Deskjet 710/720/810/820/1000 Series printers - Patch for 64 bit Vista and Windows 7

[sammorxman]

A parallel card! ?.. dang, shy didn't I think of that.
Good call!
Won't help with AIOs oe laptops. Sigh.

[sammorxman]

This is late response... and I fear you already went to Radio Shack. Others have said the Maplin does not work. If that was you reporting that it doesn't work.... forgive this forgetful retiree 😛

[anetb]

thamks for trying. will look for your next post

[sceptic-fritz]

I am afraid the instructions for installing the patch are no help to me. Is there not a piece of software that a non-techie can download?

[Bob_Headrick]

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@sceptic-fritz wrote:

I am afraid the instructions for installing the patch are no help to me. Is there not a piece of software that a non-techie can download?

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Sorry, if the instruction in this post or the one here are not clear then perhaps you can find someone local to apply the patch for you.  Do you have a USB-parallel cable that is verified to work?  What printer model do you have?  Which operating system?  Do you have a 32 bit or 64 bit version?

[sceptic-fritz]

Thanks for the response, Bob. The printer is a Deskjet 720C. The operating system on my new PC is Windows 7 (64-bit). The cable is brand new and when I plugged it into the PC, Windows automatically installed the software for it. But I have no independent means of testing it. The printer still works. After finding out that it would not work with the new PC, I disconnected the new PC and reconnected the old and I was able to print from there without problem. I am now back on the new PC, but the printer won't work. Incidentally, my Control Panel/Devices and Printers tells me the printer is ready (it has a green tick on it), and when I send a document to rpint, the printer icon appears to tell me the document is printing - but it isn't.

[Bob_Headrick]

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@sceptic-fritz wrote:

Thanks for the response, Bob. The printer is a Deskjet 720C. The operating system on my new PC is Windows 7 (64-bit). The cable is brand new and when I plugged it into the PC, Windows automatically installed the software for it. But I have no independent means of testing it. The printer still works. After finding out that it would not work with the new PC, I disconnected the new PC and reconnected the old and I was able to print from there without problem. I am now back on the new PC, but the printer won't work. Incidentally, my Control Panel/Devices and Printers tells me the printer is ready (it has a green tick on it), and when I send a document to rpint, the printer icon appears to tell me the document is printing - but it isn't.

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OK, without the patch applied the printer will not work in Windows 7 x64.  I will send you a PM, look for the envelope at the top of the page.  If you have any unread PM's there will be a number next to the envelope, click the envelope to read the message.

[monkeface]

I downloaded the patch and was so hopeful. It looked like everything was going smoothly, but it doesn't work for me. I have Windows 7, 64 bit. My printer doesn't even show in Devices and Printers. All I see there is IEEE-1284 Controller, the usb cable (I guess). I have a GWC AP1305-BG cable, which I ordered from reading what some others in this forum said worked for them.

[anetb]

I bought teh ULTRA usb to parallel printer adapter but it is not compatible for Windows 8. It does work for the above printers with windows98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7 (32 & 64 bit versions). TigerDirect sent me another cable but I keep telling them it doesn't work with Windows 8. Does anyone have any ideas? I have $100 worth of printer cartridges so am not ready to buy a new printer yet...although I may have to.

[Bob_Headrick]

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@monkeface wrote:

I downloaded the patch and was so hopeful. It looked like everything was going smoothly, but it doesn't work for me. I have Windows 7, 64 bit. My printer doesn't even show in Devices and Printers. All I see there is IEEE-1284 Controller, the usb cable (I guess). I have a GWC AP1305-BG cable, which I ordered from reading what some others in this forum said worked for them.

The first post mentioned that this is not the driver, it is just a patch for the driver.  Based on your feedback I edited that post to be a bit more clear: You need to first install the driver, then you can install the patch.  Try the following: click Start, Devices and Printers, Add a Printer, Local printer, pick the proper port - for a USB-Parallel converter this will likely be something like USB001:.  Once the printer has been installed do not print a test page until the patch has been applied.