Photosmart D7260 Blank Pages

I recently purchased a new PC with Windows Vista and the HP Photosmart 7260 now prints a blank page between each page in the document. Has anyone encountered this before?

This is a problem with the Photosmart 7200 series printer driver pre-included with Vista. Download and install THIS driver to fix the issue.
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I understand you are not able to print in black and the copy function isn't working.
I will be happy to assist you with this.
Make sure the printer is connected directly to wall outlet. (don't use a power hub or a surge protector)
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Hi @Rmrrgc
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Helo again John
Um, rather too many steps in that for me to wade laboriously through for the sake of the odd blank page at the end of each print run (it's an annoying issue, but not life threatening though!).
But I can assure you that:
1. my PC to printer connections are fine
2. ink levels are fine
3. I clean my PC drives and registry regualrly (at least once every week) and this problem has persisted for months
4. I have rebooted my PC several times in the last few months, and also restarted the printer (due in part to occasional power cuts)
5. I have no software installed that I can delete
6. Test pages alays print fine (no extar page there then).
7. The extra page comes from all types of programme - Word, Adobe, Notepad etc)
Cheers
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This sounds like an issue that could result from having A4 sized paper but having the printer settings set for A size. Please check the paper settings.
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