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‎03-10-2011 03:03 PM

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@jdryd wrote:

Should this procedure be done on the desktop with xp, directly attached to the dj5150 or the windows 7 laptop accessing the printer via the home network? I followed your instructions on the desktop but dj 5100 series was not listed, even when I clicked Windows update. I have a feeling this printer is just too old...

 

One of the recent updates removed the HP Deskjet 5100 series, it is now found under Hewlett-Packard Deskjet 5150 series.  You will need to do the Add a Printer on the Windows 7 machine.

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‎12-10-2013 06:29 PM

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\XPcomputername\DJ5150sharename (use the correct XP computer share and Deskjet 5150 share names),
must be stupid but what is this I copied it and it doesn't work
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‎12-10-2013 07:03 PM

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bob   pls be more specific about \\xp    what to be typed in

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‎12-10-2013 11:04 PM - last edited on ‎02-24-2017 12:55 PM by HP Administrator

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@sharjk wrote:

bob   pls be more specific about \\xp    what to be typed in

The \\xpname\printername stuff was for the case where the printer is connected to an XP machine and shared over the network.

 

If you are actually connecting the Deskjet 5150 directly to the Windows 7 machine with a USB cable you will want to use the procedure here.  You can click Start, Devices and Printers, Add a Printer, Local Printer, LPt1: (for a placeholder), Windows update and follow the steps in this post to make sure the driver is available, then just cancel the Add printer dialog and follow the procedure in the link I gave above.


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‎02-22-2015 08:37 AM

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Deskjet 5150 driver for Windows 7 (64 bit)

 

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‎07-24-2016 12:39 PM

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driver 

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‎07-24-2016 01:51 PM

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@macras wrote:

driver 

http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-Deskjet-5100-Printer-series/304430/model/304432/document/c017...


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