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What is the problem?

Possible cause

To solve the problem…

During installation,

Installation was

1

Select Start

 

 

Settings

 

Printers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

cancelled or had an

2

Double-click on Add Printer.

when I connect a USB cable

error.

3

Click Next.

 

 

 

 

 

between the printer and my

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Click Next.

 

 

 

 

 

computer, the “New

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Click Have Disk.

Hardware Wizard” message

 

 

6

Click Browse, then browse to the printer software

appeared once, but the

 

 

 

CD.

 

 

 

 

 

printer did not install, and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Browse to the language code folder. For a list of

now “New Hardware Wizard”

 

 

 

language codes, see page 66.

will not appear again.

 

 

 

8

Double-click 9xinf folder, then click OK.

 

 

 

 

9

Click OK.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

Click Next.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

In the list of ports you want to use with this

 

 

 

printer, select USB/DeskJet 970C/<printer serial

 

 

 

number>.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

Click Next.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

Click Next.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

Click Finish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My printer is

Your printer may not be

Connect the printer directly to the USB port on the

getting good data from

computer.

 

 

 

 

 

connected with a USB cable

 

 

 

 

 

the other device or hub.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

through another USB device

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

or a hub and when I try to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

print I get a message saying

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“There was an error writing to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

<name of USB port>.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have a USB cable,

You may not have

1

Disconnect the USB cable from your printer.

plugged your USB cable

2

Insert the printer software CD (or Disk 1 if you

and when I try to print I get a

in before installing the

 

have diskettes) into your computer.

message saying “There was

 

software.

3

Click Start

 

 

Run.

an error writing to LPT1.”

 

 

 

 

 

4

Browse the CD, select Setup, then click Open.

 

 

 

 

5

The setup.exe file will appear in the dialog box.

 

 

 

Click OK.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Select the Remove HP DeskJet 970C Series

 

 

 

software option to remove the software.

 

 

7

Connect the USB cable to your printer again. The

 

 

 

USB installation screen should appear again.

 

 

8

Repeat the “Install USB Software” step. See your

 

 

 

Quick Start Poster or page 56 in this User’s Guide.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The printer is really slow

You may be

1

Attach the printer’s USB cable directly to the

 

 

computer, rather than at the end of a daisy chain.

 

using a USB cable and

 

 

2

Avoid using other devices in the daisy chain while

 

other USB devices are in

 

 

printing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

use.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sony 970C Series During installation Installation was, Cancelled or had an Double-click on Add Printer, Error, Software