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Questions tagged [print-drivers]

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Where can I find a Windows 10 PCL5 driver for an unsupported LaserJet printer?

I have an HP LaserJet 1300 printer connected to my network via a JetDirect 250m LIO Internal Print Server. The printer works from any Windows 8.1 computer on my network, but I have been unable to find an appropriate driver for Windows 10. The…
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Reliable procedure/tool for removing print drivers in Windows 7 (domain environment)

One of the troubleshooting steps in resolving printer-related issues with any version of Windows is to remove installed print drivers and then reinstall the drivers. This is a domain environment and drivers are pulled from a print server. I've had…
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How to get Windows 10 to automatically update printer drivers

I have ESET NOD32 installed and it tells me that there are supposed to be updates for my printer drivers available on Windows Update. But Windows 10 is not downloading these drivers by itself and doesn't show them in Windows Update. I do not…
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Extracting basic drivers from bloated installers

I'm looking for a way to extract the necessary drivers from bloated manufacturer installs, specifically printer installers. I tried Universal Extractor to no avail on some of these. I don't need a 300 MB installer to set up 4 different programs…
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Where are windows printer's preferences saved?

I'm trying to automate the setup of printer settings, are settings stored to a standard location? The preference window is just a proprietary driver window I'm aware of some of the registry values stored here :…
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Microsoft Print to PDF Driver not listed

I have a Windows 7 Pro workstation, which is missing the "Microsoft Print to PDF" printer. So I used this tutorial to add it back: https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/print-pdf-windows/ Sadly, the Microsoft Print to PDF Driver is missing in this…
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In Windows laser printer settings, what exactly does the 'media type' setting affect?

I'm working on a project for which I need to print images using a laser printer, so I can later use heat to transfer the toner to other media. Since my home printer is an inkjet, I have been going to a copy shop to print out my designs. I'm used to…
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x86 printer driver for sharing hp laserjet 1300 pcl5 printer

I have an HP LaserJet 1300 PCL 5 printer attached to a 64bit Windows 7 PC. I am trying to print share from a Windows XP laptop. I need the x86 print driver to install on the Windows 7 machine. Can't seem to find this driver. Joel and Callen,…
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Can't Find Driver for HP Deskjet 712c Windows XP

The instructions on HP's website indicate that this driver comes with Windows XP and does not need to be downloaded. I have the original CD that came with the printer, but that fails saying it is not compatible with Windows XP. Every other manual…
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Konica Minolta C250 - user authentication

I am not able to install drivers for konica minolta c250 on windows 7 64bit. Windows XP is ok, but on Win7 i cant fill the User Authentication window (it is disabled as you can see on attached picture)... Any ideas how to solve this?
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PDF Drivers Generating A4 Documents as Letter sized PDFs

I am using a PC with Windows 10 connected to a Brother HL L2320D Printer. At the beginning I simply used the default printer driver in Windows (as I did not download and install any driver from the Brother printer website), however, I found the…
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Add Print Driver to Printer Driver Wizard across Domain Computers

I am trying to add an Epson XP-610 printer to every endpoint's Printer Driver Store in our environment. Does anyone know a way to push a printer driver and stage it so it appears in the list of options under the 'Add a Printer' wizard? The printer…
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Driver conflicts between multiple printers installed on one computer

HP support are telling me it's NOT possible to have an AIO multi-function printer installed on the same computer as a Laser printer due to driver conflicts. Is this correct? Specifically, is it a known fact that AIO printer drivers take over the…
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Canon Pixma G2000 printer driver for Ubuntu

How to install Canon G2000 printer driver on Ubuntu? I can't find any driver for Linux on Canon official website. The printer is totally unable to work on ubuntu without a driver, any ideas?
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HP Laserjet 4000T prints PCL XL UnsupportedProtocol error

I have a working CUPS setup, configured for a HP LaserJet 4000T printer. It works fine from all stations, except Windows 10-x64. There is no HP LJ 4000 printer in the list with installable printers, nor does HP supply any. The questions is: which…
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