
OK Solved it now. Lots of drivers in a package for HP laserjets. Go to the Windows Update page and download the package; here: Microsoft Update Catalog
Tryed to let win 7 do automatically. Failed numerous times. Try the Pcl 6 driver on the hp website. Hp sitee says it should install. Running 32 bit os pc is on a network. Printer is a hp color sphere laserjet 3000. I am getting a 3000 printer icon. The icon is inactive.
Suddenly (two years since Windows 7 was installed), the printer will not print a document. However, printer (H-P Laser 6P) WILL print test page. The steps I followed are:
Before getting upgraded to a new pc with Windows 7, I was on XP and had my own HP Laserjet Plus 4 that I didn't have to share with anyone...it just plugged in to the pc parallel port.So now I've got this snazzy new pc, but my jurassic printer won't connect--because there's no serial/parallel ports on it --being that they're completely ancient and useless nowadays?how do I get the printer connected to the PC??? The bossman sprung for a new pc, so there's no way I'll get a new printer-or even a used one...I'll be stuck with this thing until it catches fire.I understand there are adapters we can buy, but the one I need only comes in a 6-ft length (Belkin brand)...the parallel cable I had previously is 25ft. I can't find anything usb to parallel that comes in that length...and the way my office is set up, there's no other option but to use a long run of cable from the pc to printer (I can't move any of the equipment from where it is now for various reasons).
I have a PC running XP, with HP LaserJet 1015 plugged in. Printer is shared on a network.
My laptop is running on Windows 7 Ultimate RC, and I have a problem with installing this printer. Whenever I try add a printer it says:"Windows cannot connect to a printer.
Operation failed with error 0x0000046a."
I've googled through several forums and Microsoft support and I'm doing it for a while now with no success... I'm becoming desperate...
In case of emergency I can print on my other computer but I want to print via my laptop.
