Generic Print Drivers

I was told that I need to install generic print drivers for my HP Officejet 5610 printer inorder for it to work with my Netgear print server.
Does any one know where I can find them?
Thanks;
Steve

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When I try to print using Windows 2008 print server I have to use the generic print drivers supplied. If I use the OEM driver the printer locks up. I have tried a HP 4 plus and a Canon Copier.

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Hi
I see on my home computer which has Windows 8.1, that installs Windows printer drivers for my wireless(connected to router) Canon MG3560 printer.
However when I try the add the printer via printer panel on Windows 2008 R2, it keeps giving me 'Can't install printer' error, yet it detects the printer.
So how do I get Windows Server 2008 R2 to install the Windows printer drivers for my printer. I rather not use Canon drivers if I don't have to.
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The drivers that Canon included in Windows 8.1 are different than the print drivers Canon included in Windows 7/ Server 2008 R2.
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wizard model dialog when adding the printer using Printmanagement.msc on Server 2008R2. If there is not a Canon driver there for the OS, you will need to head to the Canon website
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Need generic print drivers for HP OFFICEJET 6500A PRINTER-E710A to run on MS Server 2008

I am unable to locate them and do not have the luxury of plugging the printer directly into the server to have windows install a driver. Please help!

Hello-
That is great to hear. I was just installing Server 2008 in my Virtual Box.....
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Windows 7 pre-installed generic HP printer drivers

I have a Photosmart C7250. When I plug it into my machine, Windows 7 (release client) autmatically finds drivers for Photosmart C7200 series. Some of the functionality of my 7250 is not available such as automatic double-side printing. Also, instead of printing one page-per-sheet, it prints 2 pages on one side as if it is supposed to be a booklet.
Mitigation Elf

You can either wait till the official Win 7 drivers are released, or follow the workaround in the How To Install Printer Drivers in Windows 7 thread, which is stickied to the top of the Win 7 forum here.
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SOLUTION: Get Win 7 Printer Drivers/HP Solution Center to Work on Windows 8

Took me some time to figure it out, but I got it to work.
First of all, the preliminaries:
I have an HP dv9700t laptop running the 64-bit version of Windows 8 Pro RTM (not the preview, but I assume it will work on Preview as well). My printer is an HP Photosmart C7280. If you have a different printer, it is possible that something similar to how I solved my problem will help you, especially by running your installation files in Windows 7 Compatibility Mode.
Windows 8 does come with stock C7280 printer drivers that work by going into Control Panel>Devices and Printers>Add A Printer, but there's only limited functionality with those. As such, I wanted to run the HP installation files to have increased functionality.
Unfortunately, when I ran the full installation file from HP for my printer, there was no "Install a Printer" button, or any of the other usual buttons. There was only an "Exit" button.
Here's how to get it to run and install properly.
Right-click on the HP Full Installation file, then Properties>Compatibility>then check the box for "Run this program in compatibility mode for:", then select "Windows 7" in the dropdown box, then Click "OK".
Run the installation file as you normally would in Windows 7.
I tried this two ways.....the first while connected via USB cable. It worked just fine with no errors.
I also tried it with the printer connected to my network via WiFi. Ran into some problems.
The installation program would detect my printer just fine, and I clicked "Next" or "OK" or whatever the prompt was to install the printer. The installation would hang on "Reply from SNMP" (or something similar) and it would list the IP address of my printer. I waited, waited, waited for an hour, and it wouldn't get past this. Not to worry.
Proceed with normal installation until you get to the "Reply from SNMP" message and the installation stops responding.
Enter the Task Manager with CTRL-ALT-DEL. You'll see an entry in the "Apps" for the HP installation program....LEAVE THIS ALONE.
Below the "Apps" list you will see the "Background Processes" list. In this list is something along the lines of "HP Network UI", or something similar, consuming a significant amount of CPU. Highlight this entry, then click, "End Task" at the bottom.
The "SNMP" window will close and your installation program will then finish normally and your printer/fax/scanner will be properly installed. HP Solution Center works normally, as does printing, scanning, etc.
Will the next person who uses this give some feedback and also answer some questions for me so I can update this post with more specific information?
Please let me know what the exact "SNMP" message is when the installation hangs. Please also let me know the exact name of the "HP Network UI" background process is, as well as the HP Installation app name.
Hopefully this will help you.
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thanks for the solution. I have an HP Photosmart D110a wireless printer. Windows 8 installed a generic printer driver that worked fine for printing but I lost all functionality to the scanner of the device.
I tried to follow your instructions. I do get an error at some point when the software installer tries to talk to the printer and it gives an error message. It finds the printer OK but stalls. The error message is different and merely reports that there is a problem, no further details. There is indeed a background task "HP Network UI" or similar but ending this task doesn't do anything on my system. The Network UI task ends and the error message stays open. I ended a couple more background tasks but it would not go anywhere.
I then uninstalled the entire package, unplugged the printer, turned its wireless feature off and reinstalled the software in Windows 7 compatibility mode. When it asked to plug in the printer to the USB it finds it right away, the installation continues and is almost finished when it stalls again. This time it reports that it has a problem again and needs to uninstall. Still with the error message and installer open I open the installed "Solution Center" and I can find the printer fine (it actually lists two devices, one being grayed out). It initially gave me an error message when I tried to scan something, but ignored the error. Eventually the scanner worked as intended. I force ended all installer tasks in the task manager and the Solution Center works fine and does all tasks it did under Windows 7, now in Windows 8.
thanks again for the post

3 different HP print drivers from 7 Macs all running 10.4.6?

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From all systems, I go to Printer Setup > Default Browser, and select "hp color LaserJet 3550 (000E7FE922F3)". The Print Using menu defaults to Auto Select, and after a few seconds pops in the following, per system (again, all running Mac OS X 10.4.6):
iMac G5 (20"): hp color LaserJet 1.4
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iMac G5 (17"): hp color LaserJet 1.4.5
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I tried HP's website for updated LaserJet 3550 drivers, and the only option that pops up is the LaserJet 1.4 installer. In the case of the 20" iMac above listing the 1.4 driver, I probably inadvertently overwrote version 1.4.5...
So, why is this happening and can I possibly update ALL of my Macs to version 2.0 of this HP driver sofware?
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Hi Greg, thanks for the reply.
I went ahead and downloaded the 10.4.6 Combo Update and reinstalled it on the 20" iMac successfully, but curiously the driver remains "hp color LaserJet 1.4". I didn't bother reinstalling the Combo Update on the others that are already pulling up "hp color LaserJet 1.4.5" due to your comment about the Intel versions being "different" - I figure 1.4.5 is the latest version for the PowerPC code.
I also assumed my printer WAS a postscript printer, especially since, when adding the printer as an IP Printer > HP JetDirect - Socket > Print Using: Auto Select, it pulls up "Generic PostScript Printer" automatically.
I tried installing that hpijs software along with the ESP Gostscript software, and, using the IP Printer / HP JetDirect - Socket process, I can select "HP Color LaserJet 3500 Foomatic/hpijs" from the HP list. But, when I try to print anything to this new printer, the print job appears to go through on the computer, but nothing ever shows on the printer.
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2. I don't believe the Mac's firewall is on. I'm using a SonicWall firewall appliance between our home network and the Internet.
3. Printer sharing on the PC -- as I'm sure you know -- isn't configured as it is on the Mac. There is an option to share the HP Photosmart on the PC (if the printer were plugged directly into the PC), but that is disabled. Printer sharing cannot be configured for the instance of the HP Photosmart that was installed by Bonjour for Windows.

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I am really stymied by this. I normally have my Epson R200 connected to my Windows 2003 server and I print to it from my iMac via Windows sharing. The result is the drivers from the iMac are the GIMP drivers not the native R200 drivers. This results in a abridged set of print options for the R200, in particular the ability to print directly onto a DVD or CD is not working correctly with Disk Print. Now if I attach the printer directly to the Mac the Mac then immediately identifies the printer, adds it and then and uses the correct native (Leopard) drivers (it is identified as an Epson R200) and all works perfectly including Disk Print (menus have more selections than GIMP print). This tells me the printer drivers for the R200 are resident on the iMac. here is the part that is driving me mad. I then reconnect it back to the Windows server and add it back as a Windows printer and when selecting the drivers for the Epson I go hunting in /Library/Printers/PPDs/Content/Resources and see all the Epson drivers except the R200. I have used the find command to look for them. To no avail. Looked in the Epson folder in PPDs. No luck. They are there somewhere but, beats me where they are. If I could locate them I bet all would work fine. Anybody know where the heck they might be lurking.
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I am having a problem getting a new HP Deskjet F4280 to print. When I send a document to print, all the normal functions happen from selecting the number of copies , etc, and the print progress bar shows up and fills in but it never prints. The jobs completed shows whatever I send as completed with the time and date. I can get the Deskjet to Scan and Copy from the computer controls. I tried to find updated drivers at Apple.com for this printer but they are only there for OSX 10.5. Leopard.
I have done the all steps HP online assistance has suggested but, do not have a solution yet. I have loaded the latest OSX drivers from the HP site and installed them. If I use the Printer Setup Utility to try to install it as a HP printer I am unable to find drivers, I presume because the printer is not listed (old listing of printers)
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I go to "about this Mac" and look at the printer option, I now have installed:
Deskjet F4200 series:
Status: Idle
Print Server: Local
Driver Version: 10.4
Default: Yes
URI: usb://HP/Deskjet F4200 series?serial=CN8882D3VP05BR
PPD: Generic PostScript Printer
PPD File Version: 1.0
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In Print & Fax/Printer Setup, are you clicking on Default - which gives the default browser? - That's the main problem I think anyway. I cannot get the Print Browser selection window within the Printer Setup Utility to accept this printer so I can make it the default printer. If I go to the HP selection list, the Series 4200 or the drivers are not listed so I can't select the default printer.
If I try the "Other" selection I am taken to my Documents folder and can get to all the other folders but I cannot find the printer and drivers in any subfolder.
And the printer is connected by USB? Yes, I know that is working correctly as the install 9.7.1 program identifies the printer and gives the serial number when plugged in and turned an as directed
Again - "generic" won't be useful in any way. I have found that to be very true.
I don't understand what "the utility is not up to date" means here.
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Have you repaired permissions? (Disk Utility in Utilities) - Yes, every time I reinstall the 9.7.1 program.
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corrupted, or is too large". We notice that, just more than two pages the issue can be reproduced.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Printing;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Linq;
namespace FaxPrinter
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        private Button printButton;
        private PrintDocument printDocument1 = new PrintDocument();
        private string stringToPrint;
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            InitializeComponent();
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            this.printButton.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 51);
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                new PrintPageEventHandler(printDocument1_PrintPage);
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            printDocument1.Print();
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            string docName = "1.txt";
            string docPath = "C:\\reports\\";
            printDocument1.DocumentName = docName;
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            using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream))
                stringToPrint = reader.ReadToEnd();
        private void printDocument1_PrintPage(object sender, PrintPageEventArgs e)
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                e.MarginBounds, StringFormat.GenericTypographic);
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            printDocument1.Print();

Hello Petter,
From your description, it should be that you code is ok since it works on win8, and the underlying driver the PrintDocument class called could be the caused reason due to different windows operation system. For this, I move it to the driver related
forum, since this forum is for .NET class libraires.
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Hello all, I am having a nightmare of a time getting my Canon MF4150 to print. It looks from all of the threads on here it was a less than ideal choice for a Mac owner.
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> DONE
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> DONE
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