Windows 7 32-bit Driver for HP LaserJet 1010

[Claudia Walther]

I am desperately searching for a driver for my HP laserjet 1010 to work under my new windows 7 professional 32-bit version.

Thousands thanks from Berlin for your help efforts.

[Axel Albrecht]

I have struggled a lot and got really mad at HP for not creating a driver for a really new printer...but I found a workaround that I am willing to use constantly.

This is how I fixed the issue.

I installed VirtualPC under Windows 7. It comes for free with a number of Windows 7 versions. Under Virtual PC XP I installed 3 apps and the HP1010 drivers for XP.

App one Word Viewer (free)
App two Excel Viewer (free) and
App three Adobe PDF Reader (free).

I also loaded pdf995 in Windows 7 which is a free PDF converter.

I put a shortcut for Apps 1 to 3 on my desktop in Windows 7.

So now when I have a word doc ready to print in Windows 7, I use the shortcut to MS Word Viewer and simply load the DOC file and print it.

95% of my files I print are either Word or Excel. Everything else I "print to PDF" in Windows 7 and now use the link on my desktop
to the Adobe Reader under Virtual PC and simply print the PDF file to my HP1010.

I now can print 100% docs in Windows 7 with my HP1010.

[Mitko Stanoevski]

I had the same problem with the Vista driver installed. Managed to fix it with the XP Drivers. HowTo:

Printer should be offline and Automatic Updates disabled. Othervise Windows will automatically download drivers from the updates.

1. Download the XP driver for HP Laserjet 1010. ( http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=306507&p... ).

2. Go to Devices and Printers and click the Add Printer button.

3. Click Add a Local Printer.

4. Check Use an Existing Port: LPT1.

5. Select Have Disk and Browse to the location where you have downloaded the XP driver. Select HP1010U.inf file.

6. It will give you an error. It is because the local Printer spooler service has stopped. Go to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services and in the list find Printer Spooler service and with the right click select start. Now go back to the window for installing the printer and click next. It will give you an error that a printer with the same name already exists. Click cancel, go to Devices and printers and refresh the page. You should find the printer with the name you gave. Now right click the Icon, select printer properties and in ports select Dot4.

7. Turn on the printer. Windows should now find the driver for it.

8. When installing the printer on the network you will get the error like in step6. Just restart Printer spooling service on the local machine and it will work.

Cheerz!!!

[Track-R · Accepted solution]

The LaserJet 1010 is just a generic PCL 5 printer on a DOT4 usb port. Which means that any other generic PCL 5 printer's driver will work fine.
I used LaserJet 3050's driver because it's included in my Windows 7 64bit.

1. go to Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Devices and Printers
2. Add a printer, add a local printer
3. Use an existing port - DOT4 001
4. Choose HP 3050's driver from the list

Anyway, it's a shame that HP forgot about this printer

[Claudia Walther]

Thank you all three for your replies! Great. Finally in April, I tried your suggestions and now I am able to use my HP 1010 once again.

Very Happy Greetings from Berlin.

[Claudia Walther]

The answer by Track-R was very convenient, perfect. Superfast to implement. Thank u :-) so much!

[Sherry Cheng]

Tahnk u so much Track-R!!! I was trying to fix my HP 1010 driver problem on Win7 32-bit Home Premium as well, and I found your suggestion very explicit and helpful. I've successfully printed the testing paper, and it can work for other documents now. Thanks a million!!! and also thanks Claudia for bringing this problem up for me to google it:)

Sher from Taiwan

[aceves maldonado]

hi, thanks so much. the reply of Track-R has been the only one i can do. everything was perfect, it worked for about 2 days, but yesterday in a 1010laserjet when i print what ever from any aplication, it prints the following message "Unsopported Personality: PCL"

Update: sometimes i can print, sometimes, dont...

[Terry Stelzer]

At the very least turn off the printer, it will reset. So far HP has not seen fit to suport this machine, too bad it is a great business machine.

[chrilacal]

Hello,

Is it the same procedure to install the driver for my hp laserjet 1000 series ?

Would you have à link to up date et get the update ?

Thanks a lot for your help,

[waldmed]

thanks very much track-R you r a genius. I spent 5 hours on the support and net till i find your genius idea. my Hp1010 is now working...... thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanks

[uafkhan]

I cannot use hp laserjet 1010 for my window 7 please help me

[888smartworld]

Track-R thank you very much for the info. You helped us here very much. Now we can share our HP 1010 on our network again.

[jyhchung]

How to install HP Lasejet 1010 as a network printer under Windows 7?

[hemantpandey]

dear sir

Windows 7 install my computer but  HP LaserJet 1010 printer in can be not install.

[anoobclt]

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Claudia Walther wrote:
The answer by Track-R was very convenient, perfect. Superfast to implement. Thank u :-) so much!

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[WWPS]

Does it print double - sided ?

[rakes]

hp1010 laserjet

[PAO-ICBCTL]

ขอบคุณมากครับ ใช้ได้ดีเลยสำหรับ ไดร์เวอร์ HP Laserjet 3050 PCL5 สามารถใช้แทน HP Laserjet 1010 ได้เลยสำหรับผู้ที่ใช้งานวินโดว์ 7 นะครับ เพราะไดร์เวอร์รุ่นนี้ จะไม่ซัพพอร์ตวินโดว์7 ครับ ขอบคุณมากๆครับ ความรุ้แบ่งปันครับ

[PAO-ICBCTL]

ขยายความอีกหน่อย ปริ๊นเตอร์รุ่น HP LaserJet 1010 จะรองรับถึงแค่วินโดว์ XP นะครับ หากท่านใดใช้วินโดว์ 7 ให้ลง ไดร์เวอร์ HP Laserjet 3050 PCL5 แทนนะครับ สามารถเลือกได้จากไดร์เวอร์ในเครื่องได้เลยครับ โชคดีทุกคน ถึงเครื่องจะเก่าแต่คนก็ยังเก่งครับ ฮ่าๆ ดีใจๆ ขอบคุณเจ้าของคำตอบแรกที่ให้ความกระจ่างผมนะครับ คุณ Track-R ขอบคุณที่แบ่งปันครับ

[naray2308]

pl send me  software of windows 7 32-bit diver for hp laserjet 1010

[cessna152]

This is the best solution and it works perfect with windows 7. Besides it is very easy to install with the built in driver. Thanks a lot and Hats off to you sir for the easy directions. I was about to discard my printer which was just slightly used.

[tusharsays]

1. DOT4 001 is not showing up under existing port list. There are COM, LPT etc ports.
2. I created new port and typed DOT4 001 .. then the whole list of printers showed up. Then I installed HP 3050 PCL5 (hp) file. Again there were 4 options. So not sure it was correct guess?
3. Then Printer got installed, but test page do not come.
4. I tried installing fron network printer, that do not detect Hp Laserjet 1010
5. The HP installation CD do not work, it does not detect.

I have Windows 7 .. what next precautions are required in installing printer "being used in the network" ?

Will this protocol work for Network computer's printer's installation, and if DOT4 can work only on USB?

[naresh171]

Hi, i was also facing same problem, but i am happly able to use my hp laserjet 1010 printer without downloading any dirver on my  windows 7 (64 bit) os. I am giving u path.

Device and printer>add a printer> add a local printer> select port DOT4_01> HP LaserJet 3050PCL5> DONE/FINISH

Normally up to this setting it sud work, but in my case it didnt work. Then i did some modifications in setting

Device and printer>double click on HP 3050 PLC5 Printer> Customerise ur printer> Port> select DOT4_001,DOT4_002,USB001> Enable printer pooling> apply.

Thanks

[kavinzsarmiento]

I am desperately searching for a driver for my HP laserjet 1010 to work under my new windows 7 professional 32-bit version.

Thousands thanks from Berlin for your help efforts