Printer won't print what's shown on the page

davbell22602

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Hp laserjet 5p

Wont print whats shown to be print from adobe reader or paint. I used windows xp drivers to install this. Hp doesnt have drivers for this printer. When I all it prints is 2 pages with one of letters on one and bar of ink on the other.
 
Does sound like the wrong printer driver.
Which Windows system are you using? I am guessing you are running Vista or 7, and using an XP printer driver.
 
This computer doesnt have internet access right now. I just installed a copy of XP after replacing the harddrive. I did put wireless network in it but gave up on getting it work.
 
If you haven't got the wireless part set up yet, you should be able to get on the net with an Ethernet CAT 5 cable between pc and router. In fact you will have to, before you can get the wireless to configure.
 
If you haven't got the wireless part set up yet, you should be able to get on the net with an Ethernet CAT 5 cable between pc and router. In fact you will have to, before you can get the wireless to configure.

Dont have long enough cable to do that.
 
Good point, can't argue with that. I took my pc apart and rebuilt it right next to the router, 'cos I only had a 1.5m CAT 5E cable. Then bought a 12m cable to solve that problem, and now I trip over it every day. Point is though, you don't need anything extra to get a basic Windows system on the net. Just plug into the LAN conn on pc and same on router. Go to MS updates and let it install all your pc needs.
 
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