Deskjet Review

My uncle is trying to connect all of our laptops to his wireless Deskjet printer but when I go to add printer, in the list of drivers and whatnot, the deskjet series that he has will not show up in the listing. I clicked Windows update and still nothing. Is there a way around this or a way to add the printer where it will connect to the laptop without doing this? He downloaded the driver and software already from the HP website but it wants to do this again within the control panel, if I’m describing that correctly. Any tips?

Yes and it’s not as hard as it sounds.

Just go to the printer’s website and look for a link to the manufacturer’s drivers. Locate the specific model and download that driver software to a flash drive or some portable media. Just used that media to load the drivers onto your laptop.

I’ve just bought a new HP deskjet printer but there’s no USB cable with it. Would you expect a USB cable to be supplied with your new printer? It’s too late to bring it back to the shop so I’ll have to wait until the morning.
Hey Jeebus, I’ve just bought a brand new printer. The least they can do is give me a USB cable to go with it!

i also purchased a new HP deskjet and the sales person said the USB cable was extra, my blood pressure was going up and i replied " would you buy a car with only 3 wheels" no he said. got the cable 🙂

We’re using HP Deskjet 656c printer. It ran out of ink and it to0k some time before it got refilled again. When it was refilled, the prints aren’t as bright as it used to be. How do I fix this?

When you refill any cartrdige, the print is never as sharp as the original ones. Check the printer preference and make sure that the quality is set to normal or BEST. If that doen’t incerease the sharpness, then replace with the original cartrdige and save yourself the headache.

I have a HP Deskjet 3745 printer and I want to print something but I lost my CD to install the printer to my new laptop. Is there a way I can use the printer without installing the CD?

Some printers come with self install software or just work anyways. Plug in the usb cable, wait to see if anything pops up. I just have to connect the comp. and printer with usb and I’m good to go. Hope this works for you.

I have an HP Deskjet D4260 printer with pretty full cartridges. I have the latest HP drivers for this printer. It prints just fine, except for the fact that the colors are off.

Black is grayish blue, red is really dark, yellow is light brown, orange is dark brown. However, pink, purple, blue, green, and gray seem fine.

Is there some way to fix this by changing the printer’s settings, or is it a problem with the cartridges? It says the ink levels are high, but could something be physically wrong with the cartridges somehow?

Try running a printhead cleaning from the tools menu of the printer. It sounds like the ink may be bleeding over from the other colors.

Are you using refilled cartridges by any chance? This is one of the risks you take when using non-OEM cartridges. Cross contamination of the colored inks could definitely be a cause of the color errors.

The printer has recently been re-installed with drivers downloaded off the internet, and the ink has just been replaced. However, nothing will print. When we go to print a test page, it shoot outs a blank piece of paper. Every now and then a document will print, but won’t print again on the second attempt. It’s an HP Deskjet 1320 printer plugged into the computer with a USB cable. What do we do?

Was the ink you put in new ink? Or had you had it for awhile? Sometimes older ink you haven’t used will be affected by moisture, so if this is the case, go buy new cartridges. You can also try unplugging anything connecting the computer and printer, and the shutting your computer down, plugging everything back in, and restarting your computer. Try opening the front cover of the printer and making sure the ink cartridges roll out so you can see them in the middle of your printer. Print a page while you have it open and make sure that they are moving. If none of this works, call a specialist.

I am using a 10 year old Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 950C printer. It seems to work fine on generic photo paper, or on brand name paper. My question is: Is there really a difference between papers used by InkJets, DeskJets, LaserJets, etc.? I want to know if matte photo paper, listed as InkJet, from Epson will give a decent picture, on an H.P. DeskJet printer?

any type of paper will print on any computer. its better to use the type the printer recommends to get good prints. if you are doing black only it makes no difference.

Currently in the business I am part of we are manufacturing (or attempting to) products that require magnetic paper to be printed on can you do this with a deskjet printer?

As long as the magnetic paper is inkjet/deskjet compatible and is does not exceed the paper specifications of the printer and you can feed the paper in manually, one sheet at a time since magnetic paper will try to stick to each other, then you shouldn’t have a problem.

I have a Dell Inspiron mini 10" laptop. I need to know if it would be compatible with the Hewlett-Packard deskjet 1500 printer? If they are not compatible, is there any equipment or software I will need to make them work together?
Sorry, the printer is HP deskjet 1055. Is HP deskjet 1055 printer and Dell Inspiron mini laptop compatible?

Its not the computer that is compatible with a device its the operating system.

Okay, right now i have a Deskjet2360 and it doesn’t come on the list when i tried to add my printer on to the computer so my printer could be reconzied. How do i add the Deskjet D2360 printer so it could be reconized on the computer? The printer Deskjet is NOT on the list to add the printer from the control panel. So, if anybody could answer this question, 30 POINTS!! PLZ HELP ME!! FULL ANSWERS!

If you are using Windows XP in your computer, follow this HP installation guide:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&product=1100995&docname=c01796496

WinXP does not have the model listed in its available drivers in its installer, so you either use the CD provided with the printer or download a driver from the HP website.