Timeline for Where can I find a Windows 10 PCL5 driver for an unsupported LaserJet printer?
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| Feb 21 at 18:42 | history | edited | Parker | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 21 at 13:59 | history | edited | Parker | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 21 at 13:41 | history | edited | Parker | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 21, 2023 at 12:17 | comment | added | Parker | @Tonny I tried Windows Update, but the list that came back didn't have anything in the LaserJet 1200/1300 family (see above screenshot). I see the LaserJet Family PCL5 driver now, but I can't tell which are from Microsoft and which are from HP UPD 6.1.0. I'll try that method if I have this problem with another Windows 10 system in the future. | |
| Jul 21, 2023 at 9:39 | comment | added | Peter - Reinstate Monica | Kudos for your efforts to keep stuff working. | |
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| Jul 20, 2023 at 22:15 | comment | added | Tonny | Microsoft still offers (Windows 10 and 11) a generic "HP Laserjet Family Driver PCL5" via Windows Update, but it will not automagically offer it. You need to tell Windows you want to manually select a driver and then wait several minutes for Windows to pull the full list of drivers from WindowsUpdate. There is also a bunch of PCL5 drivers for Laserjet 4 and 5 variants. | |
| Jul 20, 2023 at 16:58 | vote | accept | Parker | ||
| Jul 20, 2023 at 13:13 | history | edited | Parker | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 20, 2023 at 12:18 | comment | added | Parker | @Neil I often wondered if that would work, but I never tried it. In my case, these two computers are on separate subnets (work/home), and the printer is in a DMZ. | |
| Jul 20, 2023 at 6:47 | comment | added | Neil | In that case it's sometimes possible to transfer the driver by sharing it. Either share the printer from the source to the target machine then manually add the printer again to the target machine, or manually add the printer to the target machine with a generic driver, share it to the source machine, and then use the source machine to change it to the correct driver. | |
| Jul 20, 2023 at 0:22 | comment | added | Parker | @Neil Yes, everything is x64. If anyone needs the x86 version of the driver, it can also be found through the Wayback Machine. | |
| Jul 19, 2023 at 15:05 | comment | added | Neil | Out of interest, are both your computers running the same bitness (32 or 64)? | |
| Jul 19, 2023 at 12:18 | history | edited | Parker | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Cleaned up some text to read more clearly.
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| Jul 18, 2023 at 20:23 | comment | added | Parker | @cybernard The PS driver works but is slow and error prone. Large images take forever to print (if they print at all) and occasionally instead of rendering the document, I end up with PostScript code being printed. | |
| Jul 18, 2023 at 19:57 | comment | added | cybernard | HP provides a PS driver with its Universal printer driver, did you try that? Is there a reason you insist on PCL5 vs PS? You said your printer did PCL5 and PS. | |
| Jul 18, 2023 at 19:25 | history | edited | Parker | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 18, 2023 at 18:49 | history | edited | Parker | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 18, 2023 at 18:35 | comment | added | Netan | Take a look at my answer. You should be able to use PCL6 when working with PCL5 printer. | |
| Jul 18, 2023 at 18:31 | answer | added | Netan | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jul 18, 2023 at 18:25 | history | edited | Parker | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Added explanation.
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| Jul 18, 2023 at 18:10 | history | edited | Parker | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Adjusted the title, since this is applicable to all legacy PCL5 LaserJet printers on Windows 10.
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| Jul 18, 2023 at 17:56 | answer | added | Parker | timeline score: 37 | |
| Jul 18, 2023 at 17:30 | history | edited | Parker | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Tried installing older driver.
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| Jul 18, 2023 at 17:18 | comment | added | Parker | @Mokubai The Universal Driver for Windows 10 no longer contains a PCL5 driver. | |
| Jul 18, 2023 at 17:17 | comment | added | Parker | The Universal USB driver "doesn't contain a compatible software driver for your device". | |
| Jul 18, 2023 at 17:12 | answer | added | DrMoishe Pippik | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jul 18, 2023 at 16:45 | history | edited | Parker | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Added more information about Windows Catalog drivers.
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| Jul 18, 2023 at 16:40 | history | edited | Parker | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Added more information.
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| Jul 18, 2023 at 16:24 | comment | added | harrymc | Connect the printer directly (not thru network) to a Windows 10 computer and let Windows install the correct driver for you. | |
| Jul 18, 2023 at 16:14 | comment | added | Mokubai♦ | What is wrong with the universal driver that it does not meet your requirements? | |
| Jul 18, 2023 at 16:04 | history | edited | Parker | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Linked to related question.
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| Jul 18, 2023 at 16:04 | comment | added | Daniel B | Have you tried the universal driver yet? It’s available for download in the USB section on the page you link to. | |
| Jul 18, 2023 at 15:55 | history | edited | Parker | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 18, 2023 at 15:54 | comment | added | Jeff Zeitlin | If HP is only offering the Universal driver, it indicates that the printer is considered "end of life" and only basic functionality common with current supported printers will be supported. If the Universal driver doesn't work for you, your only choice, functionally, is to replace the printer with a newer, supported model. | |
| Jul 18, 2023 at 15:45 | history | asked | Parker | CC BY-SA 4.0 |