Photosmart 145 and Windows 7

[joceire]

Have a Photosmart 145 and cant get it to work on Windows 7. This website says "Oh the photosmart 335 drivers will work and win update will fix them" No such luck. My photosmart printer is now a pile of garbage. Surely there is a way to get this working on Windows 7?

[pcwizard · Accepted solution]

Hi joceire,

You need to use the Photosmart 330 driver. Follow the instructions from the document below.

Installing the Printer with an Alternate Driver in Windows 7 for a USB Cable Connection

[joceire]

Thanks for the reply Pcwizard I did that and the printer doesn't seem to work when I do it that way. I ended up using Virtual PC and using XP on Virtual PC and just use it that way. Thanks for your help.

[pcwizard]

Hi joceire,

Glad to hear the issue is resolved. Have a wonderful day.

[SunshineDidIt]

Ummm wait... How is that resolved? A virtual PC is essentially  taking a chunk of memory on your hard drive to trick your computer into running like it's a different operating system... So this is not solved! The string is LITERALLY named Photosmart 145 and Windows 7. Your reply above, doesn't work. Everyone that knows ANYthing about eletronics knows to go to support for drivers and the like, so it's highly likely when you turn to a forum, it's due to already trying these things & they werent successful.

I still want to know how to troubleshoot & make it work on MY computer running Windows 7 like the title says. I'm not interested in slowing down my computer & taking up space making a virtual anything just for the printer, but I'd like it to be more than a doorstop.

So where's the REAL solution???

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driver 145 

[joceire]

This wasn't the solution in the end. As pointed out I had to use a Virtual copy of XP to get it to work. Still never worked in 7.