How do you get HP Deskjet 3745 printer to work with computer?

[humbleguy]

Hi!

Recently I had my computer worked on and restored. It has
Microsoft Me Edition software. My HP Deskjet 3745 no longer
works with my computer. I had no problem with my computer
responding to the printer before the computer was restored.

This is the error response I get from my
computer when I click on "print":
"There was an error to LPT1: for the printer (AGFA-AccuSet
1000). A printer timeout occurred. Open Printer folder.
Click icon for printer. Click file menu. Click properties.
To continue printing, click retry."

Any suggestions?

Thank you for responding,

humbleguy

 

[Buff1]

Only thing I can suggest is to reinstall the printer drivers for the printer. You might also look at the printer properties and see if you can disable or increase the timeout.

 

[victorv]

hi,
are some days that I see this post (and next).
I will be sincere.

I believe that your problems
(about printer, computer, and forum) come from a keyword:

Microsoft Me

Someone called it Mistake Edition. But it was not a MS mistake, but was marketing issue, to confuse the market, while another version (Windows2000) was not still ready.

When IT Professional see this word, pass over, as a-Me-teor,
or co-Me-te, they hope it will not return, but:

"Sometimes They Come Back"

"Any resemblance to real OS, living or dead,
is purely coincidental . ..."

I suggest to save your documents, and install
Windows2000 if PC is old ;-) ,
or WindowsXP if it is newer (registration required!) :-( .

Always about Vista, your PC probably cannot support it,
but you want install it, see you later in same forum in 15 years.

bye
vic

 

[edfair]

It sounds like somebody install the drivers for the AGFA printer, either deliberately or accidentally.

Solution is to remove the printer, then install the drivers for the HP.

To remove:
Start, settings, control panel, printers, remove.

To add the HP:
Start, settings, control panel, printers, add printer.
You probably had the right drivers on a CD at the beginning. If you lost them you can download them from HP.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[Buff1]

The 3745 HP inkjet is a standard USB printer which means the only way you could use LPT1 is on a network using the NET USE command. So, if it is a local printer, it will have to be connected to a usb port not LPT# which is parallel.
(usually).
If your OS is older than win98SP2 then you probably don't have usb ports that work. i.e. win95, win98sp1.

 

[humbleguy]

So, how do I get this printer connected to a usb port instead of a LPT1? My computer is a 2000 Compaq with Me
Edition.

Thanks for your response,

humbleguy

 

[JoeJTaylor]

Humble guy,

The HP Deskjet 3745 has USB connectivity so this isn't a problem.
You'll need a USB printer cable, this will have 2 different ends. One end is an A plug the other a B plug. There is a photo on the wikipedia page for USB.
One problem I've seen is the drivers for Windows ME are not listed here.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?product=372335&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en

This is HP's driver download page for your model printer.
Hopefully you have the CD you got originally with the ME drivers on.
Hope this helps.