Way to go dot something!!

On stgep 6 I get a "not responding" message. What am I doinf wrong?


QUOTE=Unregistered;13889]I have an XP box with a 1215 running on it, and to print to it from Vista is pretty simple.

On the Vista box:

1. Go to the printers control panl.
2. Right-click, "run as administrator", add printer.
3. Add a LOCAL PRINTER.
4. "Create a new port"
5. Type of port "local port"
6. Port name is the UNC share of your printer. Mine is "\\xpmachine\hp1215"
7. Choose the Photosmart 7200 built-in driver.

That's it! Not entirely intuitive. Damn HP and their "we don't support this printer under Vista". [/quote]

Hi Guyz!

Quik msg of appreciation to say thank you very very very much!! Note: i had to choose 'DOT' from the drop down list then series 7200 as someone suggested

regards!!

Romeo

London

Well but it won't be able to scan, will it?
My Vista added it by itself and it can print all right.

When I do on my XP Pro machine the HP Photosmart 7200 Series doesn't appear. I have all Windows updates..what am I missing?

I realize this thread is stale but hopefully someone will chime in. S

Hi StoneyJ

If you are looking to install a driver for your XP OS and your printer is the Hp 1215 you should use the latest driver for XP at:
http:///h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=228&lc=en&cc=us〈=en&product=57595& dlc=en

If you have Vista OS, there is no supported driver on the website for this printer but many forum users have found this workround:
Here is a step by step description of how to install.

1.) Go to device manager and make sure you remove any reference to the Photosmart 1215.

2.) Go to printers and manually install, right click in the open printers window and choose Run As Administrator>add printer.

3.) Add a local printer using the existing port: USB001(virtual printer port for USB)

4.) In the next window choose Manufacturer: HP, Printers: HP Photosmart 7200 series.

5.) Then hit next and away you go, you should have the little window asking if you want to print a test page, click yes and if all went as well as it did for me it should be printing a test page.

PS Make sure the printer USB is plugged in and printer is turned on.

Thanks. The printer is connected via USB on the XP Pro machine (printer is shared).

I downloaded the latest driver but for some reason the installation aborted after the bar completed its travel across since I didn't get any verification of a successful installation.

The Laptop (wireless) has the Vista. I am able to add a printer as 7200 via USB001 but when I try and print a test page I get nothing.

I attempted to add a printer driver on the desktop with 7200 but when it asked me which manufacturer and printer the 7200 doesn't show up.

S

HP deskjec 990c works better than 7200 for photo 4x6 size on my printer. 7200 driver could lock the printer sometime.

Thanks everyone for this superb fix, I hope it works so that it could save me from buying a new printer.

Thanks everyone for the tips here. However my 1215 has a duplexer which I bought separately and the 7200 driver doesn't allow me to specify that it is connected so I can't print double-sided with it. However businessjet 1200 series drivers also appear to work ok with the 1215 (although I haven't trie dphoto quality yet) and I can enable the duplexing unit.