Can't add Network Printer..

I meant parallel port but I guess the same principle applies.. I'll let you know.

Thanks again.

Thx for all the help on this forum..and some from the hp forum, I finally got my network printer(HP Photosmart 1000 on a Host win xp pro) to work on my win 7 laptop.
I installed on BOTH systems the Deskjet 970cxi. Once I got the ps1000 working thru the 970cxi drivers on xp, the win 7 connected with it. I had tried the port changing thing and everything else I could think of. Finally got it working this way. The xp shows 2 printers (ps100 and dj970), but I have the ps1000(renamed) as the default for xp. Win 7 detects both, but only connects with the 970, so its set as defualt on laptop. Hope this helps anyone else with this problem.

Dear Sirs...

let me put my issue in this way.

i have tried alll that is previously written in the post and it didnt work out.

here is my problem.

i am have installed an HP DeskJet 1280 on a Desktop with windows XP.

and i have a laptop with windows 7 home premium 64BIT.

i have tried to install the printer on the W7 but i can not find a driver for it. nor on the website of HP neither through windows UPDATE.

and when i try to install it via network it is not working...

any solutions????

frequest printer problem cause by spooler cache jam . you can use spooler cache flush to clear cache. download it here.

it's simply means you got the wrong driver bit, make sure you have the right 32b driver or 64b driver for the OS.

For example. when installing a network printer, it will only installed the driver 64b if the OS is a 64b. Now you're trying to add the printer on a windows7 32b you'll get this error code. simply find the 32b driver and it should work fine.