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SuperTongue   10-24-2009 at 06:41:03 AM

I'm attempting to add a printer hooked up to my WHS desktop downstairs to my new Windows 7 64-bit machine, and the 7 machine is set up and connected with the printer showing up under shared printers.

When I go to connect, I need to add a 64-bit driver, but the only available drivers on the HS are 32-bit. When I go to add a printer manually (to check for included drivers), there's a driver for the printer on 7 itself, but where can I find it to use with the HS? (By that I mean, where would it be located within 7?) The HP site has nothing for 64-bit drivers (but states that Vista comes with the drivers, and as stated, 7 seems to as well, but that's just for a USB connection).

So, um, sorry for babbling... Any ideas?

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rpmyher   11-04-2009 at 08:30:26 PM

I'm having the exact same problem trying to print to my Photosmart 7550.

I found this forum: http://www.vistax64.com/drivers/12 [...] 0-a-2.html talk about the same issue and the compatible Deskjet 5550 64 bit drivers here: http://www.siliconguide.com/drivers/device/508/

Inside that file is the .inf you want.

But it's taking forever to download the 50 Mb file.

So, I too would like to know, why can't I manually select the printer driver as if I was adding a local printer. I could then point it to the Deskjet 5550 and I'd be done. Is there a way to do that? or is there a location for the windows 7 drivers file that I can point the installation to?

Thanks in advance.

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SuperTongue   11-17-2009 at 05:31:44 AM

I installed the printer manually (using the network search in "Add Printer" ) and finally got that .exe to download.

I'm uploading the .exe elsewhere, and I'll post the link in a minute when it's done. I simply extracted it and directed it to the .inf file and it installed just fine on 7 64 bit Home Premium.

Finally, I can print from my room now. Thanks for the help, and I hope it works for you. (The download didn't take too long, but if you have Firefox you can see how much of the 50MB is downloaded and estimate the time yourself.)

I'll get to posting the link ASAP.

Edit:
http://www.mediafire.com/?0z0zqd1gmey


Message edited by SuperTongue on 11-17-2009 at 06:13:32 AM
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