Monday, August 31, 2009

How to install HP m1522nf printer on Windows 7

UPDATE 1/21/10

Looks like HP has released Full Solution Software for Windows 7 x86/x64. I'd assume that includes driver as well as the necessary software for scanner/faxing.

Link to Win7 32-bit

Link to Win7 64-bit

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As of now there's no driver for m1522nf on windows 7. Last I heard is that the driver will be out sometime in Nov, which is bad news for me since I just switched all my pc to windows 7. After some searching I found the following post that lets me at least print to m1522nf

Source

Steps
  1. Select Start, Printers and faxes from the Windows desktop.
  2. Double-click the Add Printer icon.
  3. Click Next until the manufacturer and model selection screen appears.
  4. Select "HP" in the left column and the "HP LaserJet 6P driver" (or another printer in the list) printer in the right column and then click Next.
  5. Select the appropriate port(Dot_4 for USB and LPT1 for N/w cable) and click Next.
  6. Select Yes to make this driver the default printer and click Next.
  7. Click Finish.


If you are using N/w cable, map the driver to the IP address of the printer, please refer to the following steps, although it seems like if you select network printer in step 3 above a lot of things are setup already:

a) Click the Start icon, click Control Panel, Printers and faxes
b) Right-Click the HP LaserJet printer icon that you installed and select Properties.
c) Click Ports tab.
d) Click Add Port.
e) Select Standard TCP/IP Port and click New Port.
f) Click Next and enter the IP Address of the printer and click Next.
g) Click Finish.

2 comments:

6d 6a 6d 63 73 68 61 6e 65 2e 63 6f 6d 20 76 2e 35 said...

I figured this out in pretty much the same way AFTER I upgraded to W7 and bought an HP M1522nf. All I really need now is the twain driver so I can scan to my pc (instead of loading a xp or vista vm.)

Silva said...

Do you know where I can get TWAIN drivers for the m1522nf for Windows 7?