Duplex printing bug head to toe - HP printer

External Since: Oct 22, 2008 Posts: 1

modnarwylde;4034513 Wrote:
> Bob if you are still here.
>
> I'd love to get a copy of the update.. Hp's solutions, seems rather
> ineffectual
>
> [snip]
> modnarwylde

I have been slow in responding to email requests bcause of a hard drive
failure that I have been slowly recovering from.

I do not have any information on HP's schedule for releasing an
official patch.

For those that need a patch for an HP inkjet printer to address the
back side printing upside down in Vista please send me an email with
Vista Duplex and the printer model in the subject line. Send requests
to bobh.DeleteThis@mvps.org.

Regards,
Bob Headrick, MS MVP Printing/Imaging

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External Since: Oct 26, 2008 Posts: 2

Hey Bob,

I received the patch you sent me to fix the duplex printing problem
with my HP d135

A bit of background for anyone else who sees this post ...I purchased
a new computer with Vista Home Premium 32 bit about a month ago and
quickly discovered my HP d135 had become all but useless. The driver
installed by Vista failed to recognize the duplex unit, and then when
I selected it manually, the driver claimed a "conflict" between
printing double sided and using plain paper! Printing single sided no
better as the printer would print a line, spit out the sheet, then
print the rest of the page on a second sheet of paper (minus the first
3 lines or so), then start the process all over again for the next
page.

Things are much improved since I installed the patch. So far I can
print fine from Adobe Reader and IE7.

Unfortunately I can't print from Firefox. If I try double sided it
prints nothing on the front side, then prints the first page on the
back side and then stops. If I try to print single sided I get the
same results I got before I installed the patch. Very strange ... I
could print with no problems on my previous computer running XP.

Thank you Bob for making the patch available. Any ideas on the Firefox
issue?

Steve

PS - FWIW, like many others I'm stunned by this state of affairs.
While Googling for solutions to this problem, I found forum posts
dating back to the beta versions of Vista outlining the very same
problems I and many others are experiencing presently in Nov. 2008. I
gather HP provided the defective drivers to MS for inclusion w/ Vista
and am dumbfounded as to why they have thus far failed to address the
issue with the d135 and numerous other models. I've considered
upgrading to a different printer, but surely didn't plan on being
"forced" into it by a lack of functional drivers. I've had good
success with my current and previous HP printers, but must say this
experience makes me hesitant to go the HP route again lest I find my
new printer becomes worthless when MS introduces Windows 7.