Printer not showing in Devices and Printers- New Win7 install
I have a client who had a corrupted OS Windows 7 Premium Home, runing on a HP desktop. I did a factory restore, but now we can not install the laserjet1020 properly. Install wizard under Devices and Printers-Add a Printer installs the printer and prints a test page successfully, but when I exit, no printer shows in Devices and Printers. It does show in MS Word, but printing stalls with a printing error in the queue. I have tried:
1) updating printer drivers in Windows Update under printers install
2) running sfc /scannow, shows no OS file errors
3) restarting print service
4) downloading HP's software installation package for the printer. The printer then shows in the Devices and Printers, but any attempt to print creates a printing error in the queue.
5) switching printers with another identical printer from the office. Behavior is same.
6) running printermanagement.msc, but OS does not seem to find that management tool. Isn't that supposed to be part of Windows 7?
I'm stumped. Any ideas on how to fix this problem? Thanks for any help.
1) updating printer drivers in Windows Update under printers install
2) running sfc /scannow, shows no OS file errors
3) restarting print service
4) downloading HP's software installation package for the printer. The printer then shows in the Devices and Printers, but any attempt to print creates a printing error in the queue.
5) switching printers with another identical printer from the office. Behavior is same.
6) running printermanagement.msc, but OS does not seem to find that management tool. Isn't that supposed to be part of Windows 7?
I'm stumped. Any ideas on how to fix this problem? Thanks for any help.
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Make sure you install the hp drivers before plugging in the printer
Try is safe mode also
Try is safe mode also
Check the registry for the printer there is some residual there or in the device manager when in safemode. Also if the printer was hooked up when you ran the restore via USB this can end up messing the device entries up as well.
maybe the factory restore partition is corrupted
you can request the factory restore cd's at HP
you can request the factory restore cd's at HP
HP printer installation CD's (or also the complete driver and utility you can download from their site) normally have a directory (if I'm not mistaken, they used to be called CCC), within which you had a couple of bat files which you needed to run as admin one after the other (with the printer disconnected) and with reboots in between. That would completely remove the driver.
After that, make sure your windows-updates have all been run, then reinstall the printer software with, as has been mentioned above, the printer not connected. You'll be asked to connect it at a certain point.
After that, make sure your windows-updates have all been run, then reinstall the printer software with, as has been mentioned above, the printer not connected. You'll be asked to connect it at a certain point.
6) running printermanagement.msc, but OS does not seem to find that management tool. Isn't that supposed to be part of Windows 7?AFAIK Print Management isn't available in Windows 7 Home Premium. You can try running this command to delete the drivers though: printui /s /t2
Make sure you uninstall any related HP printer software as well, reboot, then try installing the printer again.
Have you tried downloading the drivers from the Windows Update Catalog? This is the only Windows 7 driver I could find (note: you must use Internet Explorer), but it should work in your case. Use the instructions in this article if you need any help downloading and installing drivers downloaded from the Windows Update Catalog: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323166
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Great solution. Following this plan did the trick. Thanks
However, when I go to the HP support site for the LJ1020, they list Windows 7 and 8 drivers for 32-bit and 64-bit.
Have you selected the correct OS driver and correct bit strength?
In addition to your above steps, go to Printer Server Management, Drivers Tab and remove the driver there (if it exists there). Restart after that.