Vista driver for my HP Color LaserJet 5 does not print test page. Vista
recognizes device and loads driver but Test Page will not print. I have
tried the HP Universal Printer Driver. It prints but characters are too
large.

I am using a Manhattan Parallel Port Cord (model 165297), which has the
Vista updated driver.

What do I do now? Hopefully, not a new printer because Vista will come off
the PC in a heartbeat.

I'm somewhat at a loss, here, because we have an HP color LaserJet 5 and I
can print from Vista to it fine. Note that this is NOT a direct connection,
it operates through an HP JetDirect unit and Vista is configured to use a
standard TCPIP port with the JetDirect's address. The Vista driver I'm
using is the in-box Color LaserJet 5/5M PostScript driver.

Hal
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"Phil Allen" Phil wrote in message
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Vista driver for my HP Color LaserJet 5 does not print test page. Vista
recognizes device and loads driver but Test Page will not print. I have
tried the HP Universal Printer Driver. It prints but characters are too
large.

I am using a Manhattan Parallel Port Cord (model 165297), which has the
Vista updated driver.

What do I do now? Hopefully, not a new printer because Vista will come
off
the PC in a heartbeat.

The printer is attached directly to my Dell XPS410. Vista recognizes the
printer but after installation, the test page hangs in the printer until I
delete it. I also have tried a Parallel to USB port cable. The result is
the same.

I haven't given up just yet but I am close

"Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" wrote:

I'm somewhat at a loss, here, because we have an HP color LaserJet 5 and I
can print from Vista to it fine. Note that this is NOT a direct connection,
it operates through an HP JetDirect unit and Vista is configured to use a
standard TCPIP port with the JetDirect's address. The Vista driver I'm
using is the in-box Color LaserJet 5/5M PostScript driver.

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE --
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Live at Hot Licks - www.badnewsbluesband.com

"Phil Allen" Phil wrote in message
...
Vista driver for my HP Color LaserJet 5 does not print test page. Vista
recognizes device and loads driver but Test Page will not print. I have
tried the HP Universal Printer Driver. It prints but characters are too
large.

I am using a Manhattan Parallel Port Cord (model 165297), which has the
Vista updated driver.

What do I do now? Hopefully, not a new printer because Vista will come
off
the PC in a heartbeat.

Change the parallel communication setup on the printer. I'd start by
disabling Bi-directional. Just change the printer setting and power cycle
the printer. If none of the printer settings works, then I suggest getting
a different USB to parallel conversion cable but HP will tell you straight
out that this configuration is not supported.

If all else fails, get a network card for the device. It's the old old
style so you can probably find a reasonably priced NIC.

I tossed most of my old cards.

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base he
http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"phil allen" phil wrote in message
...
The printer is attached directly to my Dell XPS410. Vista recognizes the
printer but after installation, the test page hangs in the printer until I
delete it. I also have tried a Parallel to USB port cable. The result is
the same.

I haven't given up just yet but I am close

"Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" wrote:

I'm somewhat at a loss, here, because we have an HP color LaserJet 5 and
I
can print from Vista to it fine. Note that this is NOT a direct
connection,
it operates through an HP JetDirect unit and Vista is configured to use a
standard TCPIP port with the JetDirect's address. The Vista driver I'm
using is the in-box Color LaserJet 5/5M PostScript driver.

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE --
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Live at Hot Licks - www.badnewsbluesband.com

"Phil Allen" Phil wrote in message
...
Vista driver for my HP Color LaserJet 5 does not print test page.
Vista
recognizes device and loads driver but Test Page will not print. I
have
tried the HP Universal Printer Driver. It prints but characters are
too
large.

I am using a Manhattan Parallel Port Cord (model 165297), which has the
Vista updated driver.

What do I do now? Hopefully, not a new printer because Vista will come
off
the PC in a heartbeat.

Just for some googlers out there...

I had a problem w/ Vista / HP Laserjet 5 Drivers. It'd recognize the
document, but never send it to printer, finally ending in Error.

Printer was connected via Ethernet, router, cat5, local home network,
but, I did the add printer, add local port, add tcp/ip port, on to add
driver procedure. It got thru installation and everything seemed fine,
but again, when attempting to even print a test page, error.

I simply uninstalled it, went to add it, chose detect printers on local
network, it found it.. let it do auto install, replace driver, etc.
worked.

no biggie, just a quick tip for ppl out there googling laserjet 5 and
vista


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gummylick

Hi there, did you find a solution? I have the color laserjet 5 which is
connected to a new pc running vista although I had to install a pci card
with a parallel port (not on the new pc). I send prints and I get the
message "invalid job" Aborting job" which appears on the printer itself
NOT on the PC monitor?? I would be very grateful for a response.


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wickeser