hp color laserjet 5

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
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> "Phil Allen" <Phil Allen.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:47F14794-E64F-44AF-AA58-22172BEF99BE@microsoft.com...
> > 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.

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"phil allen" <phil allen RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:00E25448-4C31-464B-BCEF-9ABA664C72FB@microsoft.com...
> 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 -- hhh RemoveThis @kvoa.com
>> 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 Allen RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:47F14794-E64F-44AF-AA58-22172BEF99BE@microsoft.com...
>> > 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