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Driver detective
Following putting my stuff onto a temporary drive, I've stripped the origonal drive in my Desk top, only to find that the restore didn't. Totally fatal for someone that has no escape route. Anyway, I'm now trying to get a printer going again on an XP pro that doesn't seem to load any. Straight from HP, right? Nope, circular logic until one is back to the beginning.
I've tried again to make driver detective go following FREE DOWNLOAD. Right through the detection process, through to the moment when it's going to get my LaserJet 4 Plus going, it then ask me for money. I re-ran it...NOWHERE does it mention money prior to the last screen.
Now I recon that people that do this kind of thing don't deserve any custom. None, not even if their soft is one penny. I don't mind paying for services, but I just do not like being lied to. I say that carefully, having now looked a total or four times.
Following me going through this before, someone mentioned there was a driver sensor that was free, I thought it was this one. Anything out there that will give this old workhorse of a printer another lease of life? I say old, it was given to me almost unused.
I've tried again to make driver detective go following FREE DOWNLOAD. Right through the detection process, through to the moment when it's going to get my LaserJet 4 Plus going, it then ask me for money. I re-ran it...NOWHERE does it mention money prior to the last screen.
Now I recon that people that do this kind of thing don't deserve any custom. None, not even if their soft is one penny. I don't mind paying for services, but I just do not like being lied to. I say that carefully, having now looked a total or four times.
Following me going through this before, someone mentioned there was a driver sensor that was free, I thought it was this one. Anything out there that will give this old workhorse of a printer another lease of life? I say old, it was given to me almost unused.
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The bog standard Laserjet III driver will work your 4 (It'll work 99% of all HP lasers as well). HP LaserJet III Printer Family Driver - Free Software Downloads - ZDNet Asia
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LR, this Laserjet 4P question's been answered before: it's part of XP's default driver set, you simply need to start -> printers and faxes -> add a printer -> local printer -> deselect autodetect to speed things up a bit -> select LPT1, etc as appropriate -> Under manufacturer, select HP; under printers, select HP Laserjet 4P -> DON'T click Windows Update or Have disk, simply click Next -> Next (probably). Voila.
Some of the titles may be different, I'm not in front of a PC at the moment.
Driver Detective does nothing that you and Google can't do. "Free download" is a typical conning phrase, and should have alerted you.
But anyway, for most HP printers from the 90's, the drivers are in XP.
Some of the titles may be different, I'm not in front of a PC at the moment.
Driver Detective does nothing that you and Google can't do. "Free download" is a typical conning phrase, and should have alerted you.
But anyway, for most HP printers from the 90's, the drivers are in XP.
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I've reached a point where the two little red coals that used to be eyes are telling me to get to bed.
you'd think that it would be normal, but it will always take you to the last screen - with all the printer's details on it - and then up pops the screen asking for the XP disk. It has to be faulty. The DLL file that it asks for can not be found on the entire disk. One will abandon this soft, but now I would have to go to HP to get a copy of the original soft which would be tedious. Anyway, the other disk is going for the moment.
The link to the HP III is not downloading. Doesn't surprise me, nowt is working, has to be the fact that my head has fallen onto the keyboard...and the snoring noises. Nuf to put any self-respecting software off.
Thanks and good night as they say in music-hall...will return tomorrow with new vigor. LR
you'd think that it would be normal, but it will always take you to the last screen - with all the printer's details on it - and then up pops the screen asking for the XP disk. It has to be faulty. The DLL file that it asks for can not be found on the entire disk. One will abandon this soft, but now I would have to go to HP to get a copy of the original soft which would be tedious. Anyway, the other disk is going for the moment.
The link to the HP III is not downloading. Doesn't surprise me, nowt is working, has to be the fact that my head has fallen onto the keyboard...and the snoring noises. Nuf to put any self-respecting software off.
Thanks and good night as they say in music-hall...will return tomorrow with new vigor. LR
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Well, I've gone over it again today, and at least it constant.
The bog standard way of loading a picked model goes right to the end and then asks for the XP disk. They are listed, but have never reached the CD...or have they?
The download for HP LJ III arrived okay this morning, and I unpacked it in a dedicated folder. "Have disk" tells me that it can not find the wanted files in that folder. It doesn't show any on the white area.
I can't think of another method of introducing those files, so if there is anything I've missed on that one, I'd be pleased to hear.
I've realized that I've fallen into a trap, because non of my kit can now print on the laser. It was my intention to copy kit off the laptops to the den's PC to print. Trouble with doing things when too tired. I'll need that in a week or two for many hundreds of copies, so it might be that I have to ask HP for the original OS. They sent one to my Son with no grumbles, but what a bore.
This is all taking up time that I was looking forward to playing with Linux with, so the fun factor has rather gone out of it.
The bog standard way of loading a picked model goes right to the end and then asks for the XP disk. They are listed, but have never reached the CD...or have they?
The download for HP LJ III arrived okay this morning, and I unpacked it in a dedicated folder. "Have disk" tells me that it can not find the wanted files in that folder. It doesn't show any on the white area.
I can't think of another method of introducing those files, so if there is anything I've missed on that one, I'd be pleased to hear.
I've realized that I've fallen into a trap, because non of my kit can now print on the laser. It was my intention to copy kit off the laptops to the den's PC to print. Trouble with doing things when too tired. I'll need that in a week or two for many hundreds of copies, so it might be that I have to ask HP for the original OS. They sent one to my Son with no grumbles, but what a bore.
This is all taking up time that I was looking forward to playing with Linux with, so the fun factor has rather gone out of it.
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Hi, thanks for that.
Well, what it calls for is a file called (it says in i386 ) PCL5RES.DLL
Of course, when I search, or even look in the many folders there, it's not there, and even the DLLs that are there are still in the DL_ form.
I went looking for the lad that sold me this OS today. (Two year in college for computing and well spoken.)
He said that he was in cheap accommodation, but Oh, my! It was like a bit of Nigeria but the rows of shacks were straighter. The car park looked like they would start prying bits off my car before the engine had stopped (sore point with me right now.) and nobody spoke English. I never found him.
Having said this, One intends going back...but in the old car. The place had character in spades, and I was looking for a change.
Well, what it calls for is a file called (it says in i386 ) PCL5RES.DLL
Of course, when I search, or even look in the many folders there, it's not there, and even the DLLs that are there are still in the DL_ form.
I went looking for the lad that sold me this OS today. (Two year in college for computing and well spoken.)
He said that he was in cheap accommodation, but Oh, my! It was like a bit of Nigeria but the rows of shacks were straighter. The car park looked like they would start prying bits off my car before the engine had stopped (sore point with me right now.) and nobody spoke English. I never found him.
Having said this, One intends going back...but in the old car. The place had character in spades, and I was looking for a change.
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Thanks Keef. I expect by now you'll have seen my late night strange experience, where I suddenly felt the old Restore XP Home would work. It did, and it gave me the Laser Jet which I can leave on this old, somewhat slow, HD.
Really odd that feeling. I had it once with a Broadcast Sony camera which had been in a box for moths after being dropped 20' onto concrete. 5AM, and I was getting the first pictures from stitched together main and daughter boards. Even the half silvered prism had survived even though its mounts were bent. 1/4" set screws! How the tubes survived I have no idea...but the point is, the sudden feeling that I could do it.
The file: At a quick read, it looks as though it might be called up because it's job is to let you know it can't find files. That would make sense. Anyway, I have to face facts. The XP Pro has to be bogus. It's registered, and receives updates, but who knows how much care MS are taking about old product.
Someone was selling Office 7 yesterday for $50 They showed the box on the ad, but it was copied.
Did you copy, Jim? Sounds like it wouldn't do the trick. One will look inside this OS when I have a moment.
Really odd that feeling. I had it once with a Broadcast Sony camera which had been in a box for moths after being dropped 20' onto concrete. 5AM, and I was getting the first pictures from stitched together main and daughter boards. Even the half silvered prism had survived even though its mounts were bent. 1/4" set screws! How the tubes survived I have no idea...but the point is, the sudden feeling that I could do it.
The file: At a quick read, it looks as though it might be called up because it's job is to let you know it can't find files. That would make sense. Anyway, I have to face facts. The XP Pro has to be bogus. It's registered, and receives updates, but who knows how much care MS are taking about old product.
Someone was selling Office 7 yesterday for $50 They showed the box on the ad, but it was copied.
Did you copy, Jim? Sounds like it wouldn't do the trick. One will look inside this OS when I have a moment.
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Oh well, Rivets - 'twas fun while it lasted...
Oi loikes a good play - trouble is that the urge usually comes on when I have serious work to do
But does this end the saga of the slightly questionable XP? Bet it doesn't.
Jim
Oi loikes a good play - trouble is that the urge usually comes on when I have serious work to do
But does this end the saga of the slightly questionable XP? Bet it doesn't.
Jim
