In my case, I got the HPLaserJet 1012 to work (at least basically) under
Vista Ultimate RTM. I couldn't run the actual HP driver software since it
faulted almost immediately under Vista. Instead, I just turned on the
printer and Vista looked for the drivers. It couldn't find any on its own,
so I pointed it to HP's install CD. Vista then went through the motions of
trying to get things installed, but failed at some point (I think it was due
to the spooler). *** I think this is the key ***==> I then went into
Device Manager, opened the "IEEE 1284.4 compatible printer" structure and
right-clicked on the identically named device underneath. I told it to
Update the Driver Software and it did the rest on its own. The printer
works fine (I haven't done anything esoteric with it, though).




"Allen Price" <allenpr@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1BE9B932-CD7F-475B-9343-6DF3030495EF@microsoft.com...
>I can't get my new computer to recognize this printer. HP's site says
>there is a driver but it won't see this printer. I tried installing the
>XP driver, but windows backed out of it and wouldn't install it.
>
> Is there a solution??
>
> Thanks,
>
> Al
>
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