Vista - HP OfficeJet

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> It wouldn't be the Vista team, it would be HP. Let them know.

No, it IS the Vista team. They list a driver in Vista for the HP 7100 series
and that driver doesnt work. HP just say they dont have a driver. Windows say
they do but it doesnt work.

I tried installing an HPdestjet 6840 through network. It will load the
software acknowledge the network printer.When you go to print, the paper will
move about 1/8 of an inch and then stop.
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BOBLU


"Peter Buckland" wrote:

> My HP Officejet 7130 will not work under Vista. The driver listed for 7100
> series printers does not work and on reinstalling it onto another computer it
> cannot print to it as a network printer either. HP say there is no Vista
> driver available for these printers as yet. They suggested I try drivers for
> 890c or 990c printers but these dont work either. Anyone had this problem?

Ok, in reading other threads I worked my way to this solution for my 6110
officejet.

Add a new printer and select the HP Deskjet 990C driver instead. Once it's
done, go to the properties of it and change the port it's using over to the
USB virtual port. I am now able to print to the device using Vista. Give
that a try.

Wade

"Peter Buckland" wrote:

>
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>
> > It wouldn't be the Vista team, it would be HP. Let them know.
>
> No, it IS the Vista team. They list a driver in Vista for the HP 7100 series
> and that driver doesnt work. HP just say they dont have a driver. Windows say
> they do but it doesnt work.
>

I have purchased the HP EN3700 USB 2.0 PRINT SERVER to isolate the printer
from my machine so that if it ever goes down the HP 7130 printer will still
be available to everyone else in the house. I will report back here on my
progress with getting Vista to print to it over the network.

"BobLU" wrote:

> I tried installing an HPdestjet 6840 through network. It will load the
> software acknowledge the network printer.When you go to print, the paper will
> move about 1/8 of an inch and then stop.
> --
> BOBLU
>
>
> "Peter Buckland" wrote:
>
> > My HP Officejet 7130 will not work under Vista. The driver listed for 7100
> > series printers does not work and on reinstalling it onto another computer it
> > cannot print to it as a network printer either. HP say there is no Vista
> > driver available for these printers as yet. They suggested I try drivers for
> > 890c or 990c printers but these dont work either. Anyone had this problem?

I have Deskjet 6840 working on Vista told Vista it was a deskjet 5900.
Working just fine !!
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BOBLU


"Peter Buckland" wrote:

> My HP Officejet 7130 will not work under Vista. The driver listed for 7100
> series printers does not work and on reinstalling it onto another computer it
> cannot print to it as a network printer either. HP say there is no Vista
> driver available for these printers as yet. They suggested I try drivers for
> 890c or 990c printers but these dont work either. Anyone had this problem?

I have HP deskjet 6840 running used deskjet 5900 from list.
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BOBLU


"Peter Buckland" wrote:

> My HP Officejet 7130 will not work under Vista. The driver listed for 7100
> series printers does not work and on reinstalling it onto another computer it
> cannot print to it as a network printer either. HP say there is no Vista
> driver available for these printers as yet. They suggested I try drivers for
> 890c or 990c printers but these dont work either. Anyone had this problem?

I finally received the HP EN3700 USB 2.0 PRINT SERVER that I ordered. Setting
it up on my network was nice and smooth, all 4 computers ( 3-XP, 1-Vista) see
it without a problem. I had some problems though installing the HP 7130
drivers on the XP machines, I had to make sure all my security programs were
turned off before I could get a successful installation on the XP machines. I
really think the HP drivers are poorly coded, it is no wonder we are all
having problems getting the HP drivers to run under Vista. Any way my XP
machines can now print, fax, and scan over the network using the new print
server however I am still having problems trying to get the Vista machine to
even install the HP drivers much less being able to print to the HP 7130. It
is a good thing Vista was able to install drivers for my HP 4P laser printer,
I can at least use that printer in Vista.

I would assume that by the time Vista is released later this year or early
next year HP will have drivers for its printers that actually work. As for
now HP is ignoring the testing crowd and that is a mistake, my next printer
for home or office will probably be a Canon, I stopped recommending HP a long
time ago anyway, they are not building their printers the way they used to,
scr*w HP.

"Romy" wrote:

> I have purchased the HP EN3700 USB 2.0 PRINT SERVER to isolate the printer
> from my machine so that if it ever goes down the HP 7130 printer will still
> be available to everyone else in the house. I will report back here on my
> progress with getting Vista to print to it over the network.
>
> "BobLU" wrote:
>
> > I tried installing an HPdestjet 6840 through network. It will load the
> > software acknowledge the network printer.When you go to print, the paper will
> > move about 1/8 of an inch and then stop.
> > --
> > BOBLU
> >
> >
> > "Peter Buckland" wrote:
> >
> > > My HP Officejet 7130 will not work under Vista. The driver listed for 7100
> > > series printers does not work and on reinstalling it onto another computer it
> > > cannot print to it as a network printer either. HP say there is no Vista
> > > driver available for these printers as yet. They suggested I try drivers for
> > > 890c or 990c printers but these dont work either. Anyone had this problem?

I tried using a generic driver in Vista for my HP 7130, that didn't work. The
driver installed fine but when I did a test print the output data printed was
all incoherent text, not the usual garbage with a bad driver, just text that
didn't make sense, and the print test went on and on until I manually
cancelled it.

If you use your printed data for decision making at home or office like I
do, I'd be very careful using a printer driver not specificly coded for your
printer model. I'd be very suspicious of the printed data based on my recent
experience.

Romy

"BobLU" wrote:

> I have HP deskjet 6840 running used deskjet 5900 from list.
> --
> BOBLU
>
>
> "Peter Buckland" wrote:
>
> > My HP Officejet 7130 will not work under Vista. The driver listed for 7100
> > series printers does not work and on reinstalling it onto another computer it
> > cannot print to it as a network printer either. HP say there is no Vista
> > driver available for these printers as yet. They suggested I try drivers for
> > 890c or 990c printers but these dont work either. Anyone had this problem?