HP printer-incompatible with XP?

[muskrat26]

Has anyone heard whether or not an HP Photosmart D5460 is compatible with XP home? I think I read somewhere that there should be a patch currently unavailable online.

I have found that with messages that I must update the system that the download is bigger in size than the installation disc and every time I have computer problems - bad problems - fresh reinstal needed. So, is there any known problem with this printer?

I had this bought for me as a Xmas present. I was asked what I wanted and said "an epsom photo printer please" and I received the HP which I don't like and costs a bomb for inks as nowhere do compatible ones and the few that do don't last 5 seconds.

Today I have to start a new reinstall and wonder whether to put the HP back and immediately update the drivers or to dust off my old Epsom printer and use that.

[computing50yrs]

Hp Site says printer is XP SP1 and Vista Ready so should be OK. Drivers from here around 104Mb
www.siliconguide.com/drivers/device/850/

[muskrat26]

Do you know, something really does go wrong when I have to update the drivers! Last time i did so I needed to do a repair/reinstall - this time I'll have to do a fresh one. I did remember seeing on a google search that this has happened to a few others and the reply was that microsoft had not issued a patch.

I'm on SP3 and it may be due to the fact that it is always very hard to update the drivers because it seems to be a fresh installation every time (reconnect printer as if I had just purchased it) I have no problems updating any driver apart from the printer.

As you say, it should be ok! Thanks for your answer as I appreciate it.

[computing50yrs]

As soon as I find that the drivers on the supplied CD are out of date I always download and save the updated ones and store in my special software folder different sub-folder for each on another hard drive. So any time I need to reload the system I have all drivers for my hardware in one place

[muskrat26]

Which is very good advice! I'm working on this path right now copying all my drivers which I'll burn to a CD.

Found an excellent program to do this but I am not sure about advertising rules here to pass the details on. However it is sensible to keep a copy of drivers somewhere.