Vista - Re: HP Laserjet 3052 is missing

The IEEE 1284.4 device is a USB drive--I'd guess this is where the MFP puts
scans for you to recover. I would assume you want at least 3 nodes for this
MFP, the scanner, the drive where scanns are dropped to & the printer.

You could try using the "Scan for hardware changes" and failing that, "Add
legacy hardware" wizards from the device manager to try to give PnP another
chance to detect it.

I don't have one of these devices, so I can't really test it directly, but
the HP site does imply Vista support...

Dan

"Christian Møller Nielsen" <cmnielsen05@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1176139271.875758.75010@w1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> Hello all.
> After installing VISTA Ultimate 64 BIT, I can't use my printer. It's a
> HP LaserJet 3052 connected by USB cable. (it's a multifunction unit
> with printer, scanner and fax all-in-one). When I plugged in the USB
> cable, Windows recognized the hardware and told me that the drivers
> was successfully installed, but when I go to control panel, I can't
> find the printer and I can't select the printer when I want to print
> something. I can only select fax and "Microsoft XPS Document Writer"
> when I try to print anything.
> When I go to control panel -> System -> Devise Manager I can see the
> LaserJet two places. One is "Picture units" where it's located as a
> scanner and the other place is under IEEE1284.4 where it's located as
> HP LaserJet (DOT4USB)
> How do I get Windows to recognize my LaserJet as a printer?
> I tried to download new drivers from www.hp.com but when I try to
> install them, I get a notice that says that Windows automatically
> installs USB units, and I can only install it if I have a cable to the
> LPT port OR COM port. It's not possible to insert a printer cable into
> the LaserJet.
>
> Chr.
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