HP Deskjet 9300 printer on win 8.1

petar82

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Hi,
I have an old HP Deskjet 9300 printer and I am trying to install it on one of my two PCs, one runnining on Win 7, the other - on Win 8.1 ...


On win8.1:
I've tried all the steps adviced in the (HP support forum), but I still can't install it.

What happens:

1. I add a printer in "devices and printers" on LPT1 port
2. I plug in the printer in the usb
****( !!no recognition from windows - like automatic installation)
anyway I try to choose USB port instead of LPT 1 in the printer properties
**** (!! there is no such option in the drop down menu for ports - only LPT1, LPT2, COM1,COM2 etc.)

Any ideas?
 
LPT1? I've not seen that in ages!
How old is that printer? PC?

:cool:

here's the PDF manual of the HP deskjet 9300 series printer direct from HP's web site.
it can connect to either an LPT1 or USB port (or even through a network/LAN connection)

problem is with the drivers since that printer was made back in the early 2000s (the XP era)
Vista/Win7/Win8.x might have built-in drivers for it but requires a manual install



thank you. The first part - i did it. It's the same as adding a new printer... But "run as admin" - I don't know how to do that. Have a nice day. Thanx.

Run as administrator topic - read this
 
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