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Not printing from computer to photo smart printer.

We up graded from vista home basic to home primium, & added our printer to the system. Then we had to down load some programs to bring it up to date.It worked okay for a while then stopped. Ichecked the computer & now it ownly recconizes hp photosmart c4100.

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  • ultimitloozr May 11, 2010

    Many HP printers are identified in the system by series, not specific model number. For example, I have a PhotoSmart C3180 but when I look in Control Panel -> Printers, it shows 'HP PhotoSmart C3100 series.' This is normal behavior.



    That said; now what are the specific issues with this printer? Can't print? Copy? Scan? A combination of the three?

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If the printer has full functionality with C4100 series driver, then keep the current driver.

If some of the functions is not working , then download updated drivers from HP website.

Check the links below:

HP Photosmart C4180 All-in-One Printer

HP Photosmart C4180 All-in-One Printer

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