HP Laserjet 2011 - How to install in Windows 7

This took forever to figure out. Windows 7 does not recognize an HP Laserjet 1022 to "plug and play". It also does not list the driver when you select to Add a Printer (even with a Windows update to find more drivers).



This is what you have to do:

1. First be sure the printer is NOT connected to the computer.


2. Go here on HP's support site.


3. Download the driver "Version 2.0" updated 9 Nov 2010: HP LaserJet Hostbased Plug and Play Basic Driver.


4. Once downloaded, find the driver (it will look like this: lj1020_1022-HB-pnp-win64-en), right click and choose "Run as Administrator".


5. Plug the printer into the computer when the install process asks you to do so.


6. Finally!  (You may need to shut down and restart your computer.)

It is possible you need to do one more step:

Go to Control Panel \Hardware and Sound \Devices and Printers and find the printer. Although you likely tried this before, right click on the printer and select troubleshoot. It likely didn't work before because the driver may have been corrupted. So try again after completing steps 1-6 above.