Laserjet 1200 Printer Drivers / Windows 10

[shortyccg]

Greetings,

My HP Laserjet 1200 worked correctly with no issues when I downloaded and installed Windows 10 (64 bit) in early November 2015.  I upgraded from Windows 7.  On December 16, 2015, there was a major Windows 10 update that was automatically install on my system.  The install took about a half hour or so.  After the install and rebooting, the printer would no longer print.  The printer will print a test page if I hit the button on the printer.  However, there appears to be no communication between the computer and printer.  The Laserjet is an older model from 2002, and is connected via a parallel port.  I've tried unsuccessfully to install new drivers from the HP site and have exhausted all other troubleshooting tools provided.  I have not seen this issue addressed on the Forum .  It has been suggested that one of the security updates on 12/16 may have eliminated the ability to connect via a parallel port.  Any help/suggestions would be appreciated.  Hate to have to buy a new printer when this one works perfectly well!

Shortyccg

[davidzuts · Accepted solution]

With a  parallel port it is a known issue with the latest update of windows 10.  Go to device manager and in the Port Settings tab change from "Never use an interrupt" to either of the other options.

[shortyccg]

Seems to have done the trick. Thanks for the help!!

[johnc194401]

After windows 10 install my older 1200  will not  print unless I pull the  power cord  and  reinsert then it works  fine  for  a while but then the  problem  reoccurs it  seems  to be after  i let the  computerr  go to sleep. Printer  assogned  port is  DOT4_001 n don't  know  what that  means