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Thanks everyone for this superb fix - it works! Saved me buying a new £70 printer also...Just for Vista.
Hi! Funny thing, I had the same problem with a free printer I acquired with the purchase of an HP notebook. A Lexmark X2580. A voice called to me from the printer and it said it's not connecting, but made one print. That printer seemed to grab my machine almost demonically. I talked to Lexmark and they said to download some software. Something was funny with that download because the machine couldn't seem to find it. Several hours later, after disconnecting the printer, it found it. Matter of fact the notebook made a special effort to notify me. The printers just been sitting here because I wanted to buy an HP printer.Hi guys.
Thanks for your support, i have tried changin usb cable and nothin. It beeps when you plug in the printer and comes up with found new hardware. It knows its a HP PHOTOSMART 1215 but the software wont install. i emailed hp and they said i would either have to install it on my other xp PC or get a new printer as they wont be providing drivers for any xp hp printers. Like most people, i am annoyed ...
Hi! Funny thing, I had the same problem with a free printer I acquired with the purchase of an HP notebook. A Lexmark X2580. A voice called to me from the printer and it said it's not connecting, but made one print. That printer seemed to grab my machine almost demonically. I talked to Lexmark and they said to download some software. Something was funny with that download because the machine couldn't seem to find it. Several hours later, after disconnecting the printer, it found it. Matter of fact the notebook made a special effort to notify me. The printers just been sitting here because I wanted to buy an HP printer.Hi guys.
Thanks for your support, i have tried changin usb cable and nothin. It beeps when you plug in the printer and comes up with found new hardware. It knows its a HP PHOTOSMART 1215 but the software wont install. i emailed hp and they said i would either have to install it on my other xp PC or get a new printer as they wont be providing drivers for any xp hp printers. Like most people, i am annoyed ...
This is a great Tip! I too have a Photosmart 1215 attached to an XP desktop that I wanted to print to from a Vista desktop using print sharing. After installing the 7200 print driver as part of the printer setup on Vista it worked perfectly. Thanks for the post!I think I found a workaround for this, or at least a driver that works for the HP photosmart 1215. The 7200 is very close to being the same printer so I tried manually adding a printer with the printer usb pluged in and printer turned on using the HP Photosmart 7200 Series drivers Vista provides and it seems to be working pretty well.
Thank you for the tip about the Photosmart 7200 drivers, it worked great.
Here is a step by step description of how to install.
1.) Go to device manager and make sure you remove any reference to the Photosmart 1215.
2.) Go to printers and manually install, right click in the open printers window and choose Run As Administrator>add printer.
3.) Add a local printer using the existing port: USB001(virtual printer port for USB)
4.) In the next window choose Manufacturer: HP, Printers: HP Photosmart 7200 series.
5.) Then hit next and away you go, you should have the little window asking if you want to print a test page, click yes and if all went as well as it did for me it should be printing a test page.
PS Make sure the printer USB is plugged in and printer is turned on.
w00t thanks guys