Hp laserjet 2420 networking with different Operating Systems

Check to see if the printer supports 32-bit operating systems, or if there are different drivers depending on whether your OS is 32 or 64 bit.

Hi! have you tryied to manually install that printer and drivers with "add new printer"?

upd-5_1_1_8232-pcl5_winxp-vista-x64.exe [1/1, 15.21M] System requirements: Client and server operated systems supported for the most current release of the UPD:
Client operating systems supported:

• Microsoft Windows 7 Starter, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate; x86 and x64
• Microsoft Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, Home Basic, Home Premium, and Ultimate; x86 and x64
• Microsoft Windows XP (SP2 and later) Home Edition, and Professional; x86 and x64
  *Note: Microsoft retired mainstream support for Windows XP in April 2009. HP will continue to provide best effort support for the current UPD and tools for the discontinued Windows XP operating system until 2011

First install the printer driver on your computer and then change the printer port to IP port with the printer's IP address.
The printer's IP address is assigned from the printer's menu Network setup.
Please click on this link and follow my instructions.
http://www.fixya.com/support/r3559242-setting_up_hp_jetdirect_print_server_p

With great difficulty.... Seriously though, you MUST get the driver for each operating system, Install each Driver on each machine, and then simply connect each computer to the printer as a "Networked" printer. I may be efficacious, to have all drivers on every PC, all in same Directory so that each is available to each other...Right ALL machines, must be in same WORKGROUP, ALL have a password, The printer MUST have a name, Install the drivers as Administrator.

Hi,

Uninstall the current drivers, install UPD PCL 5, and upgrade the firmware of the printer.

Driver for OS:
Operating System(s): Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 W32, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=18972&prodSeriesId=416419&prodNameId=412142&swEnvOID=228&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=ja-35999-16


Firmware sw link:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=18972&prodSeriesId=416419&prodNameId=412142&swEnvOID=54&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=lj-25074-6

I had the same problem with HP 1018 printer, when I had two computers connected to a domain and had Windows XP SP3 on them and when I shared the printer on one of them - I could only print from the network if the user belonged to the Local Administrators group on the host/server computer. Once the network user is removed from Administrators - the print jobs are stuck in print queue. I used the "HP LaserJet Host Based Print Driver Package" that is on HP web site for HP laserjet 1018 printer.
Then I tried to use a different driver for that printer and was successful with driver for HP LaserJet 1020. After forcing that printer to use the 1020 drivers, the regular users were able to print to that printer.

Try this:

1. Go to the computer where the printer is attached or connected. Go to Printer and Faxes under XP, right click on your printer icon, then click on share. On the same computer, click on Start then click on run. Type in cmd then click on OK. On the black window or command prompt, type in ipconfig then press enter. Take note of the IP address.

2. Go to a computer that you want to print on the printer. Click on start then click on run. type in \\IP address of the computer where the printer is attached. For example: On the run box type in \\192.168.1.2 the click on OK. You will see there a window and you can see there the printer that is attached to that computer. Just right click on it then click on Connect.

3. Try to print.

Hope it helps!

I just ran into the same problem. The computers on the network that were running XP were showing the printer as "Ready", but all of the computers running Vista were showing the printer as "Offline".

After trying a number of solutions that I found on other message boards, I accidentally discovered that the problem was an IP address conflict. It seems that the server changed the address on the printer, which didn't bother the XP machines but brought the Vista machines to their knees.

Press and hold the blue button (HP called it the "Go" button) for 5 seconds, which will print a configuration report. In the TCP/IP section you will see the IP address for the printer. Next, open the Printers window, right-click on the P2015 and click Properties. Click the Ports tab. Find the port that is checked and click the "Configure Port..." button. If the "Printer Name or IP Address" field differs from the IP address on the configuration report, change it to the one on the report. It took a few seconds after hitting OK for the computer and prrinter to link up again, but that solved the problem for me.

That is the problem with VISTA...Those softwares which were workin in XP is not supported by vista...(different platform)...or else go for the software developer and get the vista version

PLEASE VOTE ME AS FIXYA (blue boxes) for my help.........