![]() ![]() Right click on the hardware device you wish to update and choose Update Driver Software. Download the Microsoft Windows Vista (64-bit) driver for the HP LaserJet 1012. Go to Device Manager (right click on My Computer, choose Manage and then find Device Manager in the left panel), or right click on Start Menu for Windows 10 and select Device Manager. If you want to keep the same printer for years and years, and have the most compatibility regardless of system, then aim for a printer that uses the PCL and/or Postscript printer languages. Plug in the HP LaserJet 1012 via USB cable. You can try the HP "universal" printer driver, but the 1012 isn't on the supported printer list, and from trying to get 1012's working with Vista in the past personally, it's not going to happen (even with a hacked apart XP driver), especially when you throw 64-bit into the mix.īascially, if you buy a sub-$200 laser printer, expect to replace it whenever you replace your OS with something a couple years newer than the printer. ![]() This keeps the price low, but the major trade-off is (as you've discovered) when the printer gets end-of-life'd by the manufacturer they stop making drivers, and the printers aren't compatible with any other drivers. Meaning they use the computer's CPU to do the printing processing, and require a specific driver to do it. Driver Version: 61.063.461.42 Release Date: File Size: 8.18M Supported OS: Windows 10 64 bit, Windows 8.1 64bit, Windows 7 64bit, Windows Vista. Low-end HP printers (ie: Home-use ones) are 'host-based'-only printers. ![]()
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