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"stox" wrote:
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> I have a HP photosmart 1218 and have just brought a new rig which has a
> dual boot config with Vista64 and Xp Pro64.
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> I have managed to get the printer to install in XP but trying the same
> method in Vista doesn't work.. can anyone help?
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> I installed it in XP Pro64 by downloading the XP64 bit driver for a
> deskjet 970cse and then simply installing it 
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> HP themselves suggested just setting the printer up manually in Vista
> as a deskjet 970cse.. this gave me the idea for the above trick. But
> when i tried this the test page came out garbled where as in XP the
> test page printed fine.
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> I know the printer is getting old but it works perfectly well and i'm
> loathed to bin it . So is there anyone out there who can point me in the
> direction of any other drivers i could use other than the official xp 32
> bit software driver on the HP website which doesn't work.
>
> Thanx in advance.
> Steve.
>
>
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> stox
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