WindowsXP and HP Photosmart 1215 Printer

[rhpearce]

I found during my upgrade from WindowsMe to WindowsXP that I needed a new printer driver from HP. The driver ps306en1.exe is a self extracting / installing module.
During the install there is a test to see if the driver can communicate with the printer. In my case it could not. The options were to 1) try again or 2) cancel which also caused the driver software to be removed from the system.
The answer I found was: at the point where the connection failed, to shutdown the PC, abandoning the install. When the PC restarted, the printer and it's driver were reconized and the install was complete.

 

[hdtvguy]

The alternatives (both which have worked for my 1218) are:
[ul][li]method 1
Turn off printer power and remove HP1215 from Other Devices in Device Manager. Then run install program.[/li]
[li]method 2
When connect dialog box is sitting forever and a day to find printer (as you've found out it won't) - go into Device Manager and from Other Device category select HP1215 and double-click to get properties and tell it to Update driver from the folder location that the Install program expanded the files out into.
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