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Don't Throw Away Your HP Deskjet 722C Printer
So you just received your brand new Windows XP Home
Edition computer and are in the middle of moving all of your hardware and software over to the new computer with its new operating system -- which turns out to be a major pain -- but you persevere in all this and throughout the process are heartened to find that your old reliable HP Deskjet 722C printer is printing just as well from the new computer as it was from the old. But then you click on the 722C driver tools icon on the desktop -- maybe you need to align a new printer ink cartridge or maybe you just want to see if it works -- and instead of getting your old familiar printer driver tools you get a nasty little window that says: Printer Driver Problem Data required by the printer driver cannot be found or has been corrupted. Restart Windows and try printing again So you click "Cancel" (which is the only choice you get) and the window disappears (you can get it back esaily enough by re-clicking on the printer driver tools icon) and you know that restarting windows isn't going to fix anyting because you have restarted it many times in the process of setting up your computer So you restart your computer and that doesn't help (of course) So you go out on the network to look for the HP Deskjet 722C XP printer driver and (after some searching) you find a window at the HP web site: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...&lang=en&cc=us and it says: There is no need to download a printer driver from the Web. The drivers for HP Deskjet printers are included in Windows XP. Well that's a little grim. Here you are using the 722C driver that came with your version of Windows XP and none of the printer driver tools will work. Well you consider letting well enough alone -- after all the printer is working perfectly -- but then you remember that one of the nice things about this printer is the great print job it does and you wonder if it will continue to produce crisp sharp prints if you can't align it when you change the cartridges. And you realize that sooner or later you will have to re-align the printer ink cartridges or buy a new printer. So you decide that you will have to fix the printer software. Well, your first thought is that you will look around on the network for a different printer driver. No luck. And your second thought is to remove the printer driver and the printer driver tools software and re-install them from the original printer driver software disk (which you have been fortunate enough to find after all these years) and you hope that removing and re-installing all this software will help. But it doesn't. So then you decide that maybe this is Hewlett-Packard's way of telling you that you are going to have to buy a new printer if you wish to align the cartridges under Windows XP. And you start thinking about whether you need to buy a new printer. DON'T DO IT. Your 722C will continue to do everything you need under Windows XP. All you have to know is that the printer driver tools are now available as part of Windows XP: Click (or double click) on: Start Control Panel Printers and other Hardware Printers and Faxes and then right-click on the line for your 722C and you get a pop up window. Then left-click on "properties" and then on the "Services" tab and you will find that you can align (and clean) the print cartridges on your 722C from this window. Now go back to your desktop and delete the icon for the printer driver tools (so you won't click on it by mistake and get that nasty little "Printer Driver Problem" error window) and get back to work knowing that it is you and not windows XP that will decide when it is time for you to buy a new printer. All you have to remember is that the properties services tab for your printer is what you need to find when you change cartriges. So you liked it the old way where you had an icon to click on? Well, having to learn new (and more complicated) ways to do things is part of life in this new modern world. Lee McKnight |
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There's more reason to buy a new printer - do you have this problem on your machine? http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;318273 |
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On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 23:34:15 GMT, Don't Throw Away Your HP
Deskjet 722C Printer "Lee McKnight" wrote: Well, having to learn new (and more complicated) ways to do things is part of life in this new modern world. Especially when using Windows eXtremePig. -- To reply to me directly, remove the XXX characters from my email address. |
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I'd noticed that but had thought it was a setup problem. Strange they admit
it is a feature. Charles P. Lamb "mpx" wrote in message ... There's more reason to buy a new printer - do you have this problem on your machine? http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;318273 |
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I think it is very nice of you to have taken the time to explain the
process for people who wish to continue using their 722CX printer in Windows XP. I'd expect a number of people will benefit from this discovery who weren't able to locate it themselves. Good on you. Art Lee McKnight wrote: So you just received your brand new Windows XP Home Edition computer and are in the middle of moving all of your hardware and software over to the new computer with its new operating system -- which turns out to be a major pain -- but you persevere in all this and throughout the process are heartened to find that your old reliable HP Deskjet 722C printer is printing just as well from the new computer as it was from the old. But then you click on the 722C driver tools icon on the desktop -- maybe you need to align a new printer ink cartridge or maybe you just want to see if it works -- and instead of getting your old familiar printer driver tools you get a nasty little window that says: Printer Driver Problem Data required by the printer driver cannot be found or has been corrupted. Restart Windows and try printing again Snip |
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Yet another reason to stick to Win 98??
I was not aware of this. Art mpx wrote: There's more reason to buy a new printer - do you have this problem on your machine? http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;318273 |
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Charles P Lamb wrote:
I'd noticed that but had thought it was a setup problem. Strange they admit it is a feature. Indeed. Why would Microsoft "design" LPT port with no interrupt? Security reasons? GP |
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I would have thought that sending data without interrupts
would require 100% of CPU time and that all other processes would stop. This does not seem to be the case for my Windows XP SP-2 computer hooked up to my 722C printer through the parallel port because I can run other programs during the printing process. They may run slower but they run just fine. Certainly nothing that would require me to buy a new printer. Lee McKnight lg.mck(remove "mpx" wrote in message ... There's more reason to buy a new printer - do you have this problem on your machine? http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;318273 |
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