I'm trying to setup an old printer, a Hewlett Packard Laserjet 1010, on my Windows 7 64 bit computer. Problem is, there are no Windows 7 drivers. HP's site, despite being the most unfriendly and weird site on the Internet, was lacking in Win 7 drivers for my particular printer, but there was a notice saying that the Vista drivers would work just fine.
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsuppor...d=3463669&prodTypeId=18972&objectID=c01856597
(not sure if you can use this link, but you can just navigate your way through the dense hostile jungle that is HP's website).
So I downloaded them, installed them, and they (not unexpectedly) didn't work. I tried restarting my PC, but it just won't print anything. The printer is in the hardware list with a name, I get no error lights on the printer, but as soon as I send a job it says "unidentified error". Now, it's a USB connection. I had to add the printer manually, and when I did it asked me through which port it was connected. I had a list of choices with "Printer ports" and "Serial ports" and I wasn't sure which one to select, so I just chose "Printer port". But would it be able to detect the printer if I chose the wrong port?
Ugh, this isn't the first time I have problems with old hardware on Windows 7. The back compatibility is abysmal. And it's not just Microsoft's fault. I'd hate to have to buy a new printer. I have a laptop with XP on it where the printer works, but that computer is so slow and noisy I really don't want to use it.
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsuppor...d=3463669&prodTypeId=18972&objectID=c01856597
(not sure if you can use this link, but you can just navigate your way through the dense hostile jungle that is HP's website).
So I downloaded them, installed them, and they (not unexpectedly) didn't work. I tried restarting my PC, but it just won't print anything. The printer is in the hardware list with a name, I get no error lights on the printer, but as soon as I send a job it says "unidentified error". Now, it's a USB connection. I had to add the printer manually, and when I did it asked me through which port it was connected. I had a list of choices with "Printer ports" and "Serial ports" and I wasn't sure which one to select, so I just chose "Printer port". But would it be able to detect the printer if I chose the wrong port?
Ugh, this isn't the first time I have problems with old hardware on Windows 7. The back compatibility is abysmal. And it's not just Microsoft's fault. I'd hate to have to buy a new printer. I have a laptop with XP on it where the printer works, but that computer is so slow and noisy I really don't want to use it.
