Sunday 31 January 2010

HP 1505n and Windows Server 2003 R2

I had a problem getting this printer to work a few months ago and after recently explaining this to someone else with the same issue I've decided to make a post about it here. If you download the HP LaserJet Hostbased Plug and Play Basic Driver or the HP LaserJet Full Feature Software and Driver from the HP website and use it to install the printer everything appears to work fine but then after a few prints it stopped working. In typical HP driver fashion it also sometimes takes the print spooler with it!

I've only seen this happen on Windows 2003 Terminal Servers so I'm not sure if the cause of the problem is when a Standard User tries to print. After looking at it for a while I decided to try the HP LaserJet PCL5 Basic Driver listed below which appeared to cure the problem. Hopefully if anyone has the same problem then this post may save them. This driver shows with the following name:


Regards

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