As you can see from my dslreports thread, the crazy thing is, that my own 1018 CD failed to work, possibly because the Win x64 version may have been missing on mine, rather just x32. Whereas freeprintersupport offered the 1018 driver download for Win x64.
Printer Driver For Hewlett Packard Laserjet 1012
I have been working to restore the printer driver for HB 1012 on this Windows 10 computer on and off for over 3 weeks. Your instructions worked perfectly. Just had to navigate to HP to download the Vista 64-bit zip package. Am very grateful for your help.
I've recently upgraded a machine to Windows 7 x64. This machine has a 1012 printer attached. According to HP's site, the printer is no going to be supported in Windows 7. Are there generic drivers that may suffice?
Low-end HP printers (ie: Home-use ones) are 'host-based'-only printers. Meaning they use the computer's CPU to do the printing processing, and require a specific driver to do it. This keeps the price low, but the major trade-off is (as you've discovered) when the printer gets end-of-life'd by the manufacturer they stop making drivers, and the printers aren't compatible with any other drivers.
You can try the HP "universal" printer driver, but the 1012 isn't on the supported printer list, and from trying to get 1012's working with Vista in the past personally, it's not going to happen (even with a hacked apart XP driver), especially when you throw 64-bit into the mix.
Unfortunately, the HP LJ 1012 is a "host-based" printer meaning that the print processing is done mostly on the PC. It doesn't use Postscript or PCL5/6 as the printing language but uses a propietary printing language. That makes it hard to use another driver to talk to it.
There are three ways to change print settings for this printer: in the software application, in the printer driver, and in the HP toolbox. Changes made to print settings are prioritized according to where the changes are made, as follows:
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Note: Some printers have problems with their respective model specific utilities with the HP UPD. This usually affects older models like the P2015, P2035, P2055 and M401 series. This may be fixed on the newer JetIntelligence models, but I have not tested it and cannot guarantee the driver will coexist!
I bought an HP printer specified by laserjet. I have followed a few steps to install this printer via HP UPD. at first search for the correct driver, then install it first in a USB mode after that in dynamic mode. then set the configuration pf printer and after completing all the steps just print once for a test.
Download the HP LaserJet 1012 Printer Driver. After completing the download, insert the device into the computer and make sure that the cables and electrical connections are complete. After this, run the downloaded driver file to install and run the installation. It is important that the operating system is compatible when installing the driver. Please check immediately if your operating system is compatible.
Alternate Method 1 sk2play's steps:Go to Device ManagerClick on IEEE1284.4 DevicesRight Click on DOTS4 USB Printing Support - go to propertiesClick Update DriverClick Browse for driver software on your computerClick Let me pick from a list of devices on my computerClick USB Printing SupportClick Close Windows Then, when I tried to load the HP drivers from the Add Printer step I didn't see HP 1010/1012/1015 listed. I even tried to update the driver list, and got zero results. So, I downloaded Windows Vista 64 driver for the HP 1012. =en&cc=us&prodNameId=306510&p... Unpacked it.And then...1. Add Printer2. Local (for me)3. Selected USB001 (VIrtual printer port for USB) -- like sk2play suggested in his steps4. chose Have Disk5. Browsed to the location of the unpacked HP 1012 WinVista 64 driver6. selected and installed7. printed a test sheet, and it printed immediately Of course, the only reason I had to do this is because I didn't have the HP 1010/1012/1015 on my printer driver list. So, in case other people are having issues this might help. 2ff7e9595c
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