Printer driver neededfor HP Photosmart printer...help

I have a HP photosmart 1218 and have just brought a new rig which has
dual boot config with Vista64 and Xp Pro64.

I have managed to get the printer to install in XP but trying the sam
method in Vista doesn't work.. can anyone help

I installed it in XP Pro64 by downloading the XP64 bit driver for
deskjet 970cse and then simply installing it :

HP themselves suggested just setting the printer up manually in Vist
as a deskjet 970cse.. this gave me the idea for the above trick. Bu
when i tried this the test page came out garbled where as in XP th
test page printed fine.

I know the printer is getting old but it works perfectly well and i'
loathed to bin it . So is there anyone out there who can point me in th
direction of any other drivers i could use other than the official xp 3
bit software driver on the HP website which doesn't work

Thanx in advance
Steve

 

The Deskjet 990 driver is probably a better match for the Photosmart 1218.
Use Add Printer, add it as LPT1: using the built-in driver in Vista nd then
change later to the USB port if needed.

Regards,
Bob Headrick, MS MVP Printing/Imaging

 

Thanx Bob, i will give that a go. I will let you know how i get on

 

Thanx again Bob, It worked

 

I can't access a new message! So here's my problem. I have an HP Deskjet 840C
printer. I just put in a new colour cartridge & I can't get it to work. It
prints the colour in black & white. I rang a computer store and they said to
do a test print from the printer but I can't work out how to do that. Any
suggestions?

 

You can print a diagnostic page as shown at
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&docname=bpd07098&dlc=en&lang=en#N793
which says to turn on the printer, then press and hold the power button,
then press the resume button four times, then release the power button.

If the diagnostic page does not print any color there are a few things to
check - make sure the protective tape has been removed from the cartridge.
Next try cleaning the cartridge contacts as shown at:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=bpa02060

If the diagnostic page prints properly but normal printing does not check
the driver settings and make sure the box to print with the black cartridge
only has not been checked.

Regards,
Bob Headrick, MS MVP Printing/Imaging