Cheap Vista PC: In Search of a Printer Driver
IMHO the paperless office is about as appealing as a paperless restroom. So, one of my early system checks was to see if I could print from an HP Photosmart 7760 on my freshly upgraded cheap Vista PC. To my disappointment the answer was no. However, this problem was flagged by the Vista Upgrade Advisor. So, I was not terribly surprised. I ran a few searches and found a discussion on LockerGnome about the much newer HP PhotoSmart 7960 that gave me the slap-on-the-forehead insight I needed. Both the 7900 series and 7700 series drivers are very similar to the HP Photosmart 7800 driver that is available in Vista. Manually installing the 7800 driver for my 7760 worked. As noted in the discussion board thread, the ink supply information is not provided. But, it lets me get printed output. And, that is good enough for now. Let's hope HP provides updated complete Vista drivers for its printer lines.