How do I stop WinXP from continually installing another printer?

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Robert Macy

I have HP LaserJet 5L attached to LPT1:

WinXP installs some built-in generic driver for this printer [not a
good driver since it continually overruns the memory of the printer
and often fails to print, just locks up]

I downloaded a more appropriate driver for the HP5L, removed the first
one, installed the better one, made it the default printer, and have
NEVER had a problem printing using it.

However,...WinXP in its benevolence keeps installing the old driver
and apparaently adding that as another printer.

How do I stop this?

so far, I just keep deleting the extra one, but that's becoming a big
nuisance.

At least when the new on is added, the preferred one stays as the
default printer.

but still a nuisance. how to stop this automatically adding feature?
 
A printer actually running on the LPT1 port....Must be slow,try installing to
a usb port...

"Robert Macy" wrote:

> I have HP LaserJet 5L attached to LPT1:
>
> WinXP installs some built-in generic driver for this printer [not a
> good driver since it continually overruns the memory of the printer
> and often fails to print, just locks up]
>
> I downloaded a more appropriate driver for the HP5L, removed the first
> one, installed the better one, made it the default printer, and have
> NEVER had a problem printing using it.
>
> However,...WinXP in its benevolence keeps installing the old driver
> and apparaently adding that as another printer.
>
> How do I stop this?
>
> so far, I just keep deleting the extra one, but that's becoming a big
> nuisance.
>
> At least when the new on is added, the preferred one stays as the
> default printer.
>
> but still a nuisance. how to stop this automatically adding feature?
>
>
 
Robert Macy wrote:

> I have HP LaserJet 5L attached to LPT1:
>
> WinXP installs some built-in generic driver for this printer [not a
> good driver since it continually overruns the memory of the printer
> and often fails to print, just locks up]
>
> I downloaded a more appropriate driver for the HP5L, removed the first
> one, installed the better one, made it the default printer, and have
> NEVER had a problem printing using it.
>
> However,...WinXP in its benevolence keeps installing the old driver
> and apparaently adding that as another printer.
>
> How do I stop this?
>
> so far, I just keep deleting the extra one, but that's becoming a big
> nuisance.
>
> At least when the new on is added, the preferred one stays as the
> default printer.
>
> but still a nuisance. how to stop this automatically adding feature?
>

IIRC, HP has never updated the driver files for the Laserjet 5L other
than that contained in the Windows XP installation cdrom. From where
did you download this driver?
 
Andrew E. wrote:
> A printer actually running on the LPT1 port....Must be slow,try installing to
> a usb port...
>


Andrew, you really don't need to so prominently display your ignorance
-- we're all well aware of it.


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On Jun 30, 1:45 am, GHalleck <ghall...@arrakian.mining.com> wrote:
> > but still a nuisance. how to stop this automatically adding feature?
>
> IIRC, HP has never updated the driver files for the Laserjet 5L other
> than that contained in the Windows XP installation cdrom. From where
> did you download this driver?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

>From HP website. The self installing program is called
lj368en.exe

I renamed it
HPLaserJet5LDrivers-lj368en.exe
so I could keep track of what it is

When run it installs in C:\lf368
a single .inf file and twelve .dl_ files and an HPlicens.txt file

As I said, these work flawlessly driving the printer compared to the
built in printer driver of the WinXP.

However, WinXP keeps saying there's new hardware and keeps installing
its stupid driver. How to stop that?

I went to compare dates between the two driver sets, and...

FOUND IT!!!

If I let WinXP install the stupid driver, then go to the properties of
that PRINTER and change the driver to the new one; WinXP stops trying
to install a driver.

On retrospect, not as obtuse as first seems. The rule is : let WinXP
instal garbage, then change the garbage. I'm happy and WinXP is
happy.

Thanks, if you had not had me poking around in those areas, I never
would have seen this possibility.

Robert
 
Andrew E. wrote:
> A printer actually running on the LPT1 port....Must be slow,try
> installing to a usb port...
>

What does the speed of the port have to do with anything? Any printer will
run at full speed irrespective of how it's connected.

Which is faster a USB mouse or serial port mouse?
 
Yes, but the data transfer speed between the computer and the printer is
definitely affected by the port used. Of course, Andrew's comments ARE
entirely irrelevant to the OP.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:elIj5dzuHHA.2752@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Andrew E. wrote:
>> A printer actually running on the LPT1 port....Must be slow,try
>> installing to a usb port...
>>
>
> What does the speed of the port have to do with anything? Any printer will
> run at full speed irrespective of how it's connected.
>
> Which is faster a USB mouse or serial port mouse?
>
 
Gary S. Terhune wrote:
> Yes, but the data transfer speed between the computer and the printer
> is definitely affected by the port used. Of course, Andrew's comments
> ARE entirely irrelevant to the OP.
>

Uh, sort of. At the macro level, the printer can't accept data any faster
than it can print the data (after the printer's buffer fills).

A printer rated at, say, 12 pages per minute prints at 12 pages per minute
irrespective of the port speed. Even the slowest port (RS232?) could drive
ten printers without breaking a sweat.
 
I work with a lot of high-quality images, and print on a 600x600 network
laser printer. What slows that thing down is the time it takes to transfer
the data, even over a 10/100 LAN connection.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Gary S. Terhune wrote:
>> Yes, but the data transfer speed between the computer and the printer
>> is definitely affected by the port used. Of course, Andrew's comments
>> ARE entirely irrelevant to the OP.
>>
>
> Uh, sort of. At the macro level, the printer can't accept data any faster
> than it can print the data (after the printer's buffer fills).
>
> A printer rated at, say, 12 pages per minute prints at 12 pages per minute
> irrespective of the port speed. Even the slowest port (RS232?) could drive
> ten printers without breaking a sweat.
>
 
That printer doesn't have a USB port.

Andrew E. wrote:

> A printer actually running on the LPT1 port....Must be slow,try installing to
> a usb port...
>
> "Robert Macy" wrote:
>
>
>>I have HP LaserJet 5L attached to LPT1:
>>
 

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