On Feb 3, 9:24 pm, "David A. Lessnau"
<DavidALess...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> 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).

In my case I ran "add printer" and selected the "hp 1015" printer. It
prints ok. what does not work is printing on both sides of the page -
a feature I use. Very surprised and disappointed with HP.

-Steve