Windows 7 Laserjet 4M driver.

[guest]

Windows7 did not include HP4 driver family at all in the evaluation dvd which I understand but when I go to HP I had also noticed that I can't download any Laserjet 4 family drivers for XP or Vista. It only state that we can get it from Microsoft Windows installation or auto update. Is HP totally rely on Microsoft to distribute HP printer drivers support and download? Now how do I extract my HP4M driver out of Vista DVD? or I should ask this question to Microsoft?

Interestingly, I go to Dell site to download old laptop drivers (xp, vista etc) any time. What happen here?

[guest]

The Laserjet 4M drivers (and many others) are actually available through the Windows Update process. Try the following: go to the Printers folder, select Add a Printer, select the appropriate port, then when the "Chose a Printer Model" dialog comes up select "Windows Update". This will take several minutes to download the new drivers available, have patience in this step as it can appear the application is hung but it takes some time. When the list reappears select HP as the manufacturer, there will be four or more choices for the Laserjet 4/4M driver including 300 and 600 dpi Postscript versions.

[guest]

Thank you. It works. Actually I tried it before then I thought it was hung and terminate the process. A few questions remain (1) do we really need to make printer installation this complicated? (2) why HP does not post their driver on HP site? (3) trying to imaging if this was the Windows7 release date or major corporation deployment how many support calls will this generate? Both HP and Windows7 will be blamed for this thoughtless move. Why can we (1) include the all HP drivers in the Windows7 installation DVD (2) make sure HP keeps their own drivers on their web site regardless how old the printer is. It is HP's obligation to support their customer and they should be rely on others.

Why we always tried to make things more difficult than it is? Is common sense really does not exists anymore?
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