I'm trying to install a c4380 wireless printer with windows 7 but it won't take, says it's not supported by software

Try installing the software that shipped with the MFC. If you have problem installing the software on Windows 7, you can go to the Brother Solution Center and download the latest version. If the Optical character Recognition software is not installed with the suite downloaded from the web, you will have to use the CD shipped with the machine to install it.
You will need to use the software to add a new printer to your network.

It is because the printer won,t support Win 7.

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Go to the HP Support Site and get the drivers

just go to manufacturer site and find the download for windows 7 driver or just google it.

Try re installing the drivers for the printer and make sure on the printer the wireless feature is on.

Do you have other printer drivers installed, if so thre may be a driver conflict. wireless printing requires network connection and also printer drivers. This appears to be a driver issue since the printer shows up on the network. I would try reinstalling the drivers.

Sorry, Fax and Scan is part of Windows Vista not MS Office. I have been advised by PC World team that this printer (HP Photosmart C4380) does not have the necessary drivers to support Vista Fax and Scan wirelessly and can only operate with the HP Fax and Scan which is very basic and only seems to function via USB cable, not wirelessly. Update drivers may become available.

delete the old installation and reinstall the printer again and do the reconfiguration for either USB or wireless. It worked for me when I did this. The scanner begins to work and no more 'no USB or wireless connection' msg anymore. :~)

Photosmart C4380: good hardware, appalling software. Shameful that it's on the market at all.

WIRELESS PROBLEM

You have to install the printer as USB first. Then, once it's all installed, load up the CD again and 'Add device', choosing the wireless option. It's crucial that you leave your USB cable in the whole time. Take it out right at the end. Once you've added a device, you'll have two printers installed. One will be called 'Copy 1' - that's the wireless one. It should all work okay, and you can delete the USB one.

SCAN PROBLEM AND ERROR MESSAGES

When I did this everything seemed to work fine. BUT - after a wee while the software started playing up. The scan function didn't work at all, HP was depositing all sorts of bugs all over my computer, I had error messages coming up at shutdown, all sorts of gremlins.

So this is what I did.

I totally uninstalled all HP software.

I downloaded the updated Photosmart Basic Drivers from the HP website. They are here: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?product=3221646&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&submit.y=11&submit.x=9&lang=en&cc=us

Once you've downloaded the file and run it, the new drivers will be installed but NO SOFTWARE. Again, you have to do the whole setting it up as USB and then leaving the cable in and adding the device wirelessly. But if you do this with the HP drivers and ignore the installation CD, then everything should work perfectly.

Of course this means no HP software at all. But who needs it? I use Microsoft's scanning software, which is fine, and it has no problem printing.

Basically HP's software is BLOATWARE that doesn't even work. It screws up your computer.

Good luck!!

well..you'll need a different set of drivers for vista

get them here(make sure to choose vista for operating system)