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  #1  
Old January 16th 19, 04:11 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Mike Swift
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Default Printer drivers broken.


HP Photosmart D5460, Widows 10 64 bit 1809

Not needed to change printer setting for a while but did just before
Christmas.

The printer properties were totally screwed, only A4 listed, no headings
for orientation etc.

Remove all drivers, down loaded latest from HP, reinstalled but still
broken.

OK the printer is a bit long in the tooth but it only appears to have
become broken after the 1809 update.

Any help or comments gratefully received.

Mike

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Old January 17th 19, 01:46 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Printer drivers broken.

"Mike Swift" wrote in message ...


HP Photosmart D5460, Widows 10 64 bit 1809

Not needed to change printer setting for a while but did just before
Christmas.

The printer properties were totally screwed, only A4 listed, no headings
for orientation etc.

Remove all drivers, down loaded latest from HP, reinstalled but still
broken.

OK the printer is a bit long in the tooth but it only appears to have
become broken after the 1809 update.

Any help or comments gratefully received.

Mike



Try using the HP Print and Scan Doctor, I've had good luck with it at some
clients.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03286146


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Old January 17th 19, 02:04 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Mike Swift
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Default Printer drivers broken.

In article , n/a writes
HP Photosmart D5460, Widows 10 64 bit 1809

Not needed to change printer setting for a while but did just before
Christmas.

The printer properties were totally screwed, only A4 listed, no headings
for orientation etc.

Remove all drivers, down loaded latest from HP, reinstalled but still
broken.

OK the printer is a bit long in the tooth but it only appears to have
become broken after the 1809 update.

Any help or comments gratefully received.

Mike



Try using the HP Print and Scan Doctor, I've had good luck with it at some
clients.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03286146


Cheers for the suggestion but it didn't help, the printer prints fine
it's just the Printer Properties that are screwed up.

They're fine in Solution Centre Printer Settings but when I try and
print from Word, Page Plus or other software the options are garbled.

Mike

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Old January 17th 19, 02:24 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Printer drivers broken.


Hang on, I hear Paul coming down the hallway.......;-)

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Old January 17th 19, 03:19 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Printer drivers broken.

Mike,

Type "reliability" (no quotes) in the search bar and look at that for some
clues. You can view by days or weeks (upper right) and when you click on a
column, details will be shown below.

Also, you said you re-installed the drivers. Try uninstalling the whole
package for that printer - not just the drivers and reinstall after shutting
down completely and then powering up.

This printer is listed on HP's site as being Win10 compatible.

Try this troubleshooter:
https://support.hp.com/us-en/topic/d...dows-10-update

Use the Microsoft troubleshooter.

Is this printer on the network, USB cable or wireless?

Bob S.

  #6  
Old January 17th 19, 03:19 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Printer drivers broken.

n/a wrote:

Hang on, I hear Paul coming down the hallway.......;-)


"The printer properties were totally screwed, only A4 listed,
no headings for orientation etc."

It sounds like a wrong PPD file.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86
HP_750C1.PPD

The file is pretty big, and this is a small sampling. A fair bit
of this info appears in the printer setup dialog where
you can make custom selections.

*% The following entries provide information about specific paper keywords.
*DefaultImageableArea: Unknown
*ImageableArea Letter/US Letter: "18 49 594 743"
*ImageableArea LetterFullBleed/Full Bleed US Letter: "49 49 692 841"
*ImageableArea Tabloid/Tabloid: "18 49 774 1175"
*ImageableArea TabloidFullBleed/Full Bleed Tabloid: "49 49 872 1273"
*ImageableArea AnsiC/ANSI C: "18 49 1206 1535"
*ImageableArea AnsiD/ANSI D: "18 49 1566 2399"
*ImageableArea AnsiE/ANSI E: "18 49 2430 3119"

I use the 750C driver as a fake driver I use for "print to file",
where the output is PostScript and I can distill that to rather
large PDF files (large pages).

In the same directory is a HP_750C1.BPD which appears to
be a generated binary version of the PPD file.

Some print setups trigger off the PPD, rather than
characteristics of the driver itself. Things like a
"Universal Print Driver", might use a PPD file as a
declaration of the actual hardware device.

I expect these things differ with printer type (inkjet,
laser, impact), so a different tech might not use such a file
for all I know.

Just a guess - I only own one printer :-)

A person might compare a backup image of their OS, to
the current folder(s) and see if damage is visible
(file missing, radically different file size for something,
or modified date changes).

Reinstalling drivers doesn't typically help because
device information might not get removed/refreshed via
the reinstall of the driver. The installation software
may choose to "respect" an existing damaged file.

Paul
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Old January 17th 19, 01:49 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Mike Swift
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Default Printer drivers broken.

In article , n/a writes
Type "reliability" (no quotes) in the search bar and look at that for some
clues. You can view by days or weeks (upper right) and when you click on a
column, details will be shown below.

Sorry but which search bar?

Also, you said you re-installed the drivers. Try uninstalling the whole
package for that printer - not just the drivers and reinstall after shutting
down completely and then powering up.

I used Revo Uninstaller to allegedly remove everything, re-booted and
installed the driver file below from the HP web site then re-booted
again

PS_SF_03_D5400_NonNet_Full_Win_WW_140_404-4.exe


This printer is listed on HP's site as being Win10 compatible.

Try this troubleshooter:
https://support.hp.com/us-en/topic/d...inting&issue=p
rinter-windows-10-update

Didn't help.

Use the Microsoft troubleshooter.

Nor did that.

Is this printer on the network, USB cable or wireless?


USB.

As I said in my OP it had worked previously, the only thing I can think
of is that I've upgraded to 1809.

Thanks for all who tried to help, I've taken some screen shots and the
next step is to contact HP although I doubt they'll be interested in
such an ancient printer.

When my ink supply is gone I might look for a replacement but they all
seem to be 3 in 1 these days which I don't want, I have a good scanner
and don't fax.

Mike

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Old January 17th 19, 05:21 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Rene Lamontagne
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Default Printer drivers broken.

On 01/17/2019 6:49 AM, Mike Swift wrote:
In article , n/a writes
Type "reliability" (no quotes) in the search bar and look at that for
some
clues. You can view by days or weeks (upper right) and when you click
on a
column, details will be shown below.

Sorry but which search bar?

Also, you said you re-installed the drivers.Â* Try uninstalling the whole
package for that printer - not just the drivers and reinstall after
shutting
down completely and then powering up.

I used Revo Uninstaller to allegedly remove everything, re-booted and
installed the driver file below from the HP web site then re-booted again

PS_SF_03_D5400_NonNet_Full_Win_WW_140_404-4.exe


This printer is listed on HP's site as being Win10 compatible.

Try this troubleshooter:
https://support.hp.com/us-en/topic/d...inting&issue=p
rinter-windows-10-update

Didn't help.

Use the Microsoft troubleshooter.

Nor did that.

Is this printer on the network, USB cable or wireless?


USB.

As I said in my OP it had worked previously, the only thing I can think
of is that I've upgraded to 1809.

Thanks for all who tried to help, I've taken some screen shots and the
next step is to contact HP although I doubt they'll be interested in
such an ancient printer.

When my ink supply is gone I might look for a replacement but they all
seem to be 3 in 1 these days which I don't want, I have a good scanner
and don't fax.

Mike


I had much the same problem with an HP inkjet when I switched to windows
8.1, I don't remember the printer model number, but no matter what I did
I could not get that printer working again.
Removed and redid drivers, tried other model drivers but no dice,
Finally in desperation I made a backup of the registry then went in and
ripped out every nuance of HP entries I could find, some of which didn't
seem to be HP but were. this took a long time as there were tons of
entries for HP, If I remember right it took me 2 or 3 hours to get it done.
Once done I reinstalled a new copy of the HP package and finally was
back to normal.

If you try this MAKE SURE you back up the registry Or do an Image back
up first as deleting just 1 wrong item can*Bork* your system.

Rene


  #9  
Old January 17th 19, 05:41 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Rene Lamontagne
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Default Printer drivers broken.

On 01/17/2019 10:21 AM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 01/17/2019 6:49 AM, Mike Swift wrote:
In article , n/a writes
Type "reliability" (no quotes) in the search bar and look at that for
some
clues. You can view by days or weeks (upper right) and when you click
on a
column, details will be shown below.

Sorry but which search bar?

Also, you said you re-installed the drivers.Â* Try uninstalling the whole
package for that printer - not just the drivers and reinstall after
shutting
down completely and then powering up.

I used Revo Uninstaller to allegedly remove everything, re-booted and
installed the driver file below from the HP web site then re-booted again

PS_SF_03_D5400_NonNet_Full_Win_WW_140_404-4.exe


This printer is listed on HP's site as being Win10 compatible.

Try this troubleshooter:
https://support.hp.com/us-en/topic/d...inting&issue=p
rinter-windows-10-update

Didn't help.

Use the Microsoft troubleshooter.

Nor did that.

Is this printer on the network, USB cable or wireless?


USB.

As I said in my OP it had worked previously, the only thing I can
think of is that I've upgraded to 1809.

Thanks for all who tried to help, I've taken some screen shots and the
next step is to contact HP although I doubt they'll be interested in
such an ancient printer.

When my ink supply is gone I might look for a replacement but they all
seem to be 3 in 1 these days which I don't want, I have a good scanner
and don't fax.

Mike


I had much the same problem with an HP inkjet when I switched to windows
8.1, I don't remember the printer model number, but no matter what I did
Â*I could not get that printer working again.
Removed and redid drivers, tried other model drivers but no dice,
Finally in desperation I made a backup of the registry then went in and
ripped out every nuance of HP entries I could find, some of which didn't
seem to be HP but were. this took a long time as there were tons of
entries for HP, If I remember right it took me 2 or 3 hours to get it done.
Once done I reinstalled a new copy of the HP package and finally was
back to normal.

If you try this MAKE SURE you back up the registry Or do an Image back
up first as deleting just 1 wrong item can*Bork* your system.

Rene




*bork*

Rene

  #10  
Old January 18th 19, 02:15 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Stephen Wolstenholme[_6_]
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Default Printer drivers broken.

On Thu, 17 Jan 2019 09:56:14 -0700, KenW wrote:

In "printers & scanners" down the bottom in mine.
Let windows select "default" printer.


KenW


Windows doesn't seem to allow all printers to default all the time. My
Canon MG4250 was my default printer but now it says scanner. It does
either or both depending on the control panel. I suppose it depends on
what the MG4250 was used for previously.

Steve

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