Need help installing older HP printer in Windows 10

[joeblow]

I have a HP LaserJet 1200 which I want to use in Windows 10. There are apparently ways to do it. But I have spent hours trying out 'solutions' found at HP's website, Microsoft's website, and other sites. None of them work.

I know for a fact the printer works. I was using it on a regular basis with no problems before I was forced to upgrade to Windows 10.

I found this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6V3aUsqRkI&feature=youtu.be in a Microsoft help thread. I got to 3:40, everything went exactly as shown in the video up to that point. Then I lost it. Datenträger = 'Have Disk'. I don't have a disk for the printer because it's more than 10 years old.

I can get it to print test page. That's all it prints. It doesn't print anything else.

Apparently I need this file: HP Universal Print Driver for Windows PostScript (64-bit) https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/closure/hp-universal-print-driver-series-for-windows/503548/model/4157320

I've downloaded and installed it several times not as Administrator and as Administrator.

Here are some other threads I've found, trying out the solutions unsuccessfully:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-hardware/how-to-install-a-hp-laserjet-1200-printer-in/863d56dd-c5dc-475d-ac2f-531ec5925421?page=2

https://www.infopackets.com/news/10347/how-fix-hp-laserjet-1200-wont-recognize-windows-10

https://support.hp.com/ca-en/document/c04675396#AbT0

https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2153973-laserjet-1200-on-win-10

Could somebody walk me through this? Thanks.

[patio]

Heres your drivers...https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-laserjet-1200-printer-series/29789

[Mac20nine]

This may be completely off base but if the drivers you've tried don't play nice w/Windows 10 you might be able to utilize a cheap hp JetDirect ethernet print server box. You'd need to install the driver on it AFAIK but that might circumvent 10, be a quick solution. Sometimes a hardware solution beats a software solution.

Let us know how you're fairing. I supported printers for years and had a good end of day today when (after no message telling me install was successful) I got Windows 10 up and running.