Daft question re printers
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Daft question re printers
Someone has given Bro a printer ,tiz a HP deskjet,installed it for him and downloaded drivers ect,buggah still don't work.
So daft question,on the back of this printer is a socket for the normal serial type cable and also a USB socket,one assumes it can use either? one assumes both don't have to be connected up?
So daft question,on the back of this printer is a socket for the normal serial type cable and also a USB socket,one assumes it can use either? one assumes both don't have to be connected up?
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Should be fine on one - usb is the later standard. Is the printer installed on the computer? Assuming xp, you need to go to the control panel, select printers & other hardware & look in there to make sure it has been detected. If not, add it manually.
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Yer tiz installed the puter even acknowledges it has a printer and opines that it is working ok but I cannot get it to print owt,never mind one shall sort it eventually.
Thanks for the help
Thanks for the help
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When thou sendest a doc to print, the printer status thingy in the bottom toolbar of the pooter should report on what's happening. If it reports "all is well" then a visit to the Printer Control Panel may be in order.
Not had an HP printer in a seriously long time, so can't comment on the specifics.
Not had an HP printer in a seriously long time, so can't comment on the specifics.
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I have an HP deskjet at work & I don't much likey it, but that's bye the bye. If it's a relatively recent one, then you may well need the proprietary software along with the drivers Drapes. They nearly all come with a load of old bloatware these days - tried the HP website?
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but their software is crap and always has been.
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The "support software" for an HP device a colleague of mine bought was over 100MB. The device was appallingly slow. Eventually, we found that some older graphics stuff on her PC would drive it - and was many times faster.
I now avoid HP altogether. It's a pity, because the HP scanner and printer I had 15 years ago were both excellent.
I now avoid HP altogether. It's a pity, because the HP scanner and printer I had 15 years ago were both excellent.
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From: Walton on the Naze Essex.
I have an old but almost unused DJ 4 P and when I shelled out for the cartridge, I was concerned that it would be money down the drain. All set to go...and it didn't.
Although it did report a code, the mean
s at a local HP place were not about to decode it for me. Anyway, I found out that it was nothing more than A4 V Letter. Set that up and it was perfect. Rolls Royce of a machine.
But get it wrong, and the darn thing just sits there with its arms folded and pouts.
Although it did report a code, the mean
s at a local HP place were not about to decode it for me. Anyway, I found out that it was nothing more than A4 V Letter. Set that up and it was perfect. Rolls Royce of a machine. But get it wrong, and the darn thing just sits there with its arms folded and pouts.
