After working on this for a while, I've pieced together some solutions offered by other frustrated HP customers. Below is a solution that will work for Windows 7 64-bit clients printing to a Windows 7 32-bit shared LaserJet 1000 printer:
On the 32bit Machine:
1. Delete all instances of LaserJet 1000
2. Download XP version of
HP LaserJet 1000 Printing Software Solution at the following link:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=45675&pr...
3. Extract the Printing Software Solution files to folder, e.g. c:\hp\lj1488
4. Cancel the auto install. Trust me, cancel the install.
5. Navigate to the extracted files, sort by type and for every .exe file you will need to right click and set compatibility mode to Windows XP SP3.
6. After setting all the .exe files to the correct compatibility mode run setup.exe.
7. After successful install you will notice two printers. One is the LaserJet 1000 and the other is the LaserJet 1000 DOS. They are not read to print. Need to fix driver issue on LaserJet 1000 in the next step.
8. Download the XP version of the Host Based Driver at the same link above.
9. Extract those files to folder, e.g. c:\hp\lj1000hb
10. Go back to Printers and Devices and right click the LaserJet 1000 printer. Update the driver to the
host based driver.
11. Now here is the crucial part, Right Click on
LaserJet 1000 DOS printer. Change the port from print to file to USB.
12. Share the LaserJet 1000 DOS printer.
On the 64 bit Windows 7 machine trying to connect to the shared printer:
1. Add a printer and choose local printer.
2. Add a port, choose create a new port, choose local port
3. Enter a port name. The port name will be \\Computer Name\Share Printer Name, in this case use the
LaserJet 1000 DOS printer
4. Then choose the following driver when creating the printer: HP LaserJet 1100 MS. Works perfect with that DOS printer.
5. Do a test print and give yourself a high five.
6. Winning.
Good luck.
Here are the links I used to piece this together:
http://forums.driverguide.com/showthread.php?t=46368&page=2 (VTSteve post)
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/56009-3-laserjet-1000-compatible (KellyB post)
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