HP LaserJet 1100 and Windows 7-The Quest for Drivers

lucasbytegenius

lucasbytegenius

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I am trying to connect an old HP LJ 1100 that still runs great to my Windows 7 x64 rig over the network. However, for some stupid reason, Win7 does not have the drivers for the darn thing, and I don't have an Internet connection on my rig to connect to Windows Update with. Before I haul my 40 lbs. box down by the one computer with an internet connection, can somebody with a lot of free time look for a driver? HP doesn't have it, they just show you a darn stupid list with a lot of hardware they don't have drivers for.

Thanks,
The Lucas
 
Aha! The blasted thing is downloading the driver-forgot to look at the New Hardware icon in the tray.
15% of 12.1 MB completed in 16 minutes...
Did I mention that I loath dialup?
 
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So where did you find the driver I have the 3100 and it said the driver does not exist for my printer and yours is older than mine?
 
I'm using Windows Update to get it. Handy thing, just right click the device in Devices and Printers and click Troubleshoot. It will automatically search for and install the driver from the MS repository. It's troublesome for me, as my Win7 rig doesn't have Internet, so I had to bring it down and place it by the XP computer that does.

Excuse me while I rage...
Darn stupid thing! My dialup connection cut off in the middle of downloading! (long string of bad words)...


Hey, it resumed! :D
me+Win7=:D:D:D:D
 
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YAY! It fin! Works great! You know what is so stupid? Win7 already has the driver for my printer, but it's for USB. And my printer doesn't have USB.

Markskib said:
guess you were lucky than cause it says mine doesn't have a driver to download
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That's weird. Have you checked the HP website for drivers?
 
Yep-works great! Everything functions. It doesn't make sense to me that you even need a driver for that printer to work in the first place.
 
Yummy stuff (not), though the kind that we find on here will kill you when you bite into it....ya'know....deadly voltage inside monitor....:D:P:D:P:D
 
lucasbytegenius said:
Yummy stuff (not), though the kind that we find on here will kill you when you bite into it....ya'know....deadly voltage inside monitor....:D:P:D:P:D
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yea.. back in kalgoorlie we would go out bush get those big crt moniters and poor any spare alcahole we had over them and then blow them up.. was fun.. until out mate got a shank of glass in his leg then hospital ratted us out to the cops.. and it all stoped.. but apart from that it was fun :P
 
lol. I heard of some offices where they have a whole day devoted to literally throwing the old electronics out the window...they say it boosts morale. Gee....
 
lucasbytegenius said:
You checked it out in WU?
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WU didn't list my printer. And no I am not a spammer. I was however mistaken, your computer is younger than mine. I didn't think that Hp would just let thier customers hang out to dry like that. I went an got a new printer. Glad your driver downloaded sucessfully, good luck.
 
I'm sorry, I was talking about a spammer's post which got deleted later :o. It was a bot programmed to post about a driver update program in all the forums, and look for threads asking for drivers and post in them. Sorry, man this is so embarrassing.
 
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