HP CM1015 Vista 64 and kitten

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Bytesback

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So it's Christmas, The kids are busy unwrapping their presents, The cats are making Nests in the piles of discarded wrapping paper, I'm deducting the kitten from halfway up the tree when the wife starts unwrapping her new HP CM1015

Choruses of oooohhhs and aahhhhsss

A bit later sees me thinking of hiring a small crane as I lug it upstairs.

10 minutes of pulling various bits of tape off and its plugged in ready to go. Do a test print from the printer, lovely, do a test scan, wonderful. Fire up her XP machine, install the software and do a few test prints. Still good. Set the printer to be shared.

Back down the stairs, deduct kitten from tree, give kids bin bag for paper, fire up my vista machine.

Install software. Erm, no. Says I'm not an administrator. Erm, i think you'll find I'm am ! Try all the usual tricks. Still refuses. Do a search on the net, fruitless. Scratch head deduct kitten from almost at the top of tree, insert kitten in tall cardboard box ( lid open )

Make coffee, Yell at kids to turn the TV down, go to hp drivers section and try to decipher which one they want me to use. say nuts to it and try the all one by one.

The most likely is universal print driver so install it in dynamic mode. when installed search for the printer with the shared printers option !! find the printer and.............it says its not supported, erm, pardon me, your own blurb says it is.

Deduct kitten from middle of tree, back in the box, close lid, laugh evilly !

Try the other two options in the driver, one says it cant find the printer I've just pointed it at and the other says it cant communicate with it.

scratch head again, stare at houdini kitten at the top of tree and remark to the wife how we dont need an angel next year.

HELP !!!!
 

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Sorry forgot to mention, I have installed it on the daughters XP machine ( Via sharing ) and thats fine si I know its not the wifes computer causing the problem
 

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I don't know how hard this would be, but would it be possible to try taking the printer and wire it directly to the Vista machine to see if we're having a networking issue or a printer issue?
 

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Have you set the printer with a static IP?

Try some variation on the following method

Download the universal driver, then extract the files to a convenient location.

Go to Add Printer and select "Add local Printer"--> Create New Port (Standard TCP/IP) --> enter IP address (untick query printer maybe?) then if it prompts for the drivers point to to the folder you have extracted them into.
 

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z3r010 said:
Have you set the printer with a static IP?

Try some variation on the following method

Download the universal driver, then extract the files to a convenient location.

Go to Add Printer and select "Add local Printer"--> Create New Port (Standard TCP/IP) --> enter IP address (untick query printer maybe?) then if it prompts for the drivers point to to the folder you have extracted them into.
Click to expand...


The cannot be detected ! Even though I just pointed it at it, by browsing, By Host name, and by IP address
 

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Which driver does what? That'll make it easier for people to refer to each individually. The one that can't communicate with the printer (even though it sees it) seems to give us the most options, but may not be the most functional.

Also, have you tried uninstalling the driver and reinstalling it?
 

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Bytesback said:
z3r010 said:
Have you set the printer with a static IP?

Try some variation on the following method

Download the universal driver, then extract the files to a convenient location.

Go to Add Printer and select "Add local Printer"--> Create New Port (Standard TCP/IP) --> enter IP address (untick query printer maybe?) then if it prompts for the drivers point to to the folder you have extracted them into.
Click to expand...


The cannot be detected ! Even though I just pointed it at it, by browsing, By Host name, and by IP address
Click to expand...

Can you ping the printer?
 

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    Windows 11 Workstation
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    doofenshmirtz evil incorporated
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    Ryzen 9 5950X
    Motherboard
    Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Formula
    Memory
    Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO Black 64GB (4x16GB) 3600MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GB ROG Strix LC OC
    Sound Card
    Creative
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    3 x27" Dell U2724D & 1 x 34" Dell U3415W
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 980 Pro 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 NVMe Solid State
    Drive
    PSU
    1500W ThermalTake Toughpower
    Case
    ThermalTake Level 10 GT
    Cooling
    Enermax Liqtech 240
    Keyboard
    Surface Ergonomic.
    Mouse
    Logitech Performance MX
    Internet Speed
    350 Mb/s
    Other Info
    WinTV NovaTD
    HP CP1515n Color Laser
    Sony BD-5300S-0B Blu-ray Writer
    Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
    APC 750i Smart UPS
  • Operating System
    windows 10
    Manufacturer/Model
    Surface Pro 3
    CPU
    1.9GHz Intel Core i5-4300U (dual-core, 3MB cache, up to 2.9GHz with Turbo Boost)
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel HD Graphics 4400
    Monitor(s) Displays
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    Screen Resolution
    2160 x 144
    Hard Drives
    128GB
    Mouse
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    Keyboard
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Ok cracked it !

I think the problem exists because the printer can have an addon network port. the software presumes it will be attached directly to the network, not through another computer. so when it sees the dns name its only the first eight characters, it looks it up in its list and just gives up.

So, I figured ( with your help people ) that if i could get the drivers on i could change it manually I downloaded the 451MB (Yikes) software package and installed the driver up to the point where it tries to detect the printer. installed the printer via the find new printer / network / wifes machine etc. Vista then installed the driver quite happily. I then canceled the HP software installation and Voila !

So, thanks for your help people.

Now, wheres that flaming kitten !
 

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Good solution. Could be useful for other people who are trying to trick their computers into behaving.

As for the kitten problem: A bell around its neck.
 

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I have Vista Ultimate 64 and got my cm1015 to work by using the XP 64 driver. I downloaded it Here. There are other XP 64 driver packages but this is the one that worked for me.
 

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