Why no driver for HP 7150 Printer for Windows 10?

[VinnieMo]

I repeatedly get a message saying the driver is unavailable.

[sandytechy20]

@VinnieMo

Welcome to the HP Forums, this is a great location to get assistance! I read your post and see that you are getting driver is unavailable error on your  HP Photosmart 7150 Printer . I would like to help you resolve this issue. 

1. Power reset the printer and make sure the printer is plugged in directly to the wall outlet, avoiding power bars and surge protectors. This ensures the printer is receiving full power.

Reset Instructions:

• Press the Power button to turn on the product.
• With the product turned on, disconnect the power cord from the rear of the product.
• Unplug the power cord from the wall outlet.
• Wait at least 15 seconds.
• Plug the power cord back into the wall outlet.
• Reconnect the power cord to the rear of the product.
• If the product does not turn on by itself, press the Power button to turn it on.

2. Make a black and white copy and a color copy from the front of the printer to see if they work.

3. From your PC, run the Print and Scan Doctor, and select "Fix Printing". This diagnostic tool will check for any conflicts that could be causing the issue. The tool will show you a report at the end. If there was a problem that the tool could not fix, you will notice it in the results. 

Let me know how it goes.

Cheers.

[VinnieMo]

SandyTechy20, the problem is that HP doe not/did not produce a driver for the HP 7150 Photosmart printer to work with Windows 10. Is HP going to fix this or should I just discard the printer? 

[sabretooth04]

Nothing to do with resetting the printer.

I find no drivers either.   Try using the Windows Add Printer wizard to see if that will help.

[bygumbo]

Same problem. HP driver download site would not allow me to select a driver that differed from Windows 10. I had to use an older computer to download HP 7150 driver for Vista 64 bit, copy to USB drive and install on a new Win 10 computer. Fewer functions but the HP 7150 now works with Windows 10. Things would be simpler if HP simply produced a driver for Win 10. Planned obsolescence, and will certainly affect my interest in purchasing any HP products in the future.

[MKazi]

@bygumbo

I have escalated your concern to HP’s Support Team in your region to have it reviewed for available options, if any. You should be contacted within 4 business days (Excluding holidays & Weekends).

Response times may vary by region. Please send a Private Message, if you aren’t contacted within 4-5 business days.

[VinnieMo]

Hi, @bygumbo. In your message, you indicated that you were escalating the situation and that I should get a response in 4-5 days. Any progress on getting me the answer? Thanks, VinnieMo

[ColinMudd]

I have come to this discussion late! Still no driver for Photosmart 7150 available. This is a real pain! How would I go about copying the driver from my old PC to my new Laptop? Any advice much appreciated.

[phizaze]

I finally got my HP Photosmart 7150 working with Windows 10 64bit.  I downloaded the Microsoft catalog update file 10.2.0.4 from http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=photosmart+7150.

Then I extracted the .cab file (called 20053816_e4c19097fe01a8256595770c5052ff2e6f2053ca).

Then through Device Manager, I selected Update Driver and browsed to the directory the .cab extracted to.

That worked!

[VinnieMo]

Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, it didn't work. The file to which you refer says it is for Windows 7 & Vista. Thanks  again for trying to help.