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HP printer driver hell
I have an HP Laserjet 4250 printer.
Windows Update attempted to install the latest PCL6 driver over the original shipping PCL5 driver.
That install failed.
As per MS's instructions, I attempted to install HP's printer driver.
This resulted in a new printer driver, Universal Printing PCL6, which took over the port of the old driver, Laserjet 4250 PCL5.
I can't print from the LaserJet 4250 PCL 5 driver, the LaserJet 4250 PCL 6 driver, or the Universal Printing PCL6 driver.
I can't delete the printers. I can't delete the drivers or the ports from Print Server Properties, because they are all "in use." I get a "this operation is not supported" error.
I need to blow away the entire printing subsystem and start from scratch.
Is there any way of doing this short of backing up my files and reinstalling Windows 7?