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04-21-2007
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| | HP Inkjet 5740 printer on a NETWORK Hey, when I go to add my HP inkjet 5740 printer it says I don't have the correct drivers. It is attached to another pc in another room which is not running vista. HP doesn't have anydrivers as they say its supposed to auto get them. All help appreciated! Thanks |
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04-21-2007
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| Windows XP\Vista\Linux | Well the problem is that when you "share" a printer, the host machine will be supplying the driver, since it does not recognize the OS it's trying to share to it does not know what driver to supply. On vista this printer uses a driver which is either generic or written just for vista (and not downloadable) therefore it will not connect. You would probably have better luck connecting the printer to the Vista computer and then sharing it to the XP computer. |
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04-21-2007
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| | ah yes that seems like the only option, but its not good for me  I have no where to put the printer in my room! I might email HP and see if they are working on a solution... |
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