How many printers can be installed by using same printer driver?

ariesharas

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I use 2 HP Laserjet 1020 series printers. sometimes my printer driver is automatically uninstalled. so i cannot print in both printers. Can u solve this friends?
 

jaml

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"sometimes my printer driver is automatically uninstalled." - how is that possible??? I have 6 printers installed (including 2x LJ1018) and that never happend. I also run service point for printers and in my office sometimes i have more than 10 printers of same model... and I never find any problem?

Do You use any "cleaning" software?
 

LisaMarie Sptagent

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Hi ariesharas, I would be happy to help you with your Laserjet 1020 printers. I understand sometime your driver automatically uninstalls itself.

You can install many printers using the same driver, it might be best to rename them to help identify each printer specifically, but the number of printers you are installing should not be a factor to the issue you are expressing. Do you have these printers set up wirelessly, and may I ask, what operating system, and version do you have? Mac or Windows?

Perhaps the Print and Scan Doctor will help identify and potentially resolve the mystery of the printer uninstalling automatically. The HP Print and Scan Doctor is a free utility (tool) that helps to quickly resolve common printing, scanning and connectivity issues.

I hope this helps.
I work on behalf of HP.
Lisa.