Smart Tech Tips

HP comes out with new printer in what seems like every 30 days. When I’m at the electronic store I see a new printer with incremental model numbers that distinguish it from its’ predecessor every time I look. With thousands if not hundreds of thousands of printers to wade through to find your exact print, it can be dificult to locate the software needed to get your old printer running on a new OS. If you are looking for windows vista or xp driver for your HP photosmart d7145, here is what you will get.

http://h20180.www2.hp.com/apps/Lookup?h_lang=en&h_cc=us&cc=us&h_page=hpcom&lang=en&h_client=S-A-R163-1&h_pagetype=s-002&h_query=photosmart+d7145&submit.x=0&submit.y=0

Basically, HP somehow forgot they made this model and does not display an information page for the product.

What I have found is if you go a model number up, the drivers will work just fine on your printer. Look for the HP Photosmart d7155 or the d7100 family series of printer.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?product=1828165&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&submit.y=0&submit.x=0&lang=en&cc=us#

The link above will take you to the drivers page where you can pick your OS and download the appropriate drivers for your HP d7145 Photosmart printer.

Here is a quick link to the file you’ll need to get it running in Vista:

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software8/COL17364/dj-46093-3/HP_Vista_SF_Ph1.exe