Good day, and thank you in advance for any help.

I have one of the above-named printers and I would like to use it with a
Sony Vaio laptop, many years old but almost unused. The Sony runs Windows
ME, and it seems to run very well.

I can't seem to locate a driver for that OS/printer combination, and the
auto-detect routine in ME did not work.

The HP site does not seem to have a driver, or it is very well hidden, and
I've just done a lot of Googling without success. Lots of sites all want to
download software to review all the drivers but then can't because the OS is
old.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks again.


Steve E.
Chicago, IL

In article <8CC7l.108210$_(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> Good day, and thank you in advance for any help.
>
> I have one of the above-named printers and I would like to use it with a
> Sony Vaio laptop, many years old but almost unused. The Sony runs Windows
> ME, and it seems to run very well.
>
> I can't seem to locate a driver for that OS/printer combination, and the
> auto-detect routine in ME did not work.
>
> The HP site does not seem to have a driver, or it is very well hidden, and
> I've just done a lot of Googling without success. Lots of sites all want to
> download software to review all the drivers but then can't because the OS is
> old.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks again

Is there an entry if you go to Add Printers, then manually look through
the list of manufacturers and models? If you can't find a 5P, earlier
models should work fine.

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Steve E. <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Good day, and thank you in advance for any help.
>
> I have one of the above-named printers and I would like to use it with a
> Sony Vaio laptop, many years old but almost unused. The Sony runs Windows
> ME, and it seems to run very well.
>
> I can't seem to locate a driver for that OS/printer combination, and the
> auto-detect routine in ME did not work.
>
> The HP site does not seem to have a driver, or it is very well hidden, and
> I've just done a lot of Googling without success. Lots of sites all want to
> download software to review all the drivers but then can't because the OS is
> old.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks again.

Bonjour,

May be here :

<http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...wnload.jsp?pro
dNameId=15011&lang=en&cc=us&taskId=135&prodClassId=-1&prodTypeId=18972&p
rodSeriesId=25481>

Alain

Thanks to both Andrew and Alain, however, the install routine is asking for
a specific file now - the file name is hppcl5ms.drv - and that file does not
seem to be included in the driver download on HP's site. Trying to install
the printer as a 4P yields the same message from the Installer.

Anything else come to mind? Many thanks...


Steve E

"Steve E." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:8CC7l.108210$_(E-Mail Removed)...
> Good day, and thank you in advance for any help.
>
> I have one of the above-named printers and I would like to use it with a
> Sony Vaio laptop, many years old but almost unused. The Sony runs Windows
> ME, and it seems to run very well.
>
> I can't seem to locate a driver for that OS/printer combination, and the
> auto-detect routine in ME did not work.
>
> The HP site does not seem to have a driver, or it is very well hidden, and
> I've just done a lot of Googling without success. Lots of sites all want
> to download software to review all the drivers but then can't because the
> OS is old.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks again.
>
>
> Steve E.
> Chicago, IL
>
Steve - I used my HP5p on win98 and XP with no problems. I believe that I
used the original driver that came on disk with the printer. When
installing a new printer on ME does it ask for the driver on disk if it is
not on the list of drivers in the OS? My 5p is still working just fine with
never having had any downtime or repairs. I don't recall when I bought it,
but I think it was 13 or 14 years ago. I recently gave it to a friend,
along with the installation disk, as I wanted a faster printer. I replaced
it with an HP 3005. If I can retrieve a copy of the installation disk I
would be happy to forward it to you.

Burt -

Thank you. The 5P does appear in the printer list, but I do not have the
Windows ME disk - the machine came to me from a woman who was cleaning out
her closet; she gave it to me. I believe that I have the factory installed
OS on the machine, but no disk.

Would appreciate any assistance - I can re-run the install routine to get a
list of the files I need if you want.

Thanks again for your comments.


Steve E.

Try using this link:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...39585-2&mode=3
(But may it would be a usb driver).

Notice, almost all Win98 drivers could work in WinME. Also hp 5P uses
PCL-5 language. So, any driver for Win98 and pcl-5 support should work.

It is said that 5P could print with a hp deskjet 550 driver (even though
it's an inkjet printer).

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I can't properly thank you all for your assistance. I've tried each
suggestion, I've downloaded the hppcl5ms file from two sites, I've tried
installing the printer as another type of printer. I even tried a USB driver
using a USB-to-parallel cable. The latest error message is that the printer
can't be installed because the hppcl5ms file can't be opened. Crap...

My last question, if anyone knows, is what PATH should the hppcl5ms file be
installed in; that is, in what folder (under what other folder and so on)
does that file go in? Just in case I placed it in the wrong folder.

Thanks to those who have aided me.



Steve E.

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news:gjsee4$1pe$(E-Mail Removed)...
> In article <%rf8l.110878$_(E-Mail Removed)>,
> "Steve E." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>I can't properly thank you all for your assistance. I've tried each
>>suggestion, I've downloaded the hppcl5ms file from two sites, I've tried
>>installing the printer as another type of printer. I even tried a USB
>>driver
>>using a USB-to-parallel cable. The latest error message is that the
>>printer
>>can't be installed because the hppcl5ms file can't be opened. Crap...
>>
>>My last question, if anyone knows, is what PATH should the hppcl5ms file
>>be
>>installed in; that is, in what folder (under what other folder and so on)
>>does that file go in? Just in case I placed it in the wrong folder.
>>
>>Thanks to those who have aided me.
>>
>>
>>
>>Steve E.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> Steve, tell us what OS you are using??????


Using Windows ME and wanting to install a Hewlett Packard 5P. The computer,
while older, is almost unused. A friend gave it to me while cleaning out her
closets. I do not have the Windows disc, however.

Thank you.


Steve E.

Thank you for the link. I will try/retry this later today after I sort out
some tenand problems.


Steve e.