HP Laserjet 1012 w/ Vista?

[PaddyR]

According to the Microsoft website, this printer is just plain incompatible with Vista and will only work with XP. Is this true? Is there anything that can be done?

 

[Excelsior]

Have you tried to hook it up?

 

[PaddyR]

Yep, I tried to hook it up and Windows couldn't find a driver, which got me to the MS website. I don't have the discs, either (it's a hand-me-down). Thanks for the reply.

 

[masteryoda34]

Try to find a driver on support.hp.com

 

[PaddyR]

Wow, sorry I didn't do that first. My mistake for trusting the MS website. I downloded the driver and it's all what Vista calls "cabinet files" - what do I do with those?

Thanks for the help, and sorry again for my lameness.

 

[hennessy1]

There should be a (.inf) file in there and then when you connect your printer point it to that folder and it should find the device driver that it needs. I believe that should work.

 

[bendixG15]

You can download the drivers direct from HP website for Vista .... http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizs...skId=135&swEnvOID=2093

 

[nerp]

The 10xx personal laserjets work with Vista just fine. I have a 1018 and it works very well. My only gripe is that sometimes, when printing web pages, I get black bars running on the margin of the first page. Weird, but not really a big deal. It only happens when printing websites.

 

[Griffinhart]

Originally posted by: PaddyR
According to the Microsoft website, this printer is just plain incompatible with Vista and will only work with XP. Is this true? Is there anything that can be done?

They have finally released a 1012 Vista driver.

 

[PaddyR]

Thanks everyone, it's now working!

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Originally posted by: Griffinhart

Originally posted by: PaddyR
According to the Microsoft website, this printer is just plain incompatible with Vista and will only work with XP. Is this true? Is there anything that can be done?

They have finally released a 1012 Vista driver.

🙁 Son of a bitch. I gave my 1012 printer away, and got a new one. HP 1006, and I hate the damn thing. Man, that sucks so bad.

 

[magreen]

Originally posted by: nerp
The 10xx personal laserjets work with Vista just fine. I have a 1018 and it works very well. My only gripe is that sometimes, when printing web pages, I get black bars running on the margin of the first page. Weird, but not really a big deal. It only happens when printing websites.

I have the 1018 too, and I'm so pissed at hp. Mine has the same black bar down the side whenever printing any graphics, and it drives me crazy. It's a well known issue, I investigated it a year ago and it's all over forums everywhere. I talked to hp about it and they gave me the runaround, then recommended I mess with it in a bunch of ways and then install the old xp drivers which I balked at. I'm really pissed about the whole thing and basically would never buy an hp printer again. They promised me they were coming out with a new vista driver really soon. BS. They still haven't, the latest 1018 drivers are from 2007.

I have an hp multifunction printer at the office and it also sucks at vista. Constantly popping up error windows saying this program has stopped working, etc.
And I looked at their support page for the latest drivers ... nothing since 2007!

I have a brother printer and it works with vista like a charm. No more hp for me! And I used to think they were the best in printers.