Was chatting with your tech COOLGUY008 a few minutes ago about need for driver for HP Photosmart C5180 because I had Windows XP and now have Windows Vista. I lost connection with COOLGUY008 - my fault!

Check with HP for a Windows 7 driver for the printer. HP Ink Jets require proper drivers to work correctly. Once you have downloaded and installed the drivers try connecting again.
If you have installed the drivers and Windows 7 still refuses to "talk" to the printer, you may have to adjust your advanced network settings as well. Open up the Network and Sharing center, click on advanced sharing settings and make sure file and printer sharing is turned on. Also check "File Sharing Connections" and enable file sharing for devices that use 40 or 56 bit encryption.
If that fails to work you may need to speak with HP support for further assistance.

You can download the printer software/driver that you need from this link, just click HERE and proceed with the download.

You can download the printer software/driver that you need from this link, just click HERE.

Pls refer to link below

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=228&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=1153481

Hello,

You can find the drivers for XP here. You will find two versions of the driver. One will be the basic driver and the other will be the full feature driver that includes all of the software. If download time is not a factor I suggest the full feature driver. If it is, the basic will work.

To download:

Click driver version - Basic or full.

You will then see options to Install now which means to start the installation immediately or Download only which means to save the file to your hard drive and install later (recommended) Either option has installation instruction links below it.

Hope this helps. Please remember to rate this information.

Thanks

hi...
- to tell you honestly HP did not support windows 98 for their new printers... so there is no way you can find the driver for windows 98... all you can do is to upgrade your OS to XP or vista....

Hey,

Windows 98 is no longer supported
All the drivers are available on this page
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?lc=en&dlc=&cc=us&lang=&product=1153481&

Supported operating systems are
Windows Xp
Windows Vista
Windows 2000
Linux
Mac OS x

Thanks,
Ekse

You may have gotten a disk that only contains Windows XP drivers.

You can download the latest Vista drivers and software for your HP Photosmart C5180 at this location:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=2093&lc=en&cc=us&lang=en&dlc=en&product=1153481

Have you already installed the software? If so, you need to uninstall what is currently installed, and unplug the printer, then run through the install process again using the software from the link above. Make sure not to plug in the Photosmart until the installation process tells you to!

so remove it through the control panel, add/remove programs, and then start it once again.

OK.. here's how this works:

You would need to go on to HP's Live Chat.. once there you would (hopefully) get them to understand that you were directed to this upgrade offer based on the serial number of your OJ Pro 1170 and that there's no XP support.

They offered: HP OJ Pro L7680 REFURB @ $291.99
PhotoSmart 3210 REFURB @ $164.99
OJ Pro L5780 REFURB @ $110.99

Not bad deals, but it's up to you...

If you need help on how to get to HP live chat, let me know.

Maggie