Windows 10 pro does not have laserjet 5Si printer driver, even after windows update..
I have set up our SamsComputer which is new Dell Inspiron windows 10 pro desktop.
I cannot connect it to the 5si printer because this computer's windows 10 does not have a printer driver for any model of laserjet 5. Refreshing the driver list with the printer update button added a dozen printers, but still no Laserjet 5 entries.
Strangely, about 5 months ago I installed JanesComputer which is a different model Inspiron desktop, and had absolutely no trouble connecting to that same printer. (It continues to work just fine.)
The HP website's most recent download is from 2002, and does not work.
If found several potential drivers at other websites, but I am reluctant to use non HP sources.
I am getting desperate, so I tried copying the repository driver from JanesComputer to SamsComputer c:\BobsTemp\prnhp001.inf. I use "have disk" and pointed it to the .inf file. That showed laserjet 5/5m, which I selected. The install then failed with an file not found message, but it did not name the fmissing file.
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1) On JanesComputer which had working driver, I went to "C:\Windows\System32\Drive
2) used w10 search box for content:5si then opened containing folder.
3) went up one level and copied the ENTIRE dirctory. (In my previous attempts I only copy the .inf file)
4) copied that entire directory to a flash drived.
5) on samsComputer i copied the flash drive to c:\mydrivers
6) In used windows 10 wizard to install a new printer and select "have disk", and pointed it to c:\mydrivers\
opened prnhp001.inf and returned to the wizard.
Now there was driver for Laserjet 5 which seems to work. I don't know why laserjet 5si doesn't show but I don't care as long as the printer works.
If connected via USB DOT4 it may be listed as a USB device rather than printer which is why it's not showing.
Just for reference the driver repository is you best way to grab the Win Update version if you can't get it to automatically download.
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I am sticking to my own solution which was to copy a working computer's driver. McKnife was the closest He never told me how to copy a driver, but he suggested software that would do it.
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