I'll have to return this printer unless someone can help me install a Windows 7 driver for it. I also tried the Vista driver, which also will not install. There is no way for anyone to install the XP driver. I also tried installing the Windows XP 32-bit driver for this printer on my Windows XP computer, in the hopes that I could install the firmware update there, but the XP 32-bit "driver" doesn't have any install software. Plugging it into my router via its Ethernet port does not make it appear on my network. There does not appear to be any way to assign an IP address to the printer. The printer reports its host IP address as 172.21.30.173, but that's a local address, not available on the Intenet. It's supposed to be possible to install the firmware update over the network, but this requires knowing the printer's IP address. I tried installing the firmware update (lj2420fw_08.120.4), but it won't install because no driver is installed. I also tried to install the driver that Windows Update finds for this printer, but it wouldn't install.
I downloaded and tried installing all 3 of the available Windows 7 64-bit printer drivers (PCL5, PCL6, PostScript) for this printer from HP's site, but none of them would install. I'm connecting it directly to my computer via USB. I just can't connect it to my Windows computer.
The printer prints out info pages fine from its menu / front panel.
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