Need driver for HP 2840

The HP 2840 Color Laser MFC prints fine, but will not scan as it did in XP.
I now have Vista Ultimate 64 bit.
Any workarounds or ideas? Thank you.

HP has this and would be the source for drivers. I do see a print/scan
driver for the 32 version of Vista. I looks like HP does not have support
available for the 64 bit OS. You need to confirm this with HP. Your x64
machine will support a 32 bit OS installation.
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...&swEnvOID=2100



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Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista (64-bit)


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Driver - Universal Print Driver Description Current version Size
(MB) Estimated download time Previous version
HP Universal Print Driver for Windows x64 - PCL5 4.7
25 Nov 2008 16.4 56K: 40m
512K: 4m
HP Universal Print Driver for Windows x64 - PCL6 4.7
25 Nov 2008 16.5 56K: 40m
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HP Universal Print Driver for Windows x64 - PostScript 4.7
25 Nov 2008 17.3 56K: 42m
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Well, I confirmed with HP that there is no scanner driver for 64 bit Vista.

I disagree, however, with the technician's statement that it is because
"nobody likes Vista" because "it's as bad as ME." I have been running 64
bit Vista on 2 machines since it came out, and I am really DISAPPOINTED with
HP
Guess that is why HP sells so many of their PC's with Vista 64
installed!!!!! I am giving up on their products.

[MattPterp]

What a bunch of nonsense. HP obviously wants us to purchase the newer model of their laserjet, which I did. I was completely unsatisfied with it, so went back to the task of compatibility between my Windows Vista 64-bit system and my tried and true 2840.
Windows has a "Virtual PC" that you can download free. It requires Windows Vista Ultimate, so upgrading was step 1.
Step 2: Download the free Virtual PC 2007 and install it on your 64-bit system: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...c/default.mspx
Now that you have your virtual PC (like a mini computer inside your computer) you need to install an operating system. I bought Windows Vista Business version (32 bit) because I found it inexpensively, but you can install whatever 32-bit system that is compatible with the 2840 software. So now you've created a 32-bit virtual system within your 64-bit system.
Now just install the 2840 software into the 32-bit virtual system and you're good to go. All this cost under $300.

You didn't have to upgrade to Ultimate to run VPC 2007... it works fine on
the Home versions.


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"MattPterp" <MattPterp.3poyjd@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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> What a bunch of nonsense. HP obviously wants us to purchase the newer
> model of their laserjet, which I did. I was completely unsatisfied with
> it, so went back to the task of compatibility between my Windows Vista
> 64-bit system and my tried and true 2840.
> Windows has a "Virtual PC" that you can download free. It requires
> Windows Vista Ultimate, so upgrading was step 1.
> Step 2: Download the free Virtual PC 2007 and install it on your
> 64-bit system:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...c/default.mspx
> Now that you have your virtual PC (like a mini computer inside your
> computer) you need to install an operating system. I bought Windows
> Vista Business version (32 bit) because I found it inexpensively, but
> you can install whatever 32-bit system that is compatible with the 2840
> software. So now you've created a 32-bit virtual system within your
> 64-bit system.
> Now just install the 2840 software into the 32-bit virtual system and
> you're good to go. All this cost under $300.
>
>
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