Vista/Windows 7 Duplex Patch for Officejet 7210 7310 7410 and Photosmart 2610 2710

[stevemetsch]

This works great . But: I have Vista 64 and cannot choose the %temp% destination for the extract.  Instead I used c:\temp.  The rest worked great.

I am amazed (in a bad way) that HP has not fixed this problem for networked printers.

Thanks, I got tired of standing on my head trying to save paper.

[tjmcdaneld]

This patch says I have to purchase the fix. Why is that?

[Bob_Headrick]

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tjmcdaneld wrote:

This patch says I have to purchase the fix. Why is that?

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Where does it say that?  The patches are all available for download on this site, there is no charge.

[MichaelB76]

I used the patch on Vista successfullly; many thanks!  Several months ago I bought a new notebook with Win 7 Prof and duplex printing worked fine until a couple of months ago.  I've deleted the 7410 and reinstallled it, loaded the Vista patch, just in case and still can't get it to print on both sides even though the Duplex Unit appears as Installed on the Device Settings tab and I double check for two sided printing when printing a doc.  I've also tried downloading the full driver from HP.  I'm using a USB connection.  I can copy on two sides, so hardware is fine.

Any suggestions?

Many thanks for your assistance.

[Bob_Headrick]

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MichaelB76 wrote:

I used the patch on Vista successfullly; many thanks!  Several months ago I bought a new notebook with Win 7 Prof and duplex printing worked fine until a couple of months ago.  I've deleted the 7410 and reinstallled it, loaded the Vista patch, just in case and still can't get it to print on both sides even though the Duplex Unit appears as Installed on the Device Settings tab and I double check for two sided printing when printing a doc.  I've also tried downloading the full driver from HP.  I'm using a USB connection.  I can copy on two sides, so hardware is fine.

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The patch should not be needed for Windows 7 although it should not hurt anything.  Are you using the Windows 7 driver?  If not I would suggest you download and install the Windows 7 driver from HP here.  

If you are using the Win 7 driver what happens when you select duplex printing?  

• Do all the pages print but on single pages?  If single pages are alternating pages reversed top to bottom?  
• What are your paper settings - are you selecting Automatic or Plain Paper?  If the paper type is set to Automatic I would suggest changing it to Plain Paper. 
• Are there any error messages?

[MichaelB76]

Many thanks for your prompt reply, Bob.  I downloaded the driver from the link you provided and duplex is working. 

THANK YOU!

[kfjwhd]

this solution fixed this problem that has been bugging me for ages. Thanks for your help Bob.

Kim

[DOGSTAR]

Hi,

Could you please advise.

i am trying to apply the patch for the duplex issue on my 7410.

Running vista 32

latest driver from hp installed

patch unziped in temp folder.

I get to command " ren hpo7x00t.gpd *.bak" and system states file not found.

Am i missing something?

Regards

[monizmsc]

I dont have a %temp% folder to unzip the file into, so I get the error message file not found.

I tried to create it under the system32 folder and it stil didn't work... What do I have to type to get the computer to read the file from the location it is in.   The file is currently in C:Windows\System32\%temp%

Thank you

[Bob_Headrick]

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monizmsc wrote:

I dont have a %temp% folder to unzip the file into, so I get the error message file not found.

I tried to create it under the system32 folder and it stil didn't work... What do I have to type to get the computer to read the file from the location it is in.   The file is currently in C:Windows\System32\%temp%

Thank you

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Did you read the PDF that included the detailed instructions?  %temp% is a shortcut to the system temporary file, you can find it by typing %temp% in the computer.