Can't find a driver for HP Photosmart 7960

[Chanda_1979]

I am looking for the driver to install for my Windows 8.1 64 bit OS for my HP Photosmart 7960 printer.  I am not having any luck finding it.  Can someone please help me?  I pulled it up through HP site but it takes me to a page that says "page not found"

Thanks in Advance

Chanda

[banhien]

Hi,

Well, this could be a very old printer

  

Please use run Windows updates and hopefully you can get Windows Generic driver to print otherwise  go to the following site and click "More details"

      http://h10010.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?os=4158&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&sw_lang=&product=3053...

Regards.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

Download and save, but do not run the 2nd driver (W8.1 x64) listed on the webpage below.

http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=%20Photosmart%207960

Download and install this free file utility.  The 2nd link at the top of the page is for 64 bit.

http://www.7-zip.org/

After you install 7-Zip, right click on the printer driver file you downloaded.

Have 7-Zip Extract to:  And let it extract the file into its folder name.

Once that is done, use the add printer wizard, and when you are asked to install the driver, click on Have Disk, and browse to the driver folder 7-Zip created>HPP413As, and select the HP Photosmart 7960 series printer from the list, and the driver should install.

[Chanda_1979]

I'm so sorry.  I'm not understanding.  I download the first one on the list of the top link?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

You download the 2nd Photosmart driver listed on the first link I posted.  That is the 64 bit version.

[Chanda_1979]

OK the part where it says to add printer wizard, where do I find that? ...that doesn't pop up. I'm so sorry this is new to me. I don't know what to do afterwards I install it. I apologize for my lack of knowledge

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

See if these instructions help.  You already have the driver folder you created with 7-zip, I assume, so just start at # 3, and go from there.

https://help.brother-usa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/69087/~/add-a-printer-driver---windows-8-or-8.1