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Any way to make Laserjet 3200 work with Windows 7?

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mitchellvii   01-14-2009 at 01:05:32 PM

I have a trusty dusty HP Laserjet 3200. There are no W7 drivers for this model yet and the Vista 64 drivers don't work and can't be installed in compatibility mode.

Are there any other drivers out there that will work with the Laserjet 3200 and W7 and give me basic functionality or am I just SOL until HP releases some drivers? P.S., If I sound clueless about how print drivers work, it is because I am.

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Bronze Win 7 badge Scotteq   01-14-2009 at 02:40:13 PM
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As that model is something like 8 years old and not being sold any more, I highly doubt HP (or anyone else, for that matter) will write new drivers for it. IMHO, you are SOL.

------------------------------ Which Chip? Well, it depends on which set of thieving b@stardz you choose to support: The ones who use insider trading to enrich themselves while running their company into the ground, or the ones who illegally pay vendors to not support the first group.
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mitchellvii   01-14-2009 at 02:52:30 PM
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Yeah Scott, I was afraid of that. The good news is that new printers are amazingly cheap, but I do like that one as it has always been trusty.

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Stephen_S4   01-14-2009 at 11:54:22 PM
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Microsoft does have an official Windows 7 Beta Support Forum located here http://tinyurl.com/9fhdl5 . It is supported by product specialists as well as engineers and support teams. You may want to post your question there.

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tcsenter   01-16-2009 at 11:54:21 PM
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You want to go for three topics on the same thing, or did I already miss the third one?

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] 00-drivers

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mitchellvii   01-16-2009 at 11:58:57 PM
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tcsenter wrote :

You want to go for three topics on the same thing, or did I already miss the third one?

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] 00-drivers



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Message edited by Jake_Barnes on 01-17-2009 at 02:34:27 AM
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tcsenter   01-17-2009 at 01:08:23 AM
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Yes, I helped you remember the last topic you created just a few days ago on the exact same question. When you retardedly start multiple topics on the same question, you apparently need assistance keeping tabs on them.

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mitchellvii   01-21-2009 at 04:15:43 PM
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Attention Moderators:

You delete my message in response to the abusive tcsenter and yet allow his comment calling me "retarded" to remain?

Are you kidding me? This abuser is allowed to flame me at will and I am not permitted to respond?

Wow, just wow. Very poor job of moderation.

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PsyKhiqZero   01-21-2009 at 04:47:10 PM
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If you still have access to a vista machine, you could install the drivers there. Make sure you pay attention to where it extracts the files. copy the extracted files over to a flash drive then use the device manager in win7 to install the printer.

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mitchellvii   01-21-2009 at 05:17:17 PM
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Psy,

Thanks. I considered that but it seems no matter what I try, Windows 7 just doesn't want to work with my Laserjet 3200. Understandable in a way, because it is an older printer, however, W7 DOES support HP printers older than this. They just seem to have left out the 3200 series (very common printer) for some reason know only to M$ & HP.

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mitchellvii   01-21-2009 at 05:51:01 PM
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Ok, figured it out.

Downloaded the latest PCL 6 Universal Print Driver from HP for the 3200. Then I set it up as a USB Printer instead of a COM printer and it worked like a charm.

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Anonymous   03-28-2009 at 04:12:21 PM
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Here are the exact instructions of how to do it:

http://www.lostcircuits.com/forum/ [...] f=11&t=576

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windows7windows   08-17-2009 at 09:24:05 PM
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I was able to get it to work by downlaoding the PCL 6 driver for windows xp. It seems to work fine so far.

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AP-123   09-11-2009 at 04:40:34 PM
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I too have a trusty, dusty laserjet 3200. Was anyone able to get this installed with windows 7 64 bit or just 32? TIA

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Bronze Win 7 badge Scotteq   09-11-2009 at 05:02:11 PM
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Read Mitchell's post, two above yours.

------------------------------ Which Chip? Well, it depends on which set of thieving b@stardz you choose to support: The ones who use insider trading to enrich themselves while running their company into the ground, or the ones who illegally pay vendors to not support the first group.
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AP-123   09-11-2009 at 06:53:33 PM
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Installed latest PCL 6 Universal Print Driver from HP for the 3200. There is not an option for USB on either the existing port or when choosing to Create a new port.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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AP-123   09-11-2009 at 08:36:28 PM
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I was able to add the 3200 on Windows 7 from the driver mentioned above but only if connected locally. Then was able to share to another Windows 7 machine.

I was not able to add the printer via network from my Windows Home Server. So now I'm the shared host instead of my Home Server.

Thanks

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