Vista - HP Photosmart 385 and OfficeJet 5610 printing install problem

I have both of the aforementioned printers. According to HPs website, the
385 drivers are supposed to be included in Windows. However, during the
device installation, I get the following error:

Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error while
attempting to install it:
Unable to find a core driver package that is required by the printern driver
package.

I get the same problem with the OJ 5610 although that driver was provided by
HP. The 5610 scanner was installed correctly.

How the heck do I find out what is missing so I can fix it?
Thanks.

Run Add Printer manually.

Is the 385 driver in the list under HP?

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

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"Zabetprof" <Zabetprof@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news9CF1CE8-10CF-4203-8D43-30CFF9DF0F23@microsoft.com...
>I have both of the aforementioned printers. According to HPs website, the
> 385 drivers are supposed to be included in Windows. However, during the
> device installation, I get the following error:
>
> Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error
> while
> attempting to install it:
> Unable to find a core driver package that is required by the printern
> driver
> package.
>
> I get the same problem with the OJ 5610 although that driver was provided
> by
> HP. The 5610 scanner was installed correctly.
>
> How the heck do I find out what is missing so I can fix it?
> Thanks.
>
>

No it is not in the list. Nothing is in the list except the HP DesignJet
series of printers.

"Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:

> Run Add Printer manually.
>
> Is the 385 driver in the list under HP?
>
> --
> Alan Morris
> Windows Printing Team
> Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> "Zabetprof" <Zabetprof@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news9CF1CE8-10CF-4203-8D43-30CFF9DF0F23@microsoft.com...
> >I have both of the aforementioned printers. According to HPs website, the
> > 385 drivers are supposed to be included in Windows. However, during the
> > device installation, I get the following error:
> >
> > Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error
> > while
> > attempting to install it:
> > Unable to find a core driver package that is required by the printern
> > driver
> > package.
> >
> > I get the same problem with the OJ 5610 although that driver was provided
> > by
> > HP. The 5610 scanner was installed correctly.
> >
> > How the heck do I find out what is missing so I can fix it?
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
>
>
>

Look for posts in the Vista hardware newsgroup for infcache.1. There is a
solution there that I cannot recommend (but it seems to work).


This issue is caused by some installer applications working around an XP
problem that was "fixed" in Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830552/en-us
--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"Zabetprof" <Zabetprof@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:740FA5F3-A743-40E3-BDFC-433409303323@microsoft.com...
> No it is not in the list. Nothing is in the list except the HP DesignJet
> series of printers.
>
> "Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>> Run Add Printer manually.
>>
>> Is the 385 driver in the list under HP?
>>
>> --
>> Alan Morris
>> Windows Printing Team
>> Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto
>>
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>>
>> "Zabetprof" <Zabetprof@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news9CF1CE8-10CF-4203-8D43-30CFF9DF0F23@microsoft.com...
>> >I have both of the aforementioned printers. According to HPs website,
>> >the
>> > 385 drivers are supposed to be included in Windows. However, during
>> > the
>> > device installation, I get the following error:
>> >
>> > Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error
>> > while
>> > attempting to install it:
>> > Unable to find a core driver package that is required by the printern
>> > driver
>> > package.
>> >
>> > I get the same problem with the OJ 5610 although that driver was
>> > provided
>> > by
>> > HP. The 5610 scanner was installed correctly.
>> >
>> > How the heck do I find out what is missing so I can fix it?
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>