HP Photosmart P1000 driver

[tragafantas]

I've got a HP Photosmart P1000 printer since several years ago. I'm happy with it (I don't need/want to buy a new one) but HP no longer supports it. The latest drivers are from 2003 (for windows XP x32).

However I got it to work in Vista x64 using the drivers for HP deskjet 930C which were listed in 'add printer' wizard (add printer > add local printer > USB001 > choose brand and model); so I've tried the same method in W7RC x64. The problem is that the HP DJ 930C driver is not included in W7.
I can't download that driver from HP's web because it's only available in Windows Vista (I mean the driver is included in Vista but it's not accessible as a standalone driver).

Any idea or workaround?
Thanks in advance

 

[pbcopter]

If during the add printer process you select Windows Update, it will return an additional list of printers including the 930c. It will take upward of 10 minutes to get a response back from Windows update and during this time it seems like the Window is frozen but it is not. Be patient.

 

[tragafantas]

OK, thanks
I'm gonna try it right now

 

[tragafantas]

Hi again pbcopter
Thanks so muuuch!
It works!

 

[pbcopter]

You are welcome. I'm glad it worked out.

 

[krs7272]

Thanx I'm not the only one who sees no need to not fix it if it isn't broke.

pbcopter I am a Happy Man.

 

[tony the turbo]

hp photosmart 1000

thanks this helped me to i was almost ready to scrap a great priter

thanks again

 

[kuzimm]

I also have an hp photosmart 1000. I have tried installing the driver as described here, but I do not know how to associate my printer with the driver. In the list of printers there is my unspecified Photosmart P1000 and then under printers and faxes the "printer" that i just installed the driver for.

any help, am i missing a step?

 

[tony the turbo]

Printer driver

hi Kuzzimm
i will try to help i think i can remember
First open device and printers click on the hp 1000 printer this will open a new window click on customise your printer click on advanced tag you should see a box that marked new driver click on that and as they say the rest is history.

 

[kuzimm]

Yes, I see what you are talking about, however this only comes up when i double click on my imaginary 930c printer.

my photosmart 1000, which is under the heading unspecified does not have these options. When i double click on the 1000 a menu pops up similar to the properties menu if i were to right click on the 930c printer.

The only thing that comes up in the properties of the photosmart 1000 is under
hardware it says USB Printing support.

would really love to get this printer to work. thanks for the help in advance.

 

[tony the turbo]

printer driver

sorry thats all i can remember its a while since i did this i will try to remember i will keep you posted

 

[SillyMan]

Uninstall the printer completely. Then connect it via USB, and wait for Windows Update to install the printer driver. No further action should be needed.
I installed an old HP 1220c this way.

 

[tony the turbo]

try this

Hi KRS 7272
Click on your hp printer you have a box appear click on hardware tab click properties click on change settings (note if you click driver on the previous box you will not get the option to update driver) click driver tab click update driver click browse my computer for driver click on let me pick from a list you should now know the rest good luck
Tony

 

[kuzimm]

Ok, got it to work. thanks everybody! sillyman, your comment on uninstalling the printer was the key. It didn't click that the "unknown device" in my device manager was my printer till you mentioned that. From there I was able to install the workout driver as described.

 

[kr1sray]

Still have a problem

Hello i still have a problem with installing the driver for photosmart p1000.
I fallowed as instructed. control panel ->device and printers->(righclick)add printer->windows update-..... still cant find driver photosmart p1000.

i also completely uninstalled the printer to do the steps, and is still not working please help.

PLease help asap.

 

[Traffer]

I also have a Photosmart P1000. Having read through the threads, I have successfully installed the HP DeskJet 930C/932C/935C driver from Windows downloads to run the P1000. All seems to work fine. BUT - on printing text, the writing is "shadowed". (The shadow seems to shift phase, with the text sometimes coming into focus). Although I don't know if it's the printer or the driver, the printer worked fine previously with XP.
It seems the shadow appears on different colours, depending on the print quality as follows:
NORMAL: Black - marked shadow; Green - slight shadow; Red and blue - seem OK.
DRAFT: Black - OK; Green and blue - marked shadow; Red - slight shadow.
BEST: Black - slight shadow; Green, red and blue - seem OK

Does anyone recognise this as a printer, or a driver issue? If driver, is there a better one available for HP P1000?

 

[ONEugene]

Thank you!

Thanks for the help guys! I also thought I would have to scrap a very dependable printer. Much <3

 

[treehunter]

Great stuff. Thanks for the tip of Windows update it worked a trat. Now I can get printing on my HP which my son can still get free? cartridges for... save my Canon Pixma Pro for the proper photos, ink too expensive.

 

[LongJnSilver]

HP Photosmart P1000 installed & running in Win 7

Greetings, all,
Had the same problem with my P1000 - no driver. (The .enu package for XP from the HP website would not install - even after multiple attempts using various compatability settings. It would not find the printer.)
STEPS:
1. In "Devices and Printers" click "Add a printer"
2. Select "Add a local printer" - IGNORING the "only if you don't have a USB printer" (Trust me.)
3. Under the "Use and existing port" option, select "USB001 (Virtual printer port for USB)
4. Click "Next" then "Windows Update"
5. After a few seconds, the "HP Deskjet 930C/932C/935C" option will appear.
6. Highlight it and click "Next"
VOILA'! Yeah, it miffs me that the printer name and icon are not for my P1000, but hey, "the proof is in the printing"! And, using the menus, I can even clean my cartridge.
Thanks for the tip on the 930C - something I'd never have tried otherwise.
I'm running Win 7 Professional on a MacBook Pro in a Bootcamp partition. FYI, with 4 GB RAM it SCREAMS on PC games!
Johnny Long - London UK

 

[mundo]

Ok, so here's my problem

Ok, so i learned that the driver for the deskjet 940c also worked as a dependable driver for the p1000. It works great....until i reboot my laptop. So here's my situation. I have a desktop running XP and a laptop running 7. they are both networked together and so i have my printer via network, via desktop. i.e. the desktop has to be on in order for my printer to work. For some reason, after i shut down my laptop i cannot restart it up again, except for safe mode. the problem is that the printer spooling is running and preventing my laptop from booting up. I got the driver from the desktop Windows Update because that's the one that is wired to the printer. I tried to download just the driver for windows 7 but it is included in the Windows Update for the laptop, and therefore is not available for download. I think i have to have that driver installed into my desktop in order to get everything to function properly. Any suggestions, comments will be greatly appreciated. I really hate to junk such a great printer out.