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Windows 7 and HP Photosmart C7180 Problems
I have this HP 7180 printer installed on my old 2000 Dell 8200 desktop with XP and it seems to work fine using a usb cable.
I recently added a new Dell Vostro 1720 laptop with Windows 7 32 bit to my network. I wanted to be able to print wireless with this laptop so I set up the printer to work by wireless signal...everything set up fine and I went through the add a printer on the laptop.
Problem is that it won't print 95% of the time with the wireless laptop. Occasionally I get a day where it will print flawlessly all day and then it goes for weeks without working again and repeats this. I tried bringing the laptop right next to the printer to make sure it wasn't a signal issue and no luck.
I also plugged in the usb to the laptop and got mixed results...sometimes it worked and sometimes not but the laptop always recognized the printer so I assume it is not a compatibility issue but not sure.
Last night I went to the HP site and downloaded the most recent driver recommended and still no luck. I also tried to delete the printer off the laptop and then install it from the original disc. I noticed on the disc that Windows 7 was not listed as an acceptable OS...not surprising since it was not out yet but HP says it is compatible with Windows 7 and had the updated driver so I assume it should be compatible?
Problem is that when I was trying to install it with the disc, I got an error message stating something about not being the computer administrator and something else I don't remember. I assume it was more about that the disc did not recognize the OS. Anyway, I could not proceed with installation from the disc either.
Any ideas on how I can get this printer to work on this wireless laptop or is this printer just not going to be compatible with Windows 7? Thanks for your help