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Totally remove a printer?
How do I get Windows 7 32-bit to stop displaying at Devices & Printers, an HP Deskjet 1500 series printer (D1520) which I no longer have? When I right-click the icon and choose "Remove Device", it disappears but then later reappears, although the icon is blurred or dulled. The printer is not connected to the laptop by USB cable or in any other way, and has not been for several days. At Add/Remove Programs, there is no HP program listed. At Start's All Programs menu, there is no mention of HP. I believe the driver is hpd1500t.gpd. A search for that file does not find it. At c:/windows/sxs there are a lot of gpd files, but not that one. Autoruns does not show any HP files at logon, but at the Drivers tab there is c:\windows\system32\drivers\hpsamd.sys. I unchecked that, and then restarted the computer, but the printer reappeared at Devices & Printers. (What is hpsamd.sys? Is it okay to leave it unchecked at Autoruns>Drivers anyway? I have no HP devices -- no printers, no handhelds, etc.) I suppose it doesn't matter if the printer appears at Devices & Printers, but having removed it, I guess I'd like it to appear removed. Thank you.