Drivers for HP photosmart C3180  

I have tried everything. But my printer still does not work: is not recognized by my Acer Aspire M1641 with hard disk SATA and windows 7 ultimate. I have formatted and loaded Windows Vista Ultimate x86 and also with the view that same problem with Windows 7.

If still none of previous suggestions help try this:
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1.Uninstall drivers for printer and adressed software if you have installed
2.Download my drivers and unpack anywhere
3.Connect printer to USB port
4.Open device manager,right click on unknow device which will appear ,right click on it>>Properties>>tab:Driver>>choose:Update Driver>>choose:"Browse my computer for driver software",select my unpacked folder with drivers ,check "Include subfolders" and apply

Thank you! I try your tutorial and tonight you know I do so. Again, thank you!

Ok Flavius,i have tryed.

Abstract:

they from Italian to English the results provided by my Windows 7 64-bit and you I enclose the related screen.

First screen:

If you select the "General" in the window "property" of unknow device (after I connected the printer to the PC), this is what it says: "The device has been a problem and has been interrupted (Code 43)"


second screen:

Always the voice "property" of "unknov device" and if you select the heading "Driver details" Here is what it tells me Windows 7:

-"no driver file is requested or is loaded for the device".


third screen:

Finally, this is what it tells me Windows 7 when I act your procedure and select your folder of drivers:

"The driver of the device is already installed"

and under:

"The driver of the device is updated"


All this is astonishing. There is a logical!!!

Thanks Flavius, very kind.

I have tried in "Enrico-PC" the voice that I indicating but there is: here is, see you screen that follows:

Unfortunately I don't see also another "unknow his device".Probably your printer isn't Plug & Play device thus it doesn't recognize by device manager even as "unknow device" .

Try through hdwwiz.exe

Start>>Search>>hdwwiz.exe

When you run it,choose "install hardware manually",next choose Printers

when you see below windows,choose "Have to disk" and select folder with drivers
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Tryed.
Nothing to do: always "unknow device". I am surrender: For we have tried all I believe. Thanks a thousand Flavius for your willingness and competence.

**** HP!!!

Kari, Your suggestion did work for me. Here's what I did: 1) Go to devices and printer and remove any C3180 printers 2) Add a C3300 printer using the MS driver 3) Add a C3180 printer and select use existing driver 4) Remove the C3300 printer.

The only problem now is that the automatic C3180 driver install when I reboot or power the printer on still fails but doesn't impact my ability to print.

Now, can you or anyone else who knows how Windows uses drivers can explain how/why this works?