[parasolution]

I upgraded my system to Vista Home Premium 32 bit by doing a clean install. My last problem is getting my printers to talk. I have 3 printers, 2 on an old Intel print server (HP 5 MP & HP Photosmart 1215) and directly to the PC via USB (HP Photosmart 5160).

I got the 5MP to connect and print by creating a TCP/IP port. I did the same with the photosmart 1215, but it won't print. Nothing comes to the printer. I tried several times, nothing happens.

But the one that is really killing me is the printer connected via USB. I downloaded the latest Vista drivers from HP and installed. Everything installed without a hitch. Once a document is sent to print, it grabs the paper and spits out a blank sheet. If I open printer properties and print a test page, I get the MS logo and "Windows Printer Test Page" on the top the page, then the rest of the sheet is blank. I then get a second page that has the calibration printout. If I go to print a document again....again I get blank pages, sometimes followed by the calibration print out.

I downloaded HP's printing diagnostic utility, but it was of no help. Printer checked out ok. I uninstalled the driver/software and reinstalled, still the same thing. I uninstalled all the USB ports from device manager and restarted, still the same problem.

Don't know what else to do. Printer was working perfect prior to the Vista upgrade.

[kiwiguy]

The 1215 is not compatable with Vista.

However others have found a work-around, read the discussions at the link below.
http://winvistaforums.com/windows-vi...5-vista-2.html

[parasolution]

Thanks, that was awesome. I figured the 1215 was not compatible with vista, as was the 5MP, but I was able to get the 5MP working by just creating a TCP/IP port.

Now, I just need to get the 5160 to work, the one connected via USB. For some reason its just printing blanks.

[parasolution]

I'm at wits end with the D5160 printer. unistalled/installed software so many times, I've followed everything that HP Tech support has said, yet I still can't get it to print.

I connected the printer directly to my laptop that runs XP Pro, no problems printing; so I know its not a printer hardware problem.

If I print a test page from properties, just the logo and the phrase windows printer test page appears. All the text that supposed to appear below it is blank. If I try to print a document, all pages are blank. The printer acts as though its printing, but the sheets are blank.

I even tried using the different driver (the 7200), same results.

Any ideas.