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22nd Apr 2021, 7:44 am | #1 |
Heptode
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Installing an old printer.
I'm trying but so far unsuccessfully to install a HP deskjet 460 printer on my windows 10 laptop.
This is a lovely compact printer and I even have the original driver installation disc. My laptop does see that drivers have been installed but the printer won't work. There are quite a few drivers available on the internet and I've tried most of them. I think this printer is about 15 years old. Is there any thing else I can do? Robin |
22nd Apr 2021, 9:05 am | #2 |
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Re: Installing an old printer.
W10 does have a compatibility mode which I've had to use on several occasions, it works quite well I'm glad to say!
Have a read through this link & see how you get on? https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...0-54eea0f45938
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22nd Apr 2021, 9:07 am | #3 |
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Re: Installing an old printer.
Did you already try the HP drivers pages / information ?
https://support.hp.com/gb-en/drivers...-series/466639 Alan |
26th Apr 2021, 12:03 am | #4 |
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Re: Installing an old printer.
I have a HP designjet 430 which will not work with windows 10 64 bit no matter what I do but will work fine on windows 10 32 bit and this may well be the same problem.
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26th Apr 2021, 1:15 am | #5 |
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Re: Installing an old printer.
I haven't used W10 yet but on XP and W8 you sometimes had to specify which USB port was to be used in order to use older printers.
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26th Apr 2021, 9:02 am | #6 |
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Re: Installing an old printer.
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1st May 2021, 9:43 am | #7 |
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Re: Installing an old printer.
Thanks for all your help.
We managed to get drivers installed but printer wouldn`t print because ink cartridges needed changing ( 2 leds lit ). Also could not get inks to stop in the right place so they could be replaced so assumed printer has a fault so decided to call it a day and admit defeat. I never got as far as finding if ink is available but all ways thought cartridge world would refill the old ones. Robin |
1st May 2021, 10:00 am | #8 |
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Re: Installing an old printer.
I have vague recollections of having a similar problem in the dim and distant past with a printer whose ink cartridges travel across the page as it prints. If I remember correctly, I resorted to brute-force-and-ignorance by physically holding the cartridges in an accessible position while I cut the power. Not an ideal solution, but my recollection is that it worked!
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1st May 2021, 11:47 am | #9 |
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Re: Installing an old printer.
For my Epson 740 printer, to change a cartridge you could either use a menu option on the PC, or simply hold in the "clean" button on the printer for 3 seconds.
The Epson has only just been retired: it has developed a fault which results in the carriage not returning home properly after a pass, resulting in gibberish. A shame as it was excellent and could take paper of user-defined sizes. Last edited by emeritus; 1st May 2021 at 11:49 am. Reason: typos |