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re: Help configuring HP Photosmart printer with USB Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 6:43 am Posted by Jacob6601 (2174 messages posted) Does your usb work for anything else? Did you use the 98 driver? http://download.cnet.com/HP-Photosmart-Printer-Driver-98-Me-/3000...html [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Help configuring HP Photosmart printer with USB Monday, March 23, 2009 at 11:31 am Posted by Preet Dhillon (2 messages posted) Thank you for responding to my post. I have not tried connecting anything else to the computer USB port but I believe the USB port works because when I booted the computer after connecting the printer, the hardware wizard detected the printer and proceeded to the driver install. I attempted to install the very same driver from the link you posted but this could not be installed because the computer only has 48MB of memory and so the driver install program aborted at that point because 64MB memory is the minimum. So instead I installed the Win 98 driver called "HP Photosmart 7550 series". This installed fine but printer and computer cannot communicate. Do you think the Win 98 driver is bad? Or does the computer not have enough memory? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Help configuring HP Photosmart printer with USB Monday, March 23, 2009 at 3:09 pm Posted by Jacob6601 (2174 messages posted) Unpack the files from my link if you cannot find them (uncheck install now). Note if USB shows up when trying the two installs below. 1. Delete the installed printer. No re-boot. 2. Run setup.exe from C:\Temp\photosmart\enu\9x\Disk1. The path reflects where I unpacked. 3. Test. If no go... 4. Delete the installed printer. No re-boot. 5. Run "add new printer" and choose "have disk". 6. Point to C:\Temp\photosmart\enu\drivers\win9x_me. 7. Test. You might also try running usbready.exe at C:\Temp\photosmart\ccc to check the ports. q. Do you think the Win 98 driver is bad? Or does the computer not have enough memory? a. I doubt the installed driver is bad, but it may not support usb. You may need to get memory or a parallel cable if the printer has a connector. Memory would be your best bet. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Help configuring HP Photosmart printer with USB Monday, March 23, 2009 at 5:46 pm Posted by gewg_ (4444 messages posted) Preet Dhillon wrote: |[...]Computer only has 48MB of memory[...] | The minimum hardware specifications for running M$ OSes are a bad joke. The minimum specs for Win98 cache of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_98#System_requirements are a very un-funny joke from M$'s 1998 marketing department; this far into the 21st Century, it's just not funny at all. ...and I'll bet you a dollar that after 5 minutes of you using your computer, your hard drive is CONSTANTLY churning. cache of http://annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1127588210 More choices: http://www.google.com/search?q=RAM+memory A page you should read BEFORE proceeding with that: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1127346860 [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum