http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: (Solved) - Vista 64 and HP Photosmart 7350 en Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:31:57 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vista-64-and-hp-photosmart-7350#post-81260 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:02:09 +0000 Bovetek 81260@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>First off I would like to thank Justin for trying to help me. I'm not very good with this stuff. Anyway I went to this site and found a tutorial<br /> <a href="http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/170811-setting-up-shared-printer-xp-vista.html?filter[11]=Hardware%20and%20Drivers" rel="nofollow">http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/170811-setting-up-shared-printer-xp-vista.html?filter[11]=Hardware%20and%20Drivers</a></p> <p>After reading it 3 times I finally got my printer working<br /> (doing happy dance now) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vista-64-and-hp-photosmart-7350#post-80713 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:15:36 +0000 Bovetek 80713@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Yeah I saw that so I changed to the other driver(5550HPA). Ok then on the port I'll go back to LPT1</p> <p>Thanks again </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vista-64-and-hp-photosmart-7350#post-80572 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 06:59:51 +0000 Justin 80572@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>For network printers you shouldn't need to change port settings, if you have the right driver and network location the network printer connection should just work.<br /> Also it seems from reading <a href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00808478&#38;lc=en&#38;dlc=en&#38;cc=us&#38;lang=en&#38;product=72886" rel="nofollow">http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00808478&#38;lc=en&#38;dlc=en&#38;cc=us&#38;lang=en&#38;product=72886</a> that you need to use the Deskjet 5550 driver not the LaserJet one. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vista-64-and-hp-photosmart-7350#post-80532 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:09:23 +0000 Bovetek 80532@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>hmmm--I did what you said and fiddled with a couple of settings......changed port to DOT4 like the one thats on the XP (host) and inserted the location.<br /> Also Vista gave me different drivers to choose from so I went with the one that looked right 5550PS. Which is for a LaserJet so I choose the 5550(HPA) from the drop down in Properties. Well on the plus side I no longer get the error an goes back to ready with 0 documents. However It still doesn't print. So now I'm wondering where it's going.<br /> I really appreciate your help </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vista-64-and-hp-photosmart-7350#post-80525 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:23:25 +0000 Justin 80525@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Ok, then I would recommend trying to add it as a network printer and then select the HP 5550 driver from there. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vista-64-and-hp-photosmart-7350#post-80521 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:45:30 +0000 Bovetek 80521@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Used the Add Printer wizard and as a Local printer. Then I chose the 5550 driver from the drop down and changed the port to DOT4.<br /> It put it in the folder but it's still not working </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vista-64-and-hp-photosmart-7350#post-80519 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:01:06 +0000 Justin 80519@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>How did you add the network printer to the Windows Vista 64-bit laptop? With the 'Add a new printer' wizard? Double clicking on the printer in the Network Browse or something else? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vista-64-and-hp-photosmart-7350#post-80512 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:14:22 +0000 Bovetek 80512@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I don't think this is a unique problem (it can't be).<br /> I have a home wireless network with a wired XP Home machine and 1 wireless XP pro laptop. The Wired XP is the host for a shared HP Photosmart 7350 printer. The wireless laptop accesses the printer without any problems. Then I got an Asus G50v laptop running Vista 64 home and added it wireless to the network. In the network Vista sees the printer on the host. However when I initially tried to add the printer it said it needed drivers. After reading the Tutorials on this forum and HP and various other sources, I finally got Vista to add a printer using the alternative driver. It shows up in the Printers folder, says it's ready, but it still won't print. I'm at a loss here. Do I need to do something to the host?<br /> The printer is a HP Photosmart 7350 and the driver from HP is for a HP 5550<br /> Any help would be appreciated.<br /> Thank you </p>