Windows 10: How do I get my HP Laserjet 2100 to work with windows 10 x64? It does a local test print...

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HP LaserJet 2100 PCL6 support under Windows 10 x64?

Good news: the HP LaserJet 2100 PCL6 user mode driver is back (version 6.1.7233.0) with the November 2015 update of Windows 10 (aka version 1511 or build 10586)

Getting it requires a few steps. One way is to open the Device Manager, select Printers in the tree, and then pick Action / Add legacy hardware in the top menu.

A wizard will open. Select Install the hardware that I manually select from a list, then Printers.

Then pick the port the printer is connected to.

Then the "Add Printer" dialog should open.

At this time the HP 2100 PCL6 driver will not be listed... but you can now click on the "Windows Update" button in that dialog to retrieve additional drivers.

Wait for a while after clicking on the Windows Update button (easily 10 minutes). It might look like things are not working... but eventually the list of printers will expand.

You should now be able to find "HP LaserJet 2100 PC6" under "HP".

Pick that and you should be good to go...

 

HP LaserJet 2100 PCL6 support under Windows 10 x64?

Hello

I have two computers that were running Windows 8.1 and sharing a HP LaserJet 2100 printer.

One was running Windows 8.1 x86 and one Windows 8.1 x64. Both were using a PCL6 driver.

I upgraded both to Windows 10.

After the upgrade the one running Windows 10 x86 could still print to the HP LaserJet using a PCL6 driver.

But the one running Windows 10 x64 could not (no error but nothing would come out), and opening the printer properties dialog I would get a message complaining about the driver HP LaserJet 2100 PCL6 driver missing.

I therefore attempted to manually install the missing PCL6 driver using the standard printer properties dialog but got an error message telling me that a policy prevents NT 4 drivers from being installed.

Eventually I downloaded the HP Universal Printing PCL 5 driver directly from HP website and this one worked.

While I can now print from both computers I am somewhat bothered by the fact that I have to rely on a PCL 5 driver when I could use a PCL6 driver with Windows 8.1.

Is PCL6 not supported by Windows x64? What is this policy that prevents NT 4 drivers from being installed?

Thanks!

 

HP LaserJet 2100 PCL6 support under Windows 10 x64?

I have a new Windows 10 computer (ASUS ZenBook) just purchased a few weeks ago. I followed the steps above and was able to find the "HP LaserJet 2100 PC6" just fine, but when I clicked on it, windows goes off and tries to load it but never finishes. The
scroll bar just keeps spinning and spinning.