Okay, so I found a work-around to this problem. The bad part is you need a computer that's able to print to the laserjet on your network, but it works! Here're the basic steps: • Install pdfCreator from on your Windows 7 machine.
This is a 'virtual printer' that turns anything you send to it into a PDF file. It appears as a regular printer in windows. • Create a shared folder on the computer with the printer attached. I called mine 'Spool' and put it in my root directory. • Open up PDFCreator and go to Printer -->Options -->Auto Save. • Check the 'Use Auto-save' box. Select pdf as the format to use.
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• Check the 'Use this directory for auto-save' box. Enter the shared folder on the other computer that you created in step 2. • Close the pdfcreator properties window. • Install Batch Doc Print from on the machine with the Laserjet 1000 attached.
• Open Batch Doc Print. Go to Tasks -->Watch Folder. • Click 'Browse' and select the shared folder you created in step 2. • Check the 'Monitor the folder when windows start up box.' • Click 'Add' and then OK.
Now all you have to do is set PDFCreator to be your default printer on your Windows 7 machine and make sure your printer computer is turned on when you want to print! The only downside to this is that Batch Doc Print isn't free, so you have to click 'Try' every time your computer starts up. This doesn't limit it's functionality, so for me it's not a big deal. I've found another way around this problem. HP makes the best, most reliable printers.
They last a long time. However HP is notorious about not supporting those printers after they have replaced them in their product line. After trying vista, I never went there because there were NO vista drivers offered. Now that I am going Win7 64-bit I thought I was screwed. I have a Laserjet 3330 multifunction printer from 2002 that is used at home and is still going very strong. It is installed on an HP print server attached to the network switch in my home office.
On the assumption that one HP PCL6 Laserjet is much like another. I tried installing an HP M3027/M3035 MFM PCL6 64-bitdriver from the RTM built-in diver list. To my surprise it worked flawlessly. Even the manual duplex was supported the same way. Unfortunately, the scan function still eludes me. The send a fax from your PC function I can live without. I your case, look at other entry Laserjet printers.
The LJ 1200 came after the 1100. I don't remember what replaced the 1200. But try today's entry Laserjets. You will need a driver to support the PCL5 or PCL6 function in the 1100.
Try this strategy. I don't know whether it works with the USB plugged directly into your PC. I do have a HP PhotoSmart 8250 installed on my XP SP3 PC and did try to see if the driver was in the RTM for the Win7 test system. It was and I installed it as a local printer with printer on LPT1 for now. All that means is that there is a 64-bit driver and it did install.
I have not tested it on the printer. My 3330 MFM is on the network. When I installed it as a M3027/M3035, I did it as a local printer but used an HP TCP/IP port on 192.168.1.110. I created the port as part of the install process. Driver Epson Tm 300pa more. The drivers in the RTM are the PCL or PS drivers that HP has on their website for most printers.