I finally got the HP printer to work.
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\nSeriously: I was ready to take the printer out to the range and unload a shotgun on the thing. Yes, I would have brought my video camera for that.<\/p>\n
Upon review, I discovered that I bought the printer back in August. That’s too far back for a quick exchange at the store. So before I loaded up the shotgun, I thought I’d try to plug it directly into a computer one more time.<\/p>\n
Instead of a Windows 7 computer, I chose a Windows Vista system.<\/p>\n
HP software has big issues with Windows 7. For example, I’ve never been able to install the Stupid HP Printer Driver (it’s real name) on any Windows 7 computer. I tried compatibility mode, I tried sneaking around behind the program’s back. Nothing worked.<\/p>\n
Because I don’t have the HP Stupid HP Printer Driver Installation Disc, I just plugged the Color LaserJet into my Windows Vista computer. I observed the USB connection pop-up. I waited. Eventually thing thing was done \u2014\u00a0a clean installation.<\/p>\n
The sample page printed just fine. The printer is up and running.<\/p>\n
The printer is being shared on the network, so once again it’s a “network printer,” though the Vista PC it’s connected to must be turned on for anyone else on the network to use it.<\/p>\n
I’m not completely satisfied with the results. I bought the Color LaserJet to be a network printer, to be hooked directly into the router for sharing by all my computers. But I’ll live with the workaround.<\/p>\n
You know, back in the early 1980s everyone had to write their own printer drivers. I remember doing so several times. Printing was part of the program, not part of the operating system.<\/p>\n
WordPerfect used to come with several printer diskettes, from which you had to install your own printer driver. Every program was like that.<\/p>\n
When Windows took over as the PC’s operating system, it also became the printer master. You set up your printer once, you were done with it. That worked great!<\/p>\n
Now along comes HP with its own Stupid HP Printer Driver. Why the hell can’t they leave well enough alone?<\/p>\n
Idiots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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