Connecting laptop to old Deskjet 710C desktop printer

santer_2

Click start then right click computer, click properties.

In System, system type, has it got 64-bit there?

You could also ask here, not the fastest for responses but worth a go

http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=23

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/HP-inkjet/

closed

buy a new one, it will be faster.

MimiJane

Tend to agree ... don't think I'd even attempt to install that patch with my limited technical knowledge!

Now thinking of buying a "cheap" all-in-one printer, so I can chuck my old printer and scanner. Wondering about the HP Deskjet 2510 :-


http://www.amazon.co.uk/HP-Deskjet-2510-All-In-One-Printer/dp/B008KX6B1G/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1354214131&sr=8-10


I'm a little nervous about whether it will connect up to my XP desktop and also my Windows 7 laptop after my previous experience above, but am guessing that any "modern" printer would be OK.


I'd be grateful for your thoughts guys ...

closed

after all these posts, I'm still none the wiser as to what lead you are plugging it in with, and what type of connection it has.

If you buy a new one, just check it has xp drivers available

MimiJane

Thanks closed. Just connected up with a USB connector btw.

closed

ok, the parallel thing was a red herring

the patch instructions seem simple, you may as well try them

MimiJane

They may be simple to you closed but, to me, they're just meaningless gobbledegook

santer_2

MimiJane wrote: »

I'm yet to find out if mine is 62 bit, but it would appear to quite probably explain what the problem is.

Did you check which version you have?

MimiJane

Yep ... 62 bit.

closed

32 or 64, not 62